''Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity'' is a book by the historian Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, in which the author examines post-war Nazi occultism and similar phenomena. It was published by New York University Press in 2002 () and reissued in paperback ().

Summary

The book uses the Nazi occultism covered in Goodrick-Clarke's 1985 book '' The Occult Roots of Nazism'' to trace similar phenomena in the post-war West. According to the author, movements with such interests are particularly prevalent in the English-speaking world. Because the occultism found in the SS can be traced to Ariosophy, which emerged from the ''völkisch'' movement, Goodrick-Clarke coins the term "neo-''völkisch''" for the groups he covers in the book. These groups are defined by "concerns with white identity and ethnicity" and in many cases take interest in "esoteric themes of Aryan origins, secred knowledge and occult heritage". Subjects surveyed include American and British

neo-Nazism Neo-Nazism comprises the post–World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazism, Nazi ideology. Neo-Nazis employ their ideology to promote hatred and Supremacism#Racial, racial supremacy (ofte ...

, the writings of Julius Evola and Francis Parker Yockey, Savitri Devi's and Miguel Serrano's

Esoteric Nazism Esoteric Nazism, also known as Esoteric Fascism, refers to a range of mystical interpretations and adaptations of Nazism. After the Second World War, esoteric interpretations of the Third Reich were adapted into new religious movements of white na ...

, belief in Nazi UFOs, neo-Nazi

Satanism Satanism is a group of ideological and philosophical beliefs based on Satan. Contemporary religious practice of Satanism began with the founding of the atheistic Church of Satan by Anton LaVey in the United States in 1966, although a few hi ...

, Christian Identity, the

World Church of the Creator Creativity, historically known as The (World) Church of the Creator, is an atheistic ( "nontheistic") white supremacist religious movement which espouses white separatism, antitheism, antisemitism, scientific racism, homophobia, and religious a ...

and

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Reception

'' Publishers Weekly'' called the book a "comprehensive inquiry" which "adds to our knowledge of the broad, frightening tentacles of Nazi ideology".

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''Black Sun''
at Google Books. * Joseph P. Szimhar

New York: New York University Press, 2002, 371 pages. $29.95. . // Cultic Studies Review. 2002. Vol. 1. №. 3.
Article by Goodrick-Clarke

New York University Press, 2002 371 Pages, US$24.97 by John J. Reily
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