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Title: Secret of the Runes by Guido List, Stephen E. Flowers ISBN: 0-89281-207-9 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: May, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Guido von List - Aryan Prophet and Rune Magician.
Comment: Made available through the efforts of translator Stephen E. Flowers, _The Secret of the Runes_ is a unique work by the German Ariosophist and Volkish rune magician Guido (von) List. Guido von List was an important figure among occultists and Pan Germanic nationalists who borrowed from the Theosophy of Madame H. P. Blavatsky as well as ancient Aryan (Teutonic and Indian) legend to create a unique system of rune magic. From his childhood days, Guido List was prone to mystical fantasy, and at a young age visited the catacombs under the Saint Stephen's Cathedral in his native Vienna and declared that he would build a Temple to Wotan there. Taking his inspiration from early Germanic religion (Wotanism, or Wuotanism) including references from Tacitus and the Eddas, neoromanticism, and later incorporating elements from Theosophy, Guido List developed a system of Armanenism which was supposedly the earliest belief system of the Germanic (Aryan) tribes. In this book, Guido List explains the role of the runes in uncovering early Germanic belief. An important substructure underlying von List's conceptions is his baptism into Roman Catholicism, which he believes serves as a cover for more ancient pagan beliefs which have been subsumed by Christianity. List shows the importance of the runes and the unique meaning of each of the runic elements. Subsequently he shows how the runes were incorporated into such systems as heraldry, freemasonry, folk tradition and belief, and even into baked goods and pastries, as well as holidays. List notes that early Germanic (Aryan) society consisted of individuals who served as farmers with three principal classes (castes), that of the peasantry, the military, and the nobility/intellegentsia (Armanen). List defines an occult doctrine in which he outlines what Flowers translates as the "biune-bifidic-dyad", the "triune-trifidic-triad", and the "multifidic multiune-multiplicity". List shows how each of these relates to God and the need for man to conform his will (his ego) to that of God. List also presents a system of reincarnation in which Aryan individuals fallen in battle are taken up into Walhalla. In fact, List himself was to write another important novel named _Carnuntum_ dealing with the Germans under the Roman empire as well as encounter an individual named Tarnhari who was a supposed reincarnation of an Aryan chieftain. List incorporated racial notions of Aryan supremacy into his writings and of course was politically aligned with Pan German nationalists who wanted to see Austria united with the other Germanies. List's ideas were used to found a masonic society, which later was to embrace National Socialism. Subsequently, many indidividuals associated with National Socialism and the NSDAP were to examine List's ideas and writings and find them interesting in furthering their own agenda. Hopefully, further materials of List's will be made available in English one day; however, currently this remains one of the few available items for those interested in studying this individual, Volkish prophet and Ariosophist in the late Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries.
Rating: 2
Summary: Von List was a fraud
Comment: As a piece of history, The Secret of the Runes is a fine addition to anyone's library on the runes. As a good source of information on the runes of the ancient Germanic peoples it is a total flop.
Von List made much of his interpretations of the meanings of the runes out of whole cloth. He lists eighteen runes as his futhork (which we know never existed before his writings) based on the eighteen runic formulas within the Havamal. As we have discovered since (and was probably known in his time) these eighteen stanzas in the Havamal are not associated to just one rune, but to a series of "bind-rune."
If you are looking for a piece of history, I highly recomend this book. Otherwise, get one of the books by Edred Thorson or Freya Aswinn.
Rating: 5
Summary: Secrets of the Runes
Comment: This is a classic book on runic magic. A lot of New Age writers [copy] his occult ideas. The Right misunderstands him and the Left smears him. One of the most lied about men in occult history.
This book is well worth the price. Even though many of his ideas have been used by other occult writers, and some of his ideas on magic are standard New Age rite, it is always interesting to visit the soucre where these rivers sprung. Hopefully, all of Von List's book will be made ready to an English speaking market.
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Title: The Secret King: Karl Maria Wiligut, Himmler's Lord of the Runes by Stephen Flowers, Michael Moynihan, Karl Mari Wiligut ISBN: 1885972210 Publisher: Dominion Pub. Date: 12 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Futhark, a Handbook of Rune Magic by Edred Thorsson ISBN: 0877285489 Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser Pub. Date: April, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology: The Ariosophists of Austria and Germany, 1890-1935 by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke ISBN: 0814730604 Publisher: New York University Press Pub. Date: January, 1994 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Himmler's Crusade : The Nazi Expedition to Find the Origins of the Aryan Race by Christopher Hale ISBN: 0471262927 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 03 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Unholy Alliance: History of the Nazi Involvement With the Occult by Peter Levenda, Norman Mailer, Peter Lavenda ISBN: 0826414095 Publisher: Continuum Pub Group Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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