Mysticism and occultism in the Third Reich are an unhealthy interest. Ahnenerbe: Secret Institute of Occult Sciences, Supersoldiers and Zombies of the Third Reich Magic was supposed to help find Jews

"Undoubtedly, every National Socialist must sooner or later come to terms with the so-called 'occult' facts." Newspaper "Reichswart", August 30, 1937. The worst thing in the fight against such an enemy as Nazism is not the answers to the questions. The worst thing is when they pretend that no questions exist at all.

When you start reading about the Nazi space project Aldebaran, it's hard to help think that it's all just science fiction. But as soon as you come across information about the same project in the name of Wernher von Braun, you become a little uneasy. For SS Standartenführer Wernher von Braun, many years after the Second World War, was not just anyone, but one of the key figures in the American project to fly to the moon. It is, of course, much closer to the Moon than to the planet Aldebaran. But, as we know, the flight to the Moon took place.

So there are questions, and there are many of them. It's all about who will answer them and how.

Here are just a few.

What was the SS expedition looking for, which took place under the auspices of the occult and mystical organization Ahnenerbe, in distant Tibet in 1938? And why were the SS men allowed to go where the Europeans were not allowed to go?

What goals did another SS expedition pursue – not just anywhere, but to Antarctica?

Why, in the last years of the war, did the Fuhrer throw the main finances of the Reich not into tanks and planes, but into mysterious and rather illusory projects of the same Ahnenerbe? Does this mean that the projects were already on the verge of implementation?

Why was the interrogation of SS Standartenführer Wolfram Sievers, the Ahnenerbe Secretary General, so abruptly interrupted at the Nuremberg trials as soon as he began to name names? And why was a simple SS colonel so hastily shot among the most important war criminals of the Third Reich?

Why exactly did Dr. Cameron, who was present in Nuremberg as part of the American delegation and studied the activities of Ahnenerbe, then head the CIA Blue Bird project, within the framework of which developments were carried out on psychoprogramming and psychotronics?

Why does the American military intelligence report, dated 1945, say in the preamble that all Ahnenerbe activities were pseudoscientific in nature, while the report itself records, for example, such a “pseudoscientific” achievement as the successful fight against a cancer cell?

What is this strange story about the discovery of the corpses of Tibetan monks in SS uniforms in Hitler's bunker at the end of the war?

Why did Ahnenerbe urgently seize the documentation of scientific laboratories and any secret societies, along with the archives of special services in each of the countries that had just been captured by the Wehrmacht?

Early nineteenth century. The daughter of a Russified German, Helena Blavatsky, between Europe and America. On the way, she visits Egypt and Tibet. Blavatsky is a great adventurer, she knows that the key to her success is constant movement. Where she lingers for even a few months, a trail of scandals and revelations is immediately created behind her, like a comet, including the revelation of the very earthly mechanisms of her “clairvoyance” and “summoning spirits.” Blavatsky quickly became fashionable. Europe was waiting for something like this, and it appeared.

To begin with, Blavatsky told the world that she had observed flying Buddhist monks in Tibet. There, in Tibet, some secret knowledge was allegedly revealed to her. Madame Blavatsky tried to present them in the book “The Secret Doctrine,” combining in it all possible information about Eastern occultism and Hinduism with the latest news of science. It turned out unusual and attractive to contemporaries who were expecting either the end of the world or the second coming.

It was Blavatsky who dictated the dangerous fashion of linking practical science, Eastern occultism and traditional European mysticism. If her ideas had not gone beyond the boundaries of European secular salons, the disaster, perhaps, would not have happened. But the recipe for the explosive mixture also came to Germany.

Historians are absolutely right when in school textbooks they explain the prerequisites for Hitler’s rise to power by the difficult socio-economic conditions of Germany at that time, the geopolitical consequences of defeat in the First World War, the disappointment and resentment of the army, and revanchist sentiments in society. But the main thing that united all this was national humiliation.

A nervous young man who wanted to become an artist stood for hours in front of a “magic spear” exhibited in a Vienna museum. It was believed that whoever owned this spear could rule the world. And this former soldier really wanted to rule the world, because he lived in poverty, and his artistic talents were not recognized as talents. Who could be more dangerous than such a young man? And into whose other head can the darkest magical formulas and mystical ideas be implanted so easily?

In any case, when the army counterintelligence informant Adolf Schicklgruber attended meetings of the secret society "Hermanenorden", his psyche was already sensitive to unusual spells and ritual rites. In turn, key figures of secret societies very quickly noticed a suitable candidate for the post of future leader of the nation. The network of these secret societies actually developed the mechanism of the fascist regime.

As you know, Hitler wrote “Mein Kampf” in a Munich prison after the failed Nazi putsch. He was in prison with Rudolf Hess. And Professor Haushofer, one of the most influential people in the Thule society, visited them there. The professor liked Hitler, after which the leadership of Thule set his political career in motion. And while still in prison, Dr. Haushofer began to read some mysterious lectures to future leaders, which prompted Hitler to engage in literary work.

And here another question arises in addition to the above list - extremely important in order to understand what happened in the “Third Reich”. Was the faith of the highest SS hierarchs in everything mystical and otherworldly sincere?

It seems like both yes and no. On the one hand, the leaders of National Socialism understood perfectly well what a strong effect, from the point of view of managing people, all these medieval visions with the Holy Grail, flaming torches and so on could give. And here they exploited typical German romanticism with typical German pragmatism.

On the other hand, the daily performance of occult rituals and complete immersion in mysticism could hardly pass without leaving a mark on their own psyche.

And finally, third. Throughout their years in power, the Nazis experienced an unaccountable fear of future retribution. Wasn't the fascination with mysticism the drug that helped to drown out this fear, at least for a moment?

The world of mystical hobbies of the future Fuhrer was most likely wretched and painful. But the very makeup of his psyche fully corresponded to the demands that the people who put forward him had. Just like Himmler’s mentality. Despite all the doubts that the SS chief was able to master the rather complicated and heavy presentations of Madame Blavatsky, he could have heard about her ideas at least from his party comrades. But there is no doubt that the Reichsfuehrer appreciated them. Moreover, this provincial schoolteacher sincerely considered himself the Prussian King Henry in a new reincarnation (he was captured at the end of the Second World War, when Himmler made his way to the grave of his ancient namesake). According to the testimony of some of his associates, including the commander of the Belgian SS division de Grel, there was no other leader in the Reich who so sincerely and passionately wanted to eradicate Christianity in the world.

