The gritty business of politics is not something we usually associate with the occult. But esoteric beliefs have influenced the destiny of nations since the time of ancient Egypt and China, when decisions of state were based on portents and astrology, to today, when presidents and prime ministers privately consult self-proclaimed seers. Politics and the Occult offers a lively history of this enduring phenomenon. Author and cultural pundit Gary Lachman provocativly questions whether the separation of church and state so dear to modern political philosophy should be maintained. A few of his fascinating topics include the fate of the Knights Templar and the medieval Gnostic Cathars, the occult roots of America and the French Revolution in Freemasonry, Gurdjieff and the swastika, Soviet interest in UFOs, the CIA and LSD, the Age of Aquarius, the millenarian politics that inform the struggle with Islamic terrorism, fundamentalism, and more.
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Gary Lachman (1955- ) was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, but has lived in London, England since 1996. A founding member of the rock group Blondie, he is now a full time writer with more than a dozen books to his name, on topics ranging from the evolution of consciousness and the western esoteric tradition, to literature and suicide, and the history of popular culture. Lachman writes frequently for many journals in the US and UK, and lectures on his work in the US, UK, and Europe.His work has been translated into several languages. His website is http://garylachman.co.uk/
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Gary Lachman has provided what will stand as a definitive guide to the Occult's real and imagined political agendas and alleged mechanizations. From the attempted geopolitical Rosicrucian inspired government of Frederick V of the Palatinate, an event first documented in depth by Dame Frances Yates in her "The Rosicrucian Enlightenment", to the various esoteric agendas borne out by parties in the French Revolution, to a brief bias free history of Freemasonry and dispelling much of the nonsense and rubbish that has been written about Adam Weishaupt & the Illuminati. All against a historical background of how these various esoteric agendas influenced not only politics but its impact on societies as well. This is social history at its most thought provoking.
Like all of Lachman's works, this is both scholarly and approachable with a style and pace equal to any political thriller on the market today. Rich in detail with a calvacade of portraits of individuals who made their mark in the western esoteric tradition. Lachman clearly pays homage to researchers that have gone before in exploring similar terrain, including Christopher McIntosh and the late James Webb.
I must also recognize Quest Books, the publishing wing of the Theosophical Society in America. For too long they published the staid and rather tame canon of Theosophical literature and its stable of writers. With this work and Mr. Lachman's previous Quest book, "In Search of P.D. Ouspensky", as well as other recent titles, Quest has rescued itself from the oblivion of mundane metaphysical comfortability.
This work concludes with a concise and brilliant overview of Geunonian inspired Traditionalism, leading one to conclude with Sinclair Lewis, "When Fascism comes...it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross." Or add the religious symbol of your choice in lieu of the cross. Each new Gary Lachman book is a cause for provocative study and reading pleasure among psychonauts, students of history and the esoteric. Highly recommended.
Like all of Lachman's works, this is both scholarly and approachable with a style and pace equal to any political thriller on the market today. Rich in detail with a calvacade of portraits of individuals who made their mark in the western esoteric tradition. Lachman clearly pays homage to researchers that have gone before in exploring similar terrain, including Christopher McIntosh and the late James Webb.
I must also recognize Quest Books, the publishing wing of the Theosophical Society in America. For too long they published the staid and rather tame canon of Theosophical literature and its stable of writers. With this work and Mr. Lachman's previous Quest book, "In Search of P.D. Ouspensky", as well as other recent titles, Quest has rescued itself from the oblivion of mundane metaphysical comfortability.
This work concludes with a concise and brilliant overview of Geunonian inspired Traditionalism, leading one to conclude with Sinclair Lewis, "When Fascism comes...it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross." Or add the religious symbol of your choice in lieu of the cross. Each new Gary Lachman book is a cause for provocative study and reading pleasure among psychonauts, students of history and the esoteric. Highly recommended.
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_Politics and the Occult: The Left, the Right, and the Radically Unseen_, published in 2008 by Quest Books, by occult researcher and former performer with the rock group Blondie, Gary Lachman, is a fascinating account of the role of the occult in political movements from the reformation till the modern day. Lachman who is heavily indebted to the work of James Webb (who coined the term "illuminated politics") argues that occult politics need not be fundamentally "fascist", a charge frequently leveled against it, but has actually been involved in various movements of both the left and the right. Lachman considers the primary role of Tradition in occult politics and the opposition of much of it to the modern world. Relying heavily on Webb's book _The Occult Establishment_, Lachman traces out the role of various occultists and their political interests through history as well as their involvement in various revolutions including the American, French, and Russian, and their involvement in Fascism and Nazism. This book offers a fascinating examination of the role that occultists have played in politics and uncovers much hidden material relating to the darker sides of the human condition in the modern world.
