08-08-2013, 07:27 PM
Lauren Johnson Wrote:Does anyone know if Hitler was also a part of German esoterism and to what degree?
Yes, he was. He was a member of the Thule Society and he had ties to the Vril Society as well. The Vril Society believed in special elements in the blood that they called the "force" and only selected special people had this according to them. The catch phrase from Star Wars--the FORCE be with you--is a reflection of this.
Goering was a member of the Edelweiss Society. Both Hess and Himmler were members of Vril. Hitler served in the Army Command District after the war and this was a group assigned assassinations against those who did not honor Germany (i.e. many of the signers of Germany's surrender in 1919) among other things. Their main funding came from the Thule Society.
Hitler was very big into the occult and quite a few British documentaries have looked into this, but they are not as common in the U.S. (the History channel did one show called Hitler & the Occult about 10-12 years ago).