Summary
Alan Baker: The Invisible Eagle: A History of Nazi Occultism
Alan Baker's book deals with the incredible truth that occult mythology played an important role in the formation, philosophy and rituals of the SS. Through detailed research, the author provides a clear explanation of how the key figures of the SS adopted the principles of the popular nationalist - or völkisch - movements of the early 20th century - which dealt with mysterious customs, ideas of Germanic sublimity, and even the theory that the lost civilization of Atlantis was the ancestral homeland of the Aryans - and used them as the basis of their ideologies.
"The Invisible Eagle" is a disturbing and indicative study of how myth has been used to control and deceive an entire people and, ultimately, to justify a whole range of the most horrific genocides of the last century. The book also provides a clear insight into the irrational realm of Nazi mysticism and explores the pseudosciences and secret societies of the Third Reich.
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