The Supernatural Imaginary of the Third Reich with Historian Eric Kurlander
American Hysteria
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The Fire and the Seance
One of the first famous encounters between natiism and astrology is not so much because the natses, like they do later on, try to exploit astrology actively. It's because a famous astrologer named erichonnson, whose real name, i believe, was herman steinsteter, was an austrian jew a board. And by 32, he had his own house of occultism obin idle of berlin, where he would perform seances. A day or two before this famous reichstag fire, honsen, who we know was friends with some of the berlin storm troopers, members of the nate party, held a
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