Whether the Fuhrers sincerely believed in the occult or not, in any case, these people, apparently, were eager to engage in practical black magic in the national, and then preferably worldwide.

Researchers who are trying to grasp some kind of system in the mystical ideas of the hierarchs of the “Third Reich” and explain a huge number of strange mysteries - the history of secret orders and societies like “Hermanenorden” and “Thule”, the development of nuclear and psychotronic weapons, difficult-to-explain expeditions under the auspices of the SS, say, to Tibet - these researchers make one serious mistake. Analyzing the events and comparing them, they proceed from the fact that the leaders of the Reich were people who had learned a certain secret, were initiated into something serious, and had mastered - at least partially - Tibetan secret knowledge. But the Fuhrers were not like that! And this concerns, first of all, Hitler himself, who, solely on the basis of his “clairvoyance,” forbade the continuation of the development of the FAU project at the very moment when success was already looming on the horizon. Yes, the Wehrmacht generals and scientists were close to suicide when they heard about this “epiphany” and the leader’s order!

Finding out which of the researchers is right - those looking for a secret meaning or insisting on a purely materialistic explanation of what happened - is a thankless task, because the truth does not belong to either one or the other. The future leaders of the “Third Reich” were simply faced with things and matters that they were unable to understand, much less manage, due to their lack of any serious educational base. Namely, it serves as a kind of protective barrier for any person interested in the otherworldly and mystical. With illiterate and insufficiently educated people, the “other world” is capable of playing too cruel jokes, completely subordinating their consciousness and paralyzing their will.

It seems that something similar happened with the not very literate leaders of the Reich. They became blind prisoners of their own hallucinoid ideas about the world of the mystical and unknown. And using their example, the so-called subtle world very clearly demonstrated that it is not worth experimenting with it without special preparation.

What happened in the Reich is very reminiscent of one of the Strugatsky novels, where on a distant planet a society in the early stages of development suddenly encounters modern technology. And the slaves there are busy sitting in the machines and turning all the knobs in a row until the right lever is blindly found.

Now let’s remember the Nazi concentration camps with pseudo-medical experiments on people that were incomprehensible neither in their meaning nor in their cruelty. Meanwhile, everything is not very complicated: these are theorists from the Ahnenerbe - one of the most mysterious mystical organizations, either existing under the control of the SS, or even managing the SS itself - trying to squeeze out some kind of secret knowledge of Eastern occultism and European mystics practically applicable theories. For example, they were very interested in the so-called “blood magic”. And in the concentration camps, doctors subordinate to the SS - and, therefore, to all the crazy ideas that were born in the depths of this organization - were already trying to put the same blood magic into practice.

More often than not, nothing worked. But they had a mass of human material, which could be experimented with without any restrictions. And as often happens in experimental sciences, it is not possible to achieve the initially set goal, but instead the conveyor belt of endless experiments leads to other - unexpected - side results.

Perhaps the alchemists in the black SS uniform (and all the employees of the same Ahnenerbe were members of the SS and had the corresponding ranks) worked blindly, and therefore any practical results they achieved can be considered accidental. But the question is not whether it was an accident or not. The question is that, in many ways, there were results. We just almost don’t know what...

Aggressive materialists simply try to ignore obvious mysteries. You can believe in mysticism, you can not believe in it. And if we were talking about fruitless spiritualistic sessions of ecstatic aunts, it is unlikely that Soviet and American intelligence would have spent enormous effort and risked their agents to find out what was happening at these sessions. But according to the recollections of veterans of Soviet military intelligence, its leadership was very interested in any approaches to Ahnenerbe.

Meanwhile, getting close to Ahnenerbe was an extremely difficult operational task: after all, all the people of this organization and their contacts with the outside world were under the constant control of the security service - SD, which in itself speaks volumes. So today it is not possible to get an answer to the question whether we or the Americans had their own Stirlitz inside Ahnenerbe. But if you ask why, you'll run into another strange mystery. Despite the fact that the vast majority of intelligence operations during the Second World War are now declassified (with the exception of those that subsequently led to the work of active agents in the post-war years), everything related to developments on Ahnenerbe is still surrounded by secrecy.

But there is, for example, evidence from the already mentioned Miguel Serrano, one of the theorists of national mysticism, a member of the Thule secret society, whose meetings Hitler attended. In one of his books, he claims that the information received by the Ahnenerbe in Tibet significantly advanced the development of atomic weapons in the Reich. According to his version, Nazi scientists even created some prototypes of a combat atomic charge, and the Allies discovered them at the end of the war. The source of the information, Miguel Serrano, is interesting if only because for several years he represented his homeland Chile in one of the UN commissions on nuclear energy.

And secondly, immediately in the post-war years, the USSR and the USA, having seized a significant part of the secret archives of the “Third Reich,” made almost parallel breakthroughs in time in the field of rocket science, the creation of atomic and nuclear weapons, and in space research. And they begin to actively develop qualitatively new types of weapons. Also, immediately after the war, the two superpowers were particularly active in research in the field of psychotronic weapons.

So comments that claim that the Ahnenerbe archives, by definition, could not contain anything serious do not stand up to criticism. And in order to understand this, you don’t even need to study them. It is enough to get acquainted with what was the responsibility of the Ahnenerbe organization by its president Heinrich Himmler. And this, by the way, is a total search of all archives and documents of national special services, scientific laboratories, Masonic secret societies and occult sects, preferably all over the world. A special Ahnenerbe expedition was immediately sent to each newly occupied country by the Wehrmacht. Sometimes they didn’t even expect occupation. In special cases, the tasks assigned to this organization were carried out by SS special forces. And it turns out that the Ahnenerbe archive is not at all theoretical research by German mystics, but a multilingual collection of a wide variety of documents captured in many states and related to very specific organizations.

Part of this archive was discovered in Moscow several years ago. This is the so-called Lower Silesian archive “Ahnenerbe”, taken by Soviet troops during the assault on Altan Castle. But this is a small part of all Ahnenerbe archives. Some military historians believe that much of it fell into American hands. This is probably true: if you look at the location of Ahnenerbe departments, most of them were located in the western part of Germany.

