The relationship between Nazism and mysticism is one that has provoked both curiosity and controversy over the years, as has the relationship between Nazism and Christianity.
Nazism and Italian Fascism both employed a similar style of propaganda, including military parades and uniforms, and the Roman salute.
Because Nazism is an abbreviation for "National Socialism", and Nazi leaders sometimes described their ideology as a form of socialism, some people believe that Nazism was a form of socialism, or that there are similarities between Nazism and socialism.
Nazi mysticism is a term used to describe a quasi-religious undercurrent of Nazism; it denotes the combination of Nazism with occultism, esotericism, cryptohistory, and/or the paranormal.
The role played by mysticism in the development of Nazism and its ideals was identified by outsiders at least as early as 1940, with the publication of Lewis Spence's Occult Causes of the Present War.
Mystical organizations such as the Thule Society, Schwarze Sonne, Vrill Society and others were created, usually connected with elite SS corps, and adopting specific rituals, initiations and beliefs.
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