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The Photographic Portrait: Esoteric Nazism and the Fetish of the Hitler icon in the 21st century, at the conference The Lure of Secrecy: Western Esotericism and the Arts

  • Christopher Peter Webster

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Abstract

This paper evolved from research into occult aspects of the Third Reich. Specifically this paper discussed how images of Adolf Hitler continue to be used as effigies with a powerful religious or spiritual connotation to the world of Esoteric Hitlerists. The paper explores the use of the Hitler image as icon in a contemporary context. Whether it is as an incarnation of Wotan in Nordic paganism, or as the Second Coming of Christ, or as a Vishnu avatar; the photographic representation of Hitler plays a poweful totemic role in the devotions of a ‘New Age’ cult of the Führer.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGirton College, Cambridge University, conference of the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Western Esotericism
Publication statusPublished - 09 Oct 2009

Keywords

  • Hitler avatar
  • ciphers
  • afterlife power
  • hypnotism
  • magic
  • photographic fetish,
  • the divine
  • photography

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