The Secret King – Moynihan & Flowers (2007)
The second and revised edition is starting to have the price of the original edition. Good that there is also a Kindle version with a normal price.
“The Myth and Reality of Nazi Occultism” is the subtitle of the book and this is also the theme of the introduction, the most interesting part in my opinion. Michael Moynihan and Stephen Flowers describe how the myth of Nazi occultism took root and how it developped. Basically, there is but one person to whom the myth can be acribed: Karl Maria Willigut (1866-1946), also known as Weisthor, Jarl Widar and Lobesam.
Here we have a high ranking person who actually experimented with the occult. He was also a fairly active author. There is an interesting history why Willigut thought he stood in a long, magical tradition, his theories, alleged troubles between “Irminists” and “Wotanists”. At the end of the book there is an interview of Manfred Lenz with Gabriele Dechend who knew Willigut when she was young. The interview has some interesting details, such as that the symbol of the Wewelsburg (see cover of the book) was only called “black sun” in hinsight.
Between these introductions and appendices, there are translations of texts of Willigut. He had a very messy, inpenetrable, tickly layered writing style with all kinds of mythological and occult references. Hard to read, hard to follow. The texts do contain writings such as Gotos-Kalanda and the Halgarita Charms.
I found the texts of Willigut the least interesting part of the book.
2007 Feral House, isbn 1932595252
