The Occult and the Third Reich: The Mystical Origins of Nazism and the Search for the Holy Grail

THE NAZI NIGHTMARE - THE LAST BUT NOT THE FINAL ACT

"The Occult and the Third Reich marks a giant step forward in Hitler scholarship. It is the first work to demonstrate that the Nazi cosmology was an intricate synthesis of the occult, nurtured by an ancient neo-Paganism... The ability of neo-Paganism to militantly reaffirm itself and contest with Christianity for men's minds and bodies tells us that the Nazi nightmare is only the last, but not the final act in a larger human tragedy still being played out... The authors are doubtless right in predicting that certain practitioners of the black arts will yet play a major role in determining the shape of a not-too-distant future."

-Lewis A. M. Sumberg

JEAN-MICHEL ANGEBERT is the joint signature of Michel Bertrand and Jean Angelini, two French scholars who have extensively researched the role of mystical cults in European history. Their fields of specialization include regional history, law, political science, and the history of religions.

LEWIS A. M. SUMBERG, the translator, holds his doctorate in French medievel history and literature from the University of Paris. A professor and consultant to the Office of Educational Planning at the University of Tennessee, his publications range from literary criticism to the history of the Crusades.