Hitler: Black Magician [Paperback]

Gerald Suster (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1996

How could one individual so completely subvert the will of millions? How could one of the most civilized nations in the world suddenly descend into barbarism? It is no secret that from its origins the Nazi party had strong links with the world of the occult. This account of Hitler's systematic misuse of black magic and its apalling consequences exposes "the dark side" of the history of World War II.

Product Details

• Paperback: 222 pages
• Publisher: Skoob Books Pub Ltd; 2nd edition (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1871438829
• ISBN-13: 978-1871438826
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,192,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hitler's Occult Resources, February 28, 2002

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Cecil E. Burns (Bailey, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hitler: Black Magician (Paperback)

The author of "Hitler Black Magician" makes it clear that he is intimately familiar with the practices of magick as a spiritual discipline. As such, he has demonstrated his ability to guide the reader through the advantages and pitfalls that magicians encounter in their quest for personal development.
Hitler seems to have had no spiritual impulse that would satisfy ordinary definitions of spirituality, but substituted the spiritual drive with a drive for power. That is what distinguishes a spiritually motivated mystic from a "black" magician according to Suster's use of the term.
As Suster uses the term, "occult" is not a synonym for "evil". It is a commonly used word in metallurgy, geology, engineering, medicine, astronomy, etc. Jesus himself spoke of his own "Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven", which were hidden to the unitiated, and thus "occult" in the philosophic/theological sense. In the psychological sense, occultism is the use of natural structures of the psyche to access the Unconscious, releasing otherwise hidden resources for conscious use. Almost all religions utilize occult practices to accomplish this, especially pneumatic groups such as Christian Pentecostals. The minimum result is conversion. The maximum result is highly advanced mysticism.
Those who study these disciplines are familiar with the traps to which Hitler ultimately fell prey. As a former Pentecostal minister, I can attest to the fact that many ministers fall prey to the very same traps that Hitler failed to survive, and that Suster has identified those traps succinctly. It requires a practitioner of occult spiritual traditions to accomplish this. As Suster points out, traditional historians are rarely equipped to explore this aspect of Hitler's life and person.
Suster has also done well in introducing Aleister Crowley into the discussion. He shows that Crowley, far from being a minor player in our century, had tapped into an intuitive understanding of what the two world wars meant in terms of evolving changes in human history. He foresaw the crumbling of the social and economic structures with which Christianity had entangled itself, and predicted the ultimate demise of this religion as the dominant tool of the Establishment of pre-1888 Europe. He also shows that Hitler had also tapped into this intuitive understanding, whether or not he had ever heard of Crowley. Hitler rightly saw himself as the instrument of this destruction of old institutions.
Suster identifies American Christian Fundamentalism as a current form of fascism, and warns the reader to be wary of their tactics. This last point is mentioned only briefly at the end, but in practical terms, it is a thought-provoking conclusion to this very well-written exploration of The Man Who Destroyed Old Europe.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars better than any book on the nazis and the occult, June 26, 1998

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This review is from: Hitler: Black Magician (Paperback)

The author presents a convincing case for Hitler being a black magician. This is a better book than the occult reich, by brennan. In this book, Suster shows the numerous links Hitler had with the occult, most notably with black magick. He shows how Hitler used various esoteric techniques to create a magnetic personality and influence the mind of the mob. This book presents some incredible claims, but whoever said that truth is stranger than fiction, knew what he was talking about. Although the occult has a sinister reputation, due more to ignorance than anything else, it shows what power lies in certain facets of its practice. Hitler proves this for all time.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Amazon doesn't deliver as promised, October 31, 2004

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Maria Konwicka (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hitler: Black Magician (Paperback)

This is not a review of the book but a warning that Amazon seems unable to locate this book: I am waiting 4 months already and just had to approve another delay. I'll probably never get it. Save yourself time and try to buy it somewhere else.