The Nazis and the Occult: The Dark Forces Unleashed by the Third Reich

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5 out of 5 stars

Author responds October 17, 2007
15 out of 18 found this review helpful

I don't normally post reviews of my own books, but I felt compelled to set the record straight for those who might be considering purchasing my 'Nazis and the Occult' and who might be put off by Charles Levenson's misleading review as I consider this a very serious and psychological study of a subject which has been sensationalised and mythologised in the past. Mr Levenson may object to the look of the book, but no one could over look the fact that I make it very clear that Hitler and his circle were NOT magicians in the traditional sense but manipulators of the mass mind. I also make it clear that Ravenscroft and his Spear of Destiny yarn is just that - pulp fiction that makes for good copy but is certainly not to be taken as historical fact. To dimiss Hitler and his Henchmen as 'evil' or as pawns of a dark power is to take the easy option - we are all responsible for our actions and evil is man made.
I make the point in greater detail in what I consider to be the companion to this book, 'In The Minds Of Murderers - the Art of Criminal Profiling' which includes a lengthy psychological analysis of Hitler and a foreword by FBI Profiler Roy Hazelwood.
www.paulroland.net
'No one can deny Paul Roland is a complete master of his subject' (COLIN WILSON)

3 out of 5 stars

It was magic-Or was it? August 27, 2007
13 out of 30 found this review helpful

According to author Paul Roland,Hitler and the nazis were all"magicians",and it was all sort of a smoke and mirrors deception that allowed them to come to complete power in Germany during the 1930s..
Like most writers and historians,Roland gives Hitler little or no credit for being able to go from being a vagabond street artist to the complete and absolute master of the German nation...Indeed Roland,like most writers and historians,seems in awe of the notion that,as he writes,a"cultured nation which produced the likes of GOETHE,beethoven,Bach,Kant andHegel"could allow themselves to produce a leader such as Hitler,whom Roland,like so many before him,dismisses as a man"so ignorant,so enslaved by stupid dogmas"a"criminal,sadist "a "petty bureaucrat"...
Now,don't get me wrong here,Hitler was a bad guy,no doubt about it...But"stupid"?Hardly...
...But,since Roland likes to think that only smart and successful people,people with open minds,people with no limiting agendas,are the only sort of people who are competent enough to go from the bottom of the barrel to the top of the heap,his view of Hitler's success is not ability(however evil the intent)but"magic" !...
Apparently Roland has either been dead for the past seven years,or he thinks that a man like George W.Bush,a man with a limited intellect,a man who failed in every business venture he was ever involved in,a man whose horizons are limited by an extreme right wing agenda,and who led a nation into war in the same way that Hitler led Germany,somehow qualifies as being something other than the same things he has said regarding Hitler...
Be that as it may,Roland,like so many writers and historians before refuse to believe that"ordinary"if evil individuals can also be capable of the cunning,the ruthlessness,the intelligence that is necessary to become the leader of a nation,like Germany...This is,alas,the fatal flaw of most books written about Hitler and his movement;they do not give Hitler and his thugs the credit they deserve and instead rely upon outlandish excuses for Hitler's successes..Roland's gimmick is that the nazis were all "magicians"using a sort of political hocus-pocus to enchant the German nation into letting them take power...Other,more celebrated historical writers blame unforseen circumstances for the rise and the success of the nazi movement,but few if any at all concede that maybe Hitler and his minions were savy politicians,who played the game to win,and did just that,without hocus-pocus,or ,for that matter,unforseen circumstances being alledgedly,in thier favor...
Roland cites all of the standard "occult"reference points usually associated with Hitler and the Nazis,without really saying anything new.

5 out of 5 stars

A Good book October 23, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

I found this book as a quite deep, non-ordinary approach to understanding the psyche of the first half of last century Germany and its leaders. Even mere facts collected in this book could lead to insights into 'Zeitgeist', or the spirit of that time. The value of this book is not only in its clear, logical and metaphysical analysis of the origins of distorted development of one of the greatest nations and its particular individuals, but also in implying that any society might be susceptible to the influences, or forces acted in Nazi Germany.

It is easy to criticize this book - much more difficult to write one. I would recommend to the above viewers first to learn how to write even a short text without multiple errors and typos, not mentioning how to put words together for clear understanding.

3 out of 5 stars

merely a rehash of others work October 10, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

with poor graphics and dull and uninteresting pictures. even the SS chapter were usually writers go bananas with swastikas, skulls and goose-stepping men in black is somehow made into a boring cursory glance with only the skimpiest of details.

i must take issue however with charles "chubbybuns" or whatever his name is and his mistaken review. the author clearly states that hitler and his henchmen were not in any way satanist and that hitler openly denounced volkish style mysticism is "ridiculous cobweb spinning".

the author also does a great service in demystifying occult "intiation" and seperating the 2000 year distortions of the xtian church visavis paganism.

the author cuts through the sensationalistic nonsense of authors like trevor ravenscroft (though while quoting liberally from their works) and shows how an ignorant mono-maniac could sieze power and hypnotize the masses all through the very earthly yet mysterious forces of our collective unconscious.

though the book is an unimaginitive rehash of now frayed and shopworn occultic speculations i found his theory (itself as well-trodden by far more serious academics) of psychoanalytic origins of nazism refreshing; and was surprised to see it considered in such an obvious trashy book.

a word to the wise: the last few pargraphs of the book are VERY helpful to those on the path who are confused and at a dead end. unless you are "lucky" enough to inhabit a country in psychic, moral and economic turmoil with state institutions self-destructing; you must start at the bottom. there are NO shortcuts in "initiation"; there is no devil to sell your soul to and no skygod to come and whisk you off to paradise. the only way out is thru. as the author writes, historical circumstances allowed hitler to use his unstable subconscious as an energetic shortcut to his wildest dreams; but with no lessons learned he brought destruction upon himself and all those who threw their lot in with him.

2 out of 5 stars

Coffee Table Reading May 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

My first complaint about this book, is it is not written in a proper historical manner. There are no footnotes, no proof quoted the pages, just a half-narrative half laundry list of facts that are not justified in any way.

My second complaint about this book, is that the author posted a review of his own book on amazon. He ends his review with "No one can deny Paul Roland is a complete master of his subject." -Colin Wilson. Ignoring the pathetic fact that this is a published author arguing with people on the amazon messageboards, it also inflates the rating of the book. And that is pitiful.

All and all the book is okay. It provides a very introductory explanation to Nazi occult belief and practice, and an overview of lots of ideas. But don't read this if you're looking for an in-depth explanation of these ideas. Look through his bibliography and check out his source material. I would suggest "Unholy Alliance" by Peter Levenda.

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