Our part has not yet been seriously studied by anyone; there is not even a detailed inventory of documentation. The word “Ahnenerbe” itself is known to few people today. But the evil genie, who was released from the bottle by the black magicians of the SS and Ahnenerbe, did not die along with the Third Reich, but remained on our planet.

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According to some reports, religious buildings could be located in the dungeons of the Third Reich. Interest in the occult was generally characteristic of representatives of the National Socialist elite, and not only. German romantics of the Second World War were fond of ancient mythology, Aryan mysticism and esotericism. Therefore, mysticism and occultism were very widespread in the Third Reich.

The Origins of the Occult in the Third Reich

When Hitler's headquarters was captured by the liberating troops, it turned out that his personal guard included many Tibetans in SS uniforms. It is no coincidence that the monks who initially professed the religion of non-violence, Buddhism, found themselves under the banner of a left-handed swastika.

In his youth, Adolf Hitler, like other future spiritual and political leaders of Nazi Germany, was interested in Eastern occultism. Esotericism and mysticism in the Third Reich were rooted in mediumistic seances, popular at the end of the 19th century, and German romanticism, fascinated by the East. Hitler himself considered himself a man with clairvoyant abilities, the reincarnation of one of the Sicilian satanic magicians of the 11th century and, in a sense, a message from divine forces.

The occult history of the Third Reich assumed a complete rejection of the Jewish Old Testament heritage (Jesus was declared an Aryan martyr). The ancient Aryans are believed to have lived for a long time isolated from the Jewish Christian course of history in the legendary mysterious Shambhala high in the mountains of Tibet. In the thirties, the Nazis equipped several expeditions there. And if at first the Tibetan monks greeted the German guests rather coldly, before World War II in the Tibetan highlands, Hitler was received with honor as an exponent of “Aryan wisdom” in the West.

Occultism in the Third Reich also took its origins from the depths of the Thule organization, which, through several stages of initiation, introduced its followers to the processed and reinterpreted teachings of Eastern spiritual leaders. This community appeared back in 1911, but its active activity dates back to the period after the end of the First World War, when Germany, disappointed by its defeat, became carried away by revanchist ideas...

Members of the Thule Society - bearers of truth or provocateurs?

One of the main ideological pillars of Thule society was the idea of ​​the existence in the distant north (somewhere in the Scandinavia region) in prehistoric times of the legendary Hyperborea, Thule, a country of morally and physically perfect Aryans. Knowledge about this country was lost later in history, but supporters of the society believed that through magic it was possible to join the spirit of their ancestors and awaken the necessary qualities in modern Germans related to the Scandinavian peoples. When complemented by eugenics (the policy of racial purity), these ideas became the moral justification for a whole series of tragic events, the consequences of which affected the entire world history.

It is not known for certain whether Hitler was a member of the Thule Society. But a historically proven fact is the membership in this organization of Karl Haushofer, Alfred Rosenberg, Rudolf Hess, who had significant influence on Hitler. It is believed that members of the Thule Society taught Hitler the art of public speaking and instilled in him confidence in his own “superpowers.” Some researchers believe that perhaps the less charismatic and more cautious German occultists simply wanted to use Hitler's personality as a political vehicle for their ideas. But the mysticism of the Third Reich at some point got out of control and began to depend entirely on the will of a suspicious, powerful and, most importantly, beloved “leader” by the people, who brutally suppressed any dissent in the ranks of the Nazi leadership.

Occult practices in the service of Nazism

Since Thule was a long-gone country, communication with the ancestors had to be restored in special ways. In search of the best “contact”, a number of practicing “mediums” appeared in Munich in the twenties and thirties. Both in city apartments and in castles, satanic rituals of astrological Arab magic were practiced. Later, during the war years, the Nazis often resorted to sacrifices and burnings. And Dietrich Eckart, who had influence on Hitler, developed in his “astral body” centers for entering the macrocosm and interacting with the forces of darkness.

Occultism in the Third Reich was also associated with the study of the Cathar movement and the search for the Holy Grail. The largest project for the development of the mystical forces of the German army was the creation of the Ahnenerbe organization, which was supposed to engage in both military developments and the search for supernatural answers to the challenges of rational science. It was from this organization that expeditions to Tibet were sent in search of the legendary Shambhala. But, like other mysteries of the Third Reich, its activities remained completely unsolved.

One conspiracy theory claims that the cause of World War II could have been occultism of the Third Reich and the search for a certain artifact located outside German territory. Allegedly, for more convenient searches and freedom of movement, most European countries were occupied. Nonsense is nonsense, but there are certain points in this. Let's remember that the main symbol of fascism is the swastika - an ancient pagan sign with a deep meaning. In addition to the swastika, there was also a “death’s head” ring - with a skull and bones soldered to a silver plate. Himmler awarded this ring to particularly distinguished members of the SS. And one of the main organizations of the Third Reich, Ahnenerbe, literally translates as “legacy of the ancestors.” The Ahnenerbe studied the history and culture of the Germanic race with the main emphasis on its superiority over other peoples. The head of this organization was Heinrich Himmler himself, the Reichsführer of the SS, the second man in Nazi Germany. Let me remind you that it was Himmler who also came up with the idea of ​​​​creating a system of concentration camps in which representatives of lower races were massacred. The Ahnenerbe dealt with the occult ideology of the Third Reich. It included such departments as: the research department of excavations, ancient history, Celtic peoples, folk legends and sagas, traditional medicine.

The Ahnenerbe was formed on the ideas of other occult and esoteric societies that existed in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. The most famous of them was the Thule Society. Its full name is “Group for the Study of Germanic Antiquity.” Society participants believed that the German people were representatives of the Aryan race - the descendants of the surviving inhabitants of Atlantis. After the destruction of Atlantis, those who managed to escape founded a state on a certain island of Thule, located far in the north, approximately next to Iceland. By the way, the Nazis had a very positive attitude towards the Norwegians, believing that the union of a German man and a Norwegian woman produces ideal offspring. The first leader of the Ahnenerbe, Hermann Wirth, in his book “The Origin of Humanity” argued that the entire population of the earth is the descendants of only 2 races. Northern, Nordic “master race” and “South race”, located at the animal level and covered by base instincts.

Adolf Hitler was not the founder of racial theory. Her ideas were in the air long before he came to power - he only communicated with certain people who had a strong influence on him, listened to things that interested him, which, thanks to his organizational talent, he was able to form into a coherent ideology. By the way, Hitler was quite critical of the theory of the origin of the Germans from the descendants of the Atlanteans, considering them mythological tales. But Himmler believed in them - and Himmler had great influence on Hitler. Himmler was the main one responsible for Nazi occultism.

