Arktos

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MYTHOLOGY / POLITICAL HISTORY / OCCULT
Arktos is the first book ever written on the archetype of the Poles: celestial and terrestrial, North and South. It is a hair-raising voyage through cosmology, spiritual philosophy, mystical experience, and the beliefs of the lunatic fringe which leads to startling revelations about the secrets of the Poles and the icebound lands. Many occult systems speak of a Golden Age, associated with an ancient race that lived in the Arctic regions. Much embraced by ethnologists and Theosophists, this "Aryan Race" entered the mythology of Nazi Germany with dreadful consequences. In a responsible and scholarly fashion, the author explores the origins of modern neo-Nazi ideology, its "polar" inspiration, and links with other occult myths including the survival of Hitler, German bases in Antarctica, UFOs, the Hollow Earth, and the hidden kingdoms of Agartha and Shambhala. Arktos is an important book which touches on the deepest mysteries of human and... Tovább

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MYTHOLOGY / POLITICAL HISTORY / OCCULT
Arktos is the first book ever written on the archetype of the Poles: celestial and terrestrial, North and South. It is a hair-raising voyage through cosmology, spiritual philosophy, mystical experience, and the beliefs of the lunatic fringe which leads to startling revelations about the secrets of the Poles and the icebound lands. Many occult systems speak of a Golden Age, associated with an ancient race that lived in the Arctic regions. Much embraced by ethnologists and Theosophists, this "Aryan Race" entered the mythology of Nazi Germany with dreadful consequences. In a responsible and scholarly fashion, the author explores the origins of modern neo-Nazi ideology, its "polar" inspiration, and links with other occult myths including the survival of Hitler, German bases in Antarctica, UFOs, the Hollow Earth, and the hidden kingdoms of Agartha and Shambhala. Arktos is an important book which touches on the deepest mysteries of human and cosmic destiny—and the eternal problem of good and evil.
"Arktos explores the tangled web of myths, scientific notions, and religious beliefs surrounding the Poles. Given the fantastic and occult nature of his subject, Professor Godwin has given us a masterpiece of clarity and economy."
— Dr. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, Author, The Occult Roots of Nazism
"Protected by his firm-rooted sanity and scholarship, Joscelyn Godwin enters deep and perilous waters and returns with astonishing news from the underworld. The creatures he encounters are not just imaginary phantoms, but border constantly upon reality and, in times of change, threaten to rise up and overwhelm the minds of a generation."
—John Michell, author of many books including The View Over Atlantis
" A fascinating work of occult history which manages to be as intriguing as The Morning of the Magicians, but which holds to a much higher standard of scholarship." —Jay Kinney
Publisher, Gnosis Magazine
Born in England, JOSCELYN GODWIN teaches at Colgate University in New York state. He is the author of Robert Fludd, The Mystery of the Seven Vowels, Harmony of the Spheres, and many other books and translations related to the Western esoteric traditions. Vissza