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Post by Josh on Apr 9, 2014 17:38:50 GMT -8
In reading an article about Hitler and Christianity in the latest Christian Research Journal I was surprised to learn that there is really no good evidence that Hitler was involved in the occult, something which I have heard many times and always just taken for granted.
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Post by robin on Apr 14, 2014 17:00:09 GMT -8
Have you done any independent research? I seen enough to conclude that the nazi party upper leadership was involved in the occult, including the Thule society, and any study into Heidrich Himmler's SS monument at Wewelsburga should cause you to at least ask, why. By the way, it's quite difficult to prove a negative so I'm not sure what evidence they used to prove that Hitler was not involved in the occult.
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Post by Josh on Apr 16, 2014 20:36:03 GMT -8
According the article, the primary source material for the idea that Hitler held occult beliefs (such as supposedly seeking for the mystical lance of Christ, etc.) comes from sensationalist author Trevor Ravenscroft's book The Spear of Destiny. Ravenscroft claimed to have received his information via a medium with a dead "friend of Adolf Hitler" named Walter Stein, whom history cannot trace.
Among other reasons to doubt Hitler's belief and/or involvement with the occult, the article mentions the Thule society, but notes that there is no documentation of Hitler ever joining that society or attending their meeting. There is documentation of early Nazi leader Dietrich Eckart attending some of their meetings as a guest, not a member.
Yes, it's hard to prove a negative, but what they're saying is simply that the supposed evidence for Hitler's involvement with the occult is weak. |
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