Promoting such a mythical idea among the German population was not easy. Therefore, future Nazis took a roundabout route. They began to support the idea of ​​“völkische” (i.e. “folk”), promoting ancient Germanic traditions, folk customs and legends in ordinary cultural institutions - sports clubs, theater studios, political circles. And Guido von List, a popular German playwright and rune researcher at the beginning of the 20th century, combined the ideas of völkische with esotericism and the occult. Liszt was also the founder of the idea of ​​Armanism, an esoteric part of ancient Germanic culture destroyed by Christianity. Himmler, who wanted to rid Germany of Catholicism, was close to these thoughts. With his sanction, excavations began on Murg Hill in the Black Forest near Baden-Baden - where the remains of this ancient Germanic culture could be located.

In 1934, Himmler began to reconstruct and rebuild Wawelsberg Castle, making it the residence and forge of SS personnel. At night, Himmler studied extensive literature on history, religion, esotericism and the occult. He decided to build the SS organization based on the principles of the Jesuit order. Interestingly, medieval Jesuits had a sharply negative attitude towards Jews and were active anti-Semites.

According to Himmler, Wawelsberg Castle was rebuilt taking into account various occult and mystical symbols. Its main hall was the hall of the Obengruppenführer (generals). A huge black swastika was folded on the marble floor of the hall, and 12 columns were placed in a circle. Some note the similarity of this hall with the scenery from the opera “Parsifal” - that is, the hall from the Temple of the Holy Grail. In addition to the “Grail Hall” in Wawelsberg there were rooms called “Henry the Lion” (named in honor of the Saxon Duke, the organizer of the crusade against the Slavs), “Widukind” (in honor of the ancient German leader who resisted Charlemagne, who wanted to implant Christianity in his country), “Aryan”, “Runes”, “Annual Movement”, “Westphalian”.

The Totenkopf (death's head) rings were also kept at Wawelsberg Castle. These were rings cast on the orders of Himmler and reflected his occult and mystical ideas. Totenkopf - a silver ring with a skull and crossbones attached to it. Initially, it was awarded to senior SS ranks, but over time, any SS man who had served for more than 3 years could receive the ring. The presentation of the ring usually coincided with the assignment of the next title. The ring contained 4 runes:

Hakenkreuz - swastika.

Siegrune is a zig rune in the shape of a lightning bolt. She was considered a symbol of the god Thor. Later, graphic artist Ferdinand Hofstatter made the double “lightning bolt” of the Sieg rune a symbol of the SS, placing it on the uniform of stormtroopers.

Heilszeichen is the rune of success and good luck.

Hagallrune is a symbol of unbending faith.

The ring was supposed to be worn with the skull towards oneself. The rings were personalized - the owner's name was engraved on the inside along with a facsimile of Himmler's signature and the date of presentation. The ring was given along with a round storage box engraved with SS runes. Totenkopf had to be carefully stored and not passed on to other persons, including by inheritance. In the event of the owner's death, the ring was to be returned to Wawelsberg Castle. The relatives of the deceased had to make every effort to ensure that the ring was not lost.

In 1945, before the end of the war, on the orders of Himmler, the hall where the rings were kept was destroyed by an artificial avalanche. To date, these rings have remained unfound.

The Second World War, as we now all know, no longer seems such a straightforward and open event. WITH fall outdated government regimes and the opening of secret archives of Western countries, the public can finally fully appreciate the full breadth of events that took place in the 30-40s of the 20th century in Germany under the leadership of the Adolf Hitler and his faithful minions, including the famous admirer of the occult Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler.

Documentary film directed by Tracy Atkinson and Joan Barron "Nazism: Occult Sciences of the Third Reich" is a truly extraordinary project, as it describes the mystical theories of the Nazis from the perspective of real actions and documents. Basically, Hitler’s regime in such films is described either from the side of merciless mundane terror, or even from the completely mystical side, where the Fuhrer and his minions could not take a single step without the advice of magicians and astrologers. However, this particular film ideally combines two components that will make you look at pre-war Germany in a completely new way - seemingly with a traditional chronicle, but also with a description of the Reich’s search for help in the mystical component of our world. And the interesting thing about the project is that the authors do not try to cast a veil of the inexplicable on the viewer and create a documentary fairy tale - this is the real life of the Nazis, who believed in their superiority over other peoples, including in the spiritual world.

The film fully describes the deplorable state of Germany after the fiasco in the First World War. The inability of the authorities to revive the fighting German spirit brings a new leader into the political arena - Adolf Hitler, who reconstructed the Workers' Party into real Nazis and built a real vertical of power on the ideas of the indestructibility of the great people of Germany and their exalted origin (perhaps even from Atlantis itself). Nazism: The Occult Sciences of the Third Reich describes many of the details of Hitler's rise to total power. His acquaintances with such henchmen as Joseph Goebbels, Rudolf Hess, and of course, Heinrich Himmler. It was Himmler, as the chief of the SS, who had a hand in the flourishing of paranoia in society, but also created a great military structure, which, despite all the atrocities, was the real German elite. However, Himmler turned out to be famous not only as the leader of the SS; he was also the main occultist of the Reich! It was thanks to his insistence that Hitler sends an expedition to Tibet to confirm the majestic origin of the German people, because according to the theory of Nazi scientists, the last inhabitants of Atlantis fled from the doomed continent to Tibet, and from there to Europe. And the center of the heirs of Atlantis, naturally, is Germany. Himmler was also involved in the search for the sacred Holy Grail, in which, according to legend, the blood of Jesus Christ was collected. However, all their searches, as it turned out, did not lead to tangible results, but became another component for the propaganda machine of Joseph Goebbels, who, in turn, brilliantly suppressed the freedom of imagination of society and created almost reliable fighters for Hitler.

Most of the film is, of course, a description of Himmler’s work with all sorts of scientists and astrologers who were supposed to predict future events in world history and help the Reich impose its dominance. However, in parallel with these facts, the structure of society is also described to us. Along with the search for the Grail there is a description of the policy of increasing the birth rate and ideological hypnosis, which takes place during the entire education of young Germans and does not stop even in adulthood. Thus, the theory of occultism is another method to keep the population under control. That in relation to the terror of the SS and total paranoia, they created an incredibly disciplined society, which drowned in the incredible ambitions of Hitler and his minions. An interesting fact is the presence in the frame of German military pensioners, some of whom served shoulder to shoulder with Himmler himself and revealed many interesting details that they observed personally, including even before Hitler completely controlled the entire country!