This book begins with an Introduction entitled "Hidden Superiors and the Retreat from the Modern World". Here, Lachman considers the role of "illuminated politics" as it relates to the modern world. Lachman considers the arguments of Umberto Eco, author of _Foucault's Pendulum_, concerning occultism and fascism, as well as the occultist opposition to modernity and the longing for Tradition. Lachman explains the "cosmic state" as well as the movement of occult politics from progressive to reactionary. The first chapter of this book is entitled "Rosicrucian Dawn" and explains the role of the Rosicrucians in occult politics. There is much debate surrounding the origins of the Rosicrucian order and whether or not they really existed. Lachman explains the role of the semi-mythical Christian Rosenkreutz, the "Invisibles", the role of Lutheranism on the Rosicrucians, the role of Campanella and Andreae, and the role of Frederick and Elizabeth as the Bohemian rulers admired by the Rosicrucians. The second chapter is entitled "Invisible Colleges" and considers the role of Rosicrucian and utopian literature. This chapter discusses such topics as the dystopia of John Comenius, the utopian motifs of Andreae, the reality of the Rosicrucians, Campanella's _City of the Sun_, esoteric writing mentioning the role of secret codes in the thinking of the neoconservative philosopher Leo Strauss, Maier and Fludd, and the English connection and the birth of the Royal Society and the growth of modern science. The third chapter is entitled "Masonic Movements" and considers the role of the freemasons in political history as well as the allegations made against them by anti-masonic sources that they constitute a secret society plotting against worldly governments. This chapter discusses the origins of the freemasons mentioning the important role of the Knights Templar, the transition of masonry from operative to speculative masonry with a focus on esoteric speculations, the "Scottish connection", and the politics of the masons and their role in the American and French revolutions. Lachman also discusses the role of "unknown superiors" which was to play an important role in later occult developments and Jacobite freemasonry. The fourth chapter is entitled "Erotic Esoteric Revolutions" and discusses the role of "holy sinning" and the role of eroticism and sexuality in the various revolutionary movements and heresies. This chapter discusses in particular the role of Zinzendorf as well as the Swedish seer Swedenborg and the Moravians. The chapter ends with a discussion of the "Wars of Independence" noting the role of freemasons and occultists in the American Revolution. The fifth chapter is entitled "Illuminations" and discusses the role of the freemasons in the French Revolution and the Bavarian Illuminati. This chapter examines such topics as the role of the freemasons behind the French Revolution, conservative philosophers including T. E. Hulme's distinction between classic and romantic and Eric Voegelin's understanding of gnosis, the masonic right including a discussion of Count Joseph de Maistre (freemason and traditionalist Catholic), the Bavarian Illuminati of Adam Weishaupt and various conspiracy theories regarding them including those of Abbe Barruel and John Robison, as well as the role of mesmerism and its relationship to freemasonry, the role of Saint-Martin, and the role of Cagliostro. The sixth chapter is entitled "Spirits Rebellious" and discusses several topics including the emerging role of spiritism and its relation to progressive politics. This chapter discusses the egregore (or the "watcher"), the writings of Bulwer-Lytton, the role of popular occultism, Eliphas Levi, and the role of spiritism mentioning the Fox sisters and the role of the radical feminist Victoria Woodhull (known as Mrs. Satan). The seventh chapter is entitled "Journeys to the East" and discusses the role of the Theosophy of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and the role that the East and in particular India played on its development. This chapter discusses the role of Theosophy, the race question, the secret doctrine, the role of Annie Besant in promoting home rule for India, and the role of Russian philosophy mentioning individuals such as Vladimir Soloviev. The eighth chapter is entitled "Kings of the World on the Mountains of Truth" and discusses the role of the various legends concerning the Mountains of Truth and the King of the World. This chapter discusses such topics as the Mountain of Truth and the birth of the counter-culture, cosmic consciousness and various consciousness expanding components of the developing counter-culture which eventually grew into a 1960s movement in the United States, the role of supermen in the ideas of Nietzsche, Orage, and Shaw, the occult underground mentioning the role of Ossendowski and his travels in the East, the importance of Agharti, Shamballah, and Nicholas Roerich the Russian occultist, the role of Henry Wallace and various politican intrigues of Roerich, and the role of synarchy in the esotericism of Saint-Yves d'Alvedrye. The ninth chapter is entitled "Reactions" and discusses the role of the occult in various right wing movements. This chapter discusses the "Jewish Question" as it arose for d'Alvedrye, the role of Papus, the importance of the aristocracy and the spiritual elite for the occultists, the nature of synarchy and how synarchy developed into a movement, and the role of Traditionalist Rene Guenon and his enmity towards the modern world and desire for a new spiritual elite. The tenth chapter is entitled "Dark Sides" and discusses the role of occultism on the political right. This chapter includes a discussion of the esoteric Egyptologist Rene Schwaller de Lubicz and the role of anti-Semitism and right wing politics in his thinking including mention of his own group of spiritual elite "the Watchers", the role of Vivian Postel du Mas and Rudolf Hess, Nazism and the occult including mention of the role of Hyperborea and Ultima Thule, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, and the Thule Society, and finally a discussion of the case of Carl Jung and his supposed relationship to Nazism. The eleventh chapter is entitled "Archangels of Our Darker Nature". This chapter discusses the role of LSD and the 1960s, the Italian rightist Baron Julius Evola and his role as traditionalist and enemy of the modern world as well as his tentative support for fascism, and the role of Romanian scholar of religions Mircea Eliade and his problematic involvement with Romanian fascism. The twelfth chapter is entitled "New World Orders" and discusses the modern American Christian right. Unfortunately, Lachman seems to link a largely degenerate American Protestant right to fascism and claims that the mass marketed _Left Behind_ books and widespread belief in the Rapture constitute a return to "illuminated politics". I find this claim particularly absurd in light of the fact that such books are largely the product of a consumerist and decadent culture that Lachman claims they oppose. Further, Lachman seems to bow towards the idols of today's political correctness without recognizing the threat such political correctness poses itself. That is why his conclusions in this chapter remain problematic for me. Overall, however I find much of what Lachman has to say to be interesting regarding the role of the occult in politics.
