Mistyczny faszyzm

Abstract

The Nazi fascism of Germany was not just an economic reaction to a catastrophe, or a rebirth of withheld patriotism. It was first of all a parareligious movement of vast proportions: mass meetings, a fanatical conviction of the final victory of the cause, an absolute submission to the messianic Commander, passion and readiness to sacrifice for the cause, the belief in the Millennial Reich. The majority of authors do not deny the influence of occultism on Hitler and his closest associates, but most often ignore it. Today it is difficult to assess the exact dependence of the extermination of millions of people and the nearly complete destruction of Europe on occultism. Beyond doubt such a dependence existed, and, for a time, an undeniably demoniac force was introduced in the order of the world. Jacques Maritain viewing the German fascism in the light of the crisis of moral and religious values and the expansion of paganism, called fascism a „secular religion”, a religion without God. Unquestionably, experiencing the evil during World War II, brought the civilization closer to apocalyptic visions.