Of course, much of what is shown in this project can be interpreted from completely different angles, and some theories are just guesses. And the problems open here deserve a much more serious and thoughtful discussion than in the limited time frame. However, the film “Nazism: Occult Sciences of the Third Reich” turned out to be quite dynamic and interesting, so it may well force its viewer to delve into the study of history and make their own guesses about the secrets of the Third Reich!

Vermishev Georgy Andreevich

postgraduate student of the Department of Philosophy of Religion

and religious studies of St. Petersburg State University [email protected]

Vermishev Georgy Andreevich

graduate student of chair of philosophy of religion and St. Petersburg State University religious studies [email protected]

The role of the occult movement in the ideology of the Third Reich

Role of the occult in the formation of the Third Reich ideology

Annotation. The article examines the role of occultism in the formation of the ideology of the Third Reich. It is proven that information about the fascination of the top officials of the NSDAP with occult mysticism is an exaggeration, and sometimes even an outright falsification. However, some Nazi political myths were first formulated in the occult. In addition, occult mysticism had an influence on the symbolic system of the Reich and Nazi culture as a whole.

Key words: Nazism, occultism, ideology, Third Reich Annotation. The article considers the role of the occult in the formation of the Third Reich ideology. It is argued, that testimony about passion of the first NSDAP-persons for occult mysticism is overestimated and sometimes even falsification. Nevertheless, some political myths of the Nazis were first formulated in the occult environment. In addition, occult mysticism had deep influence on the symbolic system of the Reich and Nazi culture as a whole.

KEYWORDS: nazism, occultism, ideology, Third Reich

The role of the occult in the ideology of the Third Reich is one of the most significant problems for studying the relationship between National Socialism and religion. At the same time, perhaps, few other aspects of Nazi activity have acquired such a number of scientific speculations and forgeries as this one. Suffice it to recall the numerous documentaries about the Holy Grail or the Spear of Longen, which Hitler allegedly tried to find, as well as many printed pseudoscientific works about the activities of the Ahnenerbe. Of course, there are a number of sources and studies that obviously cannot be considered scientific, but even if we discard them, there will remain a whole layer of literature that is difficult to interpret unambiguously.

What is least discussed today is the connection between the Nazi myth and the earlier concepts of the Völkische Bewegung movement, which formed at the end of the 19th century. Of course, the classics had a certain influence on Hitler’s racial concepts - Charles Darwin, J. Gobineau and

H. S. Chamberlain. However, in the Völkisch, racist and anti-Semitic ideas that arose in France and England acquired a truly German flavor, and their anti-Christian potential was also fully revealed.

In the second half of the 19th century. N. Blavatsky's theosophical ideas became widespread among occult circles in Austria. According to N. Godric-Clark, it was her work that influenced the development of the concepts of Guido Von List (Guido Von List, 1848-1917) - the first to combine the nationalistic ideas of “völkische” with the occult. Liszt, fascinated by the idea of ​​the “German spirit,” tried to find its origins in the traditional beliefs of the Germans associated with the worship of Wotan. In his main work, “The Secret of the Runes,” he tries, through the analysis of surviving runes and hieroglyphs, to reveal the secret content of ancient German culture. List was convinced that the Wotanic priesthood did not disappear without a trace, but was dissolved in the German people, turning the German language into a kind of cipher, a “hidden revelation.” "All sagas, folk tales and myths on the third, esoteric, secret level have a special meaning, depending on the locality with which they are associated," List points out.

As a result, he comes to the conclusion that the Germans had esoteric beliefs - this religious system, which mixed Gnostic motives and traditional beliefs, he calls “Armanism” (also: “Wotanism”). According to List, Armanism was professed by the priest-kings who ruled the ancient Aryan state, which was superior to other nations in everything. However, then Christianity came and destroyed traces of its former greatness. “Another religious system appeared and entered into battle with Odinism - a religious system that denied the physical and recognized only the spiritual; which ignorantly decided to delay the processes of development and evolution, processes that exist and are therefore desired by God - the “primary laws of nature” that cannot be changed,” writes List. One of the main differences between German Aryanism and Indian (Buddhism) and late Christianity is the glorification of not only the spirit, but also the body.

Another outstanding occultist of that time is considered to be Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels; Adolf Joseph Lanz, 1874-1954. Also concerned about the loss of ancient Aryan culture, he relies on Christianity and Christian Gnosticism, although he distorts the content of the sources he uses (including the Bible), adjusting them to his racist ideas. In his main work “Theozoologie” (Theozoologie, 1904), Lanz von Liebenfels writes: “Logos is the progenitor of European man, man in the true sense, he is the one who sits on a white horse, he is the white stone (Rev. II, 17). He has defeated three other kinds of people, black, yellow and red, he is the king of all kings, the lord of all lords.<...>Today, all of them - the sons of the Logos - are as dangerous as in ancient times. They seduce us with their art of love, develop and degrade.” The collective image of everything bad in undeveloped cultures in his book is Sodom, while Christ opposes Sodom and patronizes the higher man. “The great mystery of Christianity, the Trinity, will now seem to us a magnificent anthropology. Father, spirit and son -

these are 3 stages of development of higher (white) humanity,” writes Lanz von Liebenfels.

The result of his research is the conclusion that modern Germans are “children of God.” As proof, the famous “Ye are Gods” of the Apostle John is quoted, as well as the Gnostic text “Pistis Sophia”, in which pneumatics are proclaimed “angels, archangels, lords and rulers.” True, the process cannot be considered completed. Lanz von Liebenfels asserts the need for further evolution, the further rise of the nation, in order to liken the chosen people to God. “Our bodies are temples of God, they are members of the future superman.” As for Christianity, it is perceived as the key of salvation given to the German people. “Many biblical passages say that the European, the white man, we say in short the German, the son of heaven,” he writes. However, the forces of Sodom distorted the true content: “the Sodomite spirit of Rome and Byzantium” preached “false Christianity” to the Germans, imbued with unnatural “love for one’s neighbor.”