This book offers an interesting account of the role of the occult in shaping political movements of both the left and the right. The book includes a good discussion of those who opposed the modern world and opted for tradition against the nostrums offered by today's modernists. The book includes much fascinating material on little known occultist figures who are certainly worth investigating for the interested reader.
This book begins with an Introduction entitled "Hidden Superiors and the Retreat from the Modern World". Here, Lachman considers the role of "illuminated politics" as it relates to the modern world. Lachman considers the arguments of Umberto Eco, author of _Foucault's Pendulum_, concerning occultism and fascism, as well as the occultist opposition to modernity and the longing for Tradition. Lachman explains the "cosmic state" as well as the movement of occult politics from progressive to reactionary. The first chapter of this book is entitled "Rosicrucian Dawn" and explains the role of the Rosicrucians in occult politics. There is much debate surrounding the origins of the Rosicrucian order and whether or not they really existed. Lachman explains the role of the semi-mythical Christian Rosenkreutz, the "Invisibles", the role of Lutheranism on the Rosicrucians, the role of Campanella and Andreae, and the role of Frederick and Elizabeth as the Bohemian rulers admired by the Rosicrucians. The second chapter is entitled "Invisible Colleges" and considers the role of Rosicrucian and utopian literature. This chapter discusses such topics as the dystopia of John Comenius, the utopian motifs of Andreae, the reality of the Rosicrucians, Campanella's _City of the Sun_, esoteric writing mentioning the role of secret codes in the thinking of the neoconservative philosopher Leo Strauss, Maier and Fludd, and the English connection and the birth of the Royal Society and the growth of modern science. The third chapter is entitled "Masonic Movements" and considers the role of the freemasons in political history as well as the allegations made against them by anti-masonic sources that they constitute a secret society plotting against worldly governments. This chapter discusses the origins of the freemasons mentioning the important role of the Knights Templar, the transition of masonry from operative to speculative masonry with a focus on esoteric speculations, the "Scottish connection", and the politics of the masons and their role in the American and French revolutions. Lachman also discusses the role of "unknown superiors" which was to play an important role in later occult developments and Jacobite freemasonry. The fourth chapter is entitled "Erotic Esoteric Revolutions" and discusses the role of "holy sinning" and the role of eroticism and sexuality in the various revolutionary movements and heresies. This chapter discusses in particular the role of Zinzendorf as well as the Swedish seer Swedenborg and the Moravians. The chapter ends with a discussion of the "Wars of Independence" noting the role of freemasons and occultists in the American Revolution. The fifth chapter is entitled "Illuminations" and discusses the role of the freemasons in the French Revolution and the Bavarian Illuminati. This chapter examines such topics as the role of the freemasons behind the French Revolution, conservative philosophers including T. E. Hulme's distinction between classic and romantic and Eric Voegelin's understanding of gnosis, the masonic right including a discussion of Count Joseph de Maistre (freemason and traditionalist Catholic), the Bavarian Illuminati of Adam Weishaupt and various conspiracy theories regarding them including those of Abbe Barruel and John Robison, as well as the role of mesmerism and its relationship to freemasonry, the role of Saint-Martin, and the role of Cagliostro. The sixth chapter is entitled "Spirits Rebellious" and discusses several topics including the emerging role of spiritism and its relation to progressive politics. This chapter discusses the egregore (or the "watcher"), the writings of Bulwer-Lytton, the role of popular occultism, Eliphas Levi, and the role of spiritism mentioning the Fox sisters and the role of the radical feminist Victoria Woodhull (known as Mrs. Satan). The seventh chapter is entitled "Journeys to the East" and discusses the role of the Theosophy of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and the role that the East and in particular India played on its development. This chapter discusses the role of Theosophy, the race question, the secret doctrine, the role of Annie Besant in promoting home rule for India, and the role of Russian philosophy mentioning individuals such as Vladimir Soloviev. The eighth chapter is entitled "Kings of the World on the Mountains of Truth" and discusses the role of the various legends concerning the Mountains of Truth and the King of the World. This chapter discusses such topics as the Mountain of Truth and the birth of the counter-culture, cosmic consciousness and various consciousness expanding components of the developing counter-culture