The White Order of Thule was a loosely organized American society formed in the mid-1990s by federal prisoner Peter Georgacarakos, art school graduate Michael LujanGoodrick-Clarke 2003: 231. and

New Age New Age is a range of spiritual or religious practices and beliefs which rapidly grew in Western society during the early 1970s. Its highly eclectic and unsystematic structure makes a precise definition difficult. Although many scholars consi ...

occultist Joseph Kerrick.Rudgley 2007: 228. It described itself as an "

esoteric Western esotericism, also known as esotericism, esoterism, and sometimes the Western mystery tradition, is a term scholars use to categorise a wide range of loosely related ideas and movements that developed within Western society. These ideas ...

brotherhood working toward the revitalization of the Culture-Soul of the

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...

an people". The

Southern Poverty Law Center The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest litigation. Based in Montgomery, Alabama, it is known for its legal cases against white s ...

has described it as a racist hate group based in

Deer Park, Washington Deer Park is a city in Spokane County, Washington. The population was 3,652 at the time of the 2010 census, up from 3,017 in 2000. History North of Spokane, the city of Deer Park was officially incorporated on June 24, 1908. Deer Park got it ...

. The group ceased publication of their newsletter ''Crossing the Abyss'' (for the first issue it was called simply "The Abyss") and announced that they were disbanding in 2000. In 2005, a White Order of Thule

blog A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order s ...

was founded by Moody Lawless of the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

which was discontinued by 2011. This website reproduced much of the original material printed by the group in addition to new material.

Membership

Membership of the order was limited to individuals of

an descent over 18 years of age. Individuals seeking to join were required to send a 500 word autobiography including their views on

culture Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups ...

, spirituality,

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

and

politics Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that stud ...

. If deemed suitable, they would be sent an application. Aside from the "Degrees of Membership" and the "Membership Manual" the order suggested as study material works such as '' Mein Kampf'', ''

Imperium In ancient Rome, ''imperium'' was a form of authority held by a citizen to control a military or governmental entity. It is distinct from '' auctoritas'' and '' potestas'', different and generally inferior types of power in the Roman Republic a ...

'', ''

Beyond Good and Evil ''Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future'' (german: Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft) is a book by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche that covers ideas in his previous work ''Thus Spoke Zarathu ...

'', '' Might Is Right'', ''Siege'' by James Mason and ''

Revolt Against the Modern World ''Revolt Against the Modern World: Politics, Religion, and Social Order in the Kali Yuga'' ( it, Rivolta contro il mondo moderno) is a book by Julius Evola, first published in Italy in 1934. Described as Evola's most influential work, it is an ...

''.

Terrorism

In the

2002 white supremacist terror plot In 2002, a pair of white supremacists planned to bomb a series of institutions and people associated with African American and American Jewish communities. Crime Leo Felton and Erica Chase, a boyfriend and girlfriend team, planned to blow up a ...

, Leo V. Felton and Erica Chase, a boyfriend/girlfriend team who claimed to belong to the White Order of Thule, were convicted of plotting to blow up landmarks associated with

Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

and

African-Americans African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of enslav ...

Notes

References

* Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. 2003. '' Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity''. New York:

New York University Press New York University Press (or NYU Press) is a university press that is part of New York University. History NYU Press was founded in 1916 by the then chancellor of NYU, Elmer Ellsworth Brown. Directors * Arthur Huntington Nason, 1916–1 ...

. . * Rudgley, Richard. 2007. '' Pagan Resurrection: A Force for Evil or the Future of Western Spirituality?'' London: Arrow Books. . {{White nationalism Neo-fascist terrorism Modern pagan organizations based in the United States White supremacist groups in the United States Defunct modern pagan organizations Religious organizations disestablished in 2000 Modern pagan organizations established in the 1990s

Membership

Terrorism

See also

Notes

References