“True” Christianity, as Lanz von Liebenfels understands it, still gravitates towards Christian Gnosticism. It is worth noting here that Gnosticism with its anthropological concepts dividing all human society into “hylics” (people of the body), “psychics” (people of the soul) and “pneumatics” (people of the pneuma, that is, the chosen ones and possessing divine gnosis), was convenient used to substantiate ideas of national superiority. Moreover, it was in the Gnostic environment that the idea that Jews could be considered a “nation of evil” arose: after the Old Testament god began to be perceived as the evil demiurge Jaldabaoth, the interpretation of the idea of ​​the “chosen” people also changed. As a result, in Gnostic literature, Jews are sometimes perceived as servants of Jaldabaoth, preventing the return of the bright souls of the Gnostics to the First Father (although, paradoxically, Gnosticism grows precisely from the Jewish heretical culture).

However, among the “völkische” there were those who tried to maintain the connection between Christianity and Protestantism - for example, the German writer Adolf Bartels (ADOLF BARTELS, 1862-1945), recognized by the Nazis. Bartels was convinced that Christianity is the “Aryan religion”, which fully expresses the German national character. However, “true” Christianity was understood to be German Protestantism (albeit somewhat curtailed). Thus, he fully follows Chamberlain, who considered it necessary to return Christianity to the free Aryan spirit, the exponent of which was the Protestant religion. In 1913, Bartels first used the concept of “German Christianity” (Deutschchristentum). In his article “Der Deutsche Verfall” he formulates the slogan “Always more German Christianity, always less Jewish Christianity!” (Immer mehr Deutschchristentum, immer weniger Judenchristentum). In general, anti-Semitism was a central element of his ideology. Bartels seeks to free himself from Jewish culture: “If an Aryan God must be born in our souls, then for this the Jewish God

Jehovah must be defeated,” he writes. And in the Bible it calls to “tolerate” only those parts that are consistent with the concept of Aryanism. Of course, this does not include the Old Testament, which, from Bareilles’s point of view, contains “morally dubious exploits of Jewish heroes,” as well as ideas of discrimination against women characteristic of the East. He also rejected the Ten Commandments, which he considered based on “stupid fear” of the “wrathful Jehovah God,” and at their basis he saw “shallow utilitarian morality.” Paul's message was also rejected because it was incompatible with the racial ideas of the völkische: “forward to Christ. Away from Paul,” was the new motto.

At the same time, supporters of “Deutschchristentum” did not completely abandon the heritage of traditional religions, perceiving the myths about the Ases (the righteous martyr Balder or the warlike Odin) as the forerunner of Christianity. A good illustration of this kind of concept is the poem “The German Christ.” It was written in 1914 by one of the members of the völkische, Max Bewer, and is literally imbued with the spirit of messianism and militarism, which would then be characteristic of Nazi ideology: Putting my palm to my eyes, I watch you in the morning light, Your path is known, and it leads From the Jordan to the Rhine.

Putting my ear to the ground, I feel your steps - You walk, not bowed to the cross, You walk as the Lord steps.

The child will become a Man, the Cross will become a sword, and the rose will become a tall shoot; Your kingdom is the whole world, and Germany is your hearth. When will you come, secret Tsar?

A question that causes much more heated debate: how connected was Hitler himself with the occult Völkische circles? It is safe to say that a significant amount of literature on this topic is banal fiction that has nothing to do with scientific research. The first “historical evidence” of this kind about Hitler’s occult hobbies was published already in the 30s, and they were written among Christian esotericists. Even then he was accused of participating in demonic rituals and practicing dark magic. One of the striking works of this kind was the book “Occult Causes of the Present War,” published in 1940 by the British mystic Lewis Spence. However, the main body of pseudo-historical research appeared between 1960-1975. Among them are “The Morning of the Magicians” by Lya Povel, “The Spear of Destiny” by Trevor Ravenscroft, “The Occult Reich” by James Brennan

(Occult Reich), etc.

American researcher Stefan Flowers points out that the occult element in Nazi ideology was always somewhat exaggerated in order to demonize the Nazis. During the war years, such books were part of anti-Nazi propaganda, the purpose of which was to discredit Hitler in the eyes of Christians. He considers another factor in the appearance of such works to be the attempts of the Catholic Church to disavow any connection with the Nazis. Flowers cites the case of media coverage of the election of Pope Benedict XVI (J. Ratzinger). To the remark that Ratzinger was a member of the Hitler Youth, the authoritative journalist replied: “Come on, everyone knows that Nazism had nothing to do with Christianity, it was a purely pagan movement,” with this example the researcher emphasizes the rootedness of the myth about the occult roots of Nazism in public life. consciousness. Flowers himself joined Arthur LaVey's Church of Satan in the 1970s and is a practicing mystic, which inevitably raises questions about his bias.

However, assumptions about the propaganda nature of some sources are confirmed by other studies. To this day, references to the memoirs of Hermann Rauschning, a Nazi ally who fled the United States in 1939, are common in Russian historiography. In his book “Hitler Speaks. “The Beast from the Abyss” Rauschning cites memoirs from 1934/35, in which he presents the Fuhrer as an “Antichrist” who considered it necessary to eradicate Christianity and replace it with an updated ancient Germanic religion. However, in the late 80s, the German researcher W. Haenel showed that most of the loud statements attributed to Hitler in his books are fake. Rauschning could not see Hitler more than 100 times, as he himself describes it. He could attend at most 13 audiences, only two could he write down for the Fuhrer, and there is no reason to believe that Hitler would be so frank in his presence.

Today this approach is contested. Thus, researcher B. Lenke compared Rauschning’s text and G. Picker’s “Hitler’s Table Talks,” recorded much later, in 1941/44. Having discovered a significant number of stylistic and conceptual similarities, he states that Rauschning’s memoirs “give a good idea of ​​Hitler’s way of thinking and his goals on almost all fundamental issues. However, when touching on issues that were relevant at the time of writing the book, as well as the personality of Hitler, the author resorts to exaggerations that do not correspond to the facts.<...>The last two chapters are a clear mixture of historical source and fiction,” Lenke concludes. At the same time, the British historian of National Socialism Ian Kershaw calls Rauschning’s memoirs a source “so dubious that it is better not to use it at all.” However, Kershaw also speaks critically of other memoirs, including Table Talk. The researcher cites several possible reasons for the unreliability of such information: the secretive nature of the Fuhrer, the coldness of his personal relationships, the flattery or hatred of his subordinates, as well as those introduced in the post-war period

edits.

