Revisiting the "Nazi Occult" – Histories, Realities, Legacies: German History in Context

Monica Black, Eric Kurlander

Introduction Esoteric Alternatives in Imperial Germany: Science, Spirit, and the Modern Occult Revival An Elite Class of Thinkers: Monism between Science and the Spiritual in Wilhelmine Germany Max Hoelz Haunts the Vogtland: The Visible and the Invisible in Germany, 1914-21 Siegfried Kracauer, Spirit, and the Soul of Weimar Germany Pseudoscience Reconsidered: SS Research and the Archaeology of Haithabu Hitler's Supernatural Sciences: Astrology, Anthroposophy, and World Ice Theory in the Third Reich Pragmatic Occultism in the Military History of the Third Reich Disruptive Potential: Therese Neumann of Konnersreuth, National Socialism, and Democracy A Messiah after Hitler, and His Miracles: Bruno Gröning and Popular Apocalypticism in Early West German History On All Channels: Hans Bender, the Supernatural, and the Mass Media Beyond Good and Evil: Nazis and the Supernatural in Video Games The Wewelsburg Effect: Nazi Myth and Paganism in Postwar European Popular Music Notes on Contributors Index