Otto Wilhelm Rahn
| Otto Wilhelm Rahn | |
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 Otto Wilhelm Rahn with his bride Asta | |
| Birth date | 18 February 1904 |
| Place of birth | Michelstadt, German Empire |
| Death date | 13 March 1939 (aged 35) |
| Place of death | Tyrol, State of Austria, German Reich |
| Allegiance |  National Socialist Germany
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| Service/branch |  Allgemeine SS
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| Years of service | 1936–1939 |
| Rank | SS-Obersturmführer |
Otto Wilhelm Rahn (18 February 1904 – 13 March 1939) was a German writer, medievalist, Ariosophist as well as an officer of the SS and researcher into the Grail myths. Speculation still surrounds Otto Rahn and his research, including in claims regarding National Socialism and occultism. He must not be confused with Prof. Dr. Otto Rahn (1881–1957).
Life
- Among the colleagues of Wiligut was Otto Rahn, around whom there has been much mythologizing due to his esoteric expeditions ranging from southern France to Iceland. In particular it is because Rahn was a “Luciferian,” insofar as he believed that Lucifer, the “Light-Bringer” was a good spirit in opposition to the Jewish God Jehovah. His main book was entitled Lucifer’s Retinue: A Journey to the Good Spirits of Europe. Not surprisingly, such a topic provides plenty of scope for writers of pop-history in attempting to portray the Third Reich as a “satanic” conspiracy or as evoking “satanic” forces. However it is a Gnostic heresy rather than Satanism, such heresies regarding Jehovah as “Satan” and Lucifer not as Satan but as an enlightened antagonist. One can see something of the doctrine in the Anthroposophy of Rudolf Steiner, whose rather positive movement was unfortunately also banned in the Third Reich, despite Steiner’s antagonism to the same Masonic secret societies as the National Socialists. These heresies provided a fanciful basis for post-war Hitlerites such as the Chilean diplomat Miguel Serrano to develop a cosmological view of National Socialism that is “Luciferian” and Gnostic.[1]
Writings
- Kreuzzug gegen den Gral. Die Geschichte der Albigenser (Broschiert) (in German), 1934
- Croisade contre le Graal: Grandeur et Chute des Albigeois (Broché) (French translation), 1934
- Crusade Against the Grail: The Struggle between the Cathars, the Templars, and the Church of Rome (First English Translation by Christopher Jones), 1934–2006
- Luzifers Hofgesind, eine Reise zu den guten Geistern Europas (in German), 1937
- Lucifer's Court: A Heretic's Journey in Search of the Light Bringers (English translation), 1937–2008
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References
- ↑ Religion, Mysticism and the Myth of the "Occult Reich" https://codoh.com/search/?sorting=relevance&q=rahn