In August 1918, on the basis of Liebendorf's occult concepts, the Thule Society appeared in Munich, founded by Turkish citizen Adam Glauer, who adopted the pseudonym Rudolf von Sebottendorf (Rudolf von Sebottendorf, 1875-1945). The ideology of the society was based on the ideas of pan-Germanism, anti-Semitism and Ariosophy. Members of society shared the idea of ​​a turning point in an era that could mark the beginning of an apocalypse or universal salvation. At that time, German society was indeed at a breaking point - in November 1918, a revolution began in the German Empire, which formally ended only a year later. Under these conditions, Thule functioned more as a political than as an occult organization. However, she did not get rid of her esoteric anti-Semitic heritage. Thule members believed that the historical process in Germany was being controlled by 300 wise Jewish elders who were using the ideology of Bolshevism to win over the working class. To counter this, in October 1918, the Thule Society created the “Political Workers' Circle,” whose members then formed the German Workers' Party. Thus, some of the future National Socialists were indeed members of the Thule Society, but Hitler himself was not a member of it, but joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), which in 1920 was transformed into the NSDAP. N. Goodrick-Clark rightly points out Hitler's purely pragmatic interest in the Thule Society - in it he was able to quickly find his first like-minded people. However, it was in his interest to create a mass party, so some of the esoteric ideas of the Thule were discarded. But the solar symbol of the swastika, which at that time was popular in similar circles, was preserved (the same swastika facing right, for example, was used by G. List). For the National Socialists, the swastika combined the idea of ​​Aryan superiority (the symbol was borrowed from Indian culture), anti-Semitism and even the Christian cross. At the same time, Hitler himself wrote that the swastika contains the idea of ​​​​the struggle for the victory of the Aryans and creative labor, the red flag symbolizes socialist orientation, and the white flag symbolizes nationalism.

The Hungarian historian Ambrus Miscolci, having analyzed Hitler’s personal library, makes an assumption about Hitler’s ambivalent attitude towards the occult: esotericism interested him, but at the same time irritated him. Thus, the researcher cites one of the “occult” poems allegedly written by the Fuhrer:

On bitter nights I often go

To Wotan's oak tree in a quiet clearing,

To make an alliance with dark forces.

However, he did not show significant interest in occult literature. According to Miscolci, Hitler managed to get acquainted with the books of Liszt and Liebenfels in Vienna, but he never read deeply into the later esoteric works sent to him. Analyzing the notes made by Hitler on the books sent to him, Miscolci draws attention to the narcissism with

with which the Fuhrer marks quotations from his own writings. The researcher’s conclusion is logical: the Fuhrer had no reason to read other people’s books and teachings, since he already had his own.

In this sense, the fate of the main occult ideologists of the Völkische movement is very indicative. In 1933, the founder of the society, Sebottendorf, published a book disloyal to the regime, “Bevor Hitler kam,” and was arrested, but miraculously managed to escape, and his book was banned. Lanz von Liebenfels also fell into disgrace after the Anschluss of Austria in 1938; part of his works (the Ostara series) was confiscated by the Nazis. It seems fair to assume that Hitler was simply not ready to tolerate esoteric societies around him, since National Socialism was to be perceived as the brainchild of the Fuhrer, and not a group of mystics.

However, it does not at all follow from this that other members of the NSDAP should not have been carried away by esotericism. Researcher M.I. Shakhnovich noted that clairvoyance and occult healing were widespread in the Third Reich, and by 1940 over 50 thousand professional mystics were registered in the country. Although the most serious work related to occult mysticism, namely “The Myth of the 20th Century” by Alfred Rosenberg (1893-1946), remained unnoticed by his comrades. A. Speer recalls that this 700-page Talmud was printed in copies of hundreds of thousands, although it was “simply impossible to read” and even Hitler was surprised at how this, in his own words, “relapse of medieval mysticism” was sold. Rosenberg fully follows the ariosophical ideas of the völkische. He declares the ideals of Christian Europe useless. Calls for the liberation of European culture from soft, abstract Christian ideals that came from the East and Asia Minor, and the discovery of a new philosophy that would be rooted in the bowels of the earth. Nordic man must realize his racial superiority and purity. Instead of meekness and forgiveness, Rosenberg offers the ideal of a powerful, earthly personality and a strong peasant. Mysticism is positioned as the path to the revival of the German nation, and “dreamers” are declared people of action.

But the most active mystic of the Third Reich, perhaps, can be considered Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945). Himmler is known for his passion for the Bhagavad Gita, Hindu and Buddhist books, from which he drew the spirit of Aryanism. Even more revealing is his passion for astrology - for example, he resorted to the help of astrologers to determine the whereabouts of the captive Mussolini. It is also stated that he believed himself to be the reincarnation of King Henry I the Birdcatcher, the first German ruler.

Himmler was baptized in the Catholic Church and always remained a believer at heart. However, judging by the diaries, from 1919 to 1924. he experiences a serious crisis, after which he moves away from the official Church. Himmler did not ignore the Catholic tradition when, in 1934, he was tasked with forming the SS security units. Based on the ideals of the Jesuit order, he sought to create an organization that would combine religious service and

the ideals of ruthless Teutonic chivalry (which did not prevent us from choosing the German “Sig” runes, considered an attribute of the god of war Thor, as a symbol). That same year, the Teutonic castle of Wewelsburg in Westphalia was handed over to the SS. Those given the honor of visiting him were subject to a hierarchical order based on the model adopted in the Catholic Church, with Himmler being considered the general of the order. Everyone was required to engage in spiritual exercises and spend some time in concentration before important meetings.

Another brainchild of Himmler was the German Institute for the Study of Ancient German History and the Heritage of the Ahnenerbe Ancestors, which was opened in 1935, although it did not immediately come under the control of the SS (by 1937/39). The first curator of the project was private researcher Herman Wirth (1900-1945). A typical representative of the “völkische”, he defended ideas about the origin of humanity from the superhuman Hyperboreans who once lived on the northern continent of Arctogea. Wirth tried to scientifically substantiate his concepts, which is generally rare for “völkische”, but did not meet like-minded people either in the academic environment or in the Nazi elite (Although Rosenberg even honored him with several critical passages in his “Myth of the 20th Century”). After meeting Himmler, the situation changes briefly. Having received a position in the Ahnenerbe, Wirth makes two expeditions to Scandinavia. However, the results disappointed Himmler, and the organization’s budget was squandered, so in 1938, not without squabbles and personal conflicts, Wirth left his post.

Walter Wüst (1901-1994), a researcher who had a good reputation in the academic community, was appointed as the new leader (scientific, Himmler took the post of president). Himmler declared the complete independence of the scientist, but at the same time set a clear task - to work on concepts that would strengthen the cultural foundation of the Third Reich. The Ahnenerbe was instructed to take care of the state of the German soul and the inner life of the people. An example of such research is the development by Fritz Weitzel of ritual practices for SS soldiers based on a neo-pagan religious worldview. Ritual rules were presented as the tradition of ancestors; such a collection contained ritual songs, runes and illustrative materials.

By 1939, the Ahnenerbe was a community with rather vague goals - the range of scientific tasks was too wide. However, it published the monthly “Germany” and also operated its own printing house in Berlin. Of course, a significant part of the publications was of no value to the independent academic community. Contrary to his promises, Himmler did not give researchers freedom, so propaganda pieces that had little to do with science were often published. However, serious research on the rituals and rituals of the ancient Germans also came from the pen of Ahnenerbe workers.

A number of pseudoscientific studies attribute the Ahnenerbe's work on the search for the Grail, or the Spear of Destiny - allegedly this was a personal instruction from Hitler,

who, with the help of occult practices and “sacred artifacts,” hoped to seize power throughout the world. This kind of theory did not appear out of nowhere, but it is more correct to talk about Himmler’s interest, and not the Fuhrer’s personally.

The most significant episode is associated with the name of Karl Wiligut (Karl Maria Wiligut, 1866-1946) - one of the main creators of the occult myth of the Third Reich. Wiligut was a mentally ill person, and he was diagnosed with schizophrenia during the First World War. Starting at the age of 18, he had epiphanies from time to time. Secret knowledge was given in the form of prophetic sayings, and he wrote them down in the form of runes. It was assumed that, ultimately, Wiligut would be able to completely restore the secret knowledge of the original proto-religion. It is worth adding to this that he traced his origins to the Aesir, and, in addition, he spoke in detail about the crucifixion of Balder, which took place near Goslar on the ruins of the seminary of St. Peter.

This kind of evidence clearly revealed a mentally ill person, but the Reichsführer SS was not embarrassed by this, so Wiligut was even dubbed “Himmler’s Rasputin.” There is every reason to believe that the senior SS leadership treated these revelations with the utmost attention. First, he was given a special post in Munich, where he was to record his hereditary fantasies under the fictitious name "Wise Thor" (weisthor). Secondly, he was able to involve Müller in correspondence with another occultist, Günter Kirchenhoff, who - as an example - "suggested the existence of geodesic lines of energy running across the entire continent." Third, Wiligut had enormous influence on the SS ritual system. A. Vasilchenko cites as an example a report in which SS Brigadier General Karl Wolf describes in detail the ritual performed on his newborn child with the participation of Müller: “Wiligut wrapped the child with a blue ribbon of life and uttered the traditional words: The blue ribbon of fidelity winds through your life. Every Aryan, every self-aware Aryan must remain faithful! This blue ribbon symbolically links birth and marriage, life and death. And so, this child is associated with my deep desire for his transformation into a real Aryan boy and a staunch Aryan man.” After this, Wiligut took the cup and said: “God is the source of all life! From God flows your knowledge, sense of duty, life purpose and the whole meaning of life. Every sip from this cup confirms your connection with God.” Having returned the child to the mother, he utters a new ritual phrase: “This spoon will nourish you until you grow up. Your mother will show her love by feeding you with this spoon, and will punish you by depriving you of food if you break the Commandments of God.” After this, the spoon was also given to the mother. In conclusion, Wiligut proclaimed: “You, child, will wear this ring, the ancestral ring of the Wolf family, as soon as you prove yourself worthy of the SS and your family. And so, according to the will of your parents and the order of the Order of the SS, I name you: Thorisman, Heinrich, Karl, Reinhard. Let the parents and successors nurture in the child a brave Aryan heart, according to the Will of God."

The mystification of the Grail is also associated with Wiligut's visions. During the redevelopment of Wewelsburg Castle, two ritual rooms were created in the northern part: one with a marble-lined black sun with runic lightning, the other a crypt with a stone circle in the center. Not without the help of the revelations of Wiligut, who called for searching for the Grail in the vicinity of the castle, the place quickly became overgrown with legends. Amateur archaeologist Otto Rahn also contributed to this hoax, writing the book “The Crusade Against the Grail” in 1933. In it, he proclaimed the Cathars an Aryan branch of Judaism and indicated the possible location of the Grail - in the south of France. These researches of his attracted the attention of Wiligut, who influenced Himmler, so that after some time Rahn was already collaborating with the Ahnenerbe. Could he be involved in some kind of “search for the Grail”? As researcher Michael Kater points out, even if Himmler had entrusted this kind of task to Otto Rank, his main goal would rather have been to prove the thesis that Christianity is secondary to the older Germanic religion.

After G. Wirth left the society, it became easier for W. Wüst to dispel Himmler’s fantasies and direct the Ahnenerbe’s activities in a more productive direction. In this regard, it should be clear why other members of the Ahnenerbe perceived Wiligut and Kirchenhoff at least unfriendly. This turned out to be quite fair. In 1938, it turned out that Wiligut had schizophrenia, so a year later he was removed from all positions with the official wording “due to old age and health problems.”

We see that Nazism absorbed a number of key ideas formulated precisely in the occult circles of the völkische. In a revised form, they were used by the Nazis for their own expanded concept of the Aryan race, as well as for the implementation of religious and cultural policies. However, it seems incorrect to overestimate the importance of the occult for the Third Reich. An apologist for mysticism as a condition for the development of human society, Rosenberg did not introduce significantly new ideas into the ideological discourse of National Socialism. Himmler made a more significant contribution to Nazi culture through the activities of the Ahnenerbe, although he never made occult goals the determining motive for his decisions. As for Hitler, the persistent tendency to attribute occult interests to him is not consistent with the available facts. Indeed, the Fuhrer used occult societies and messianic sentiments to gain political advantage, but if anyone was considered a mystical prophet, it was only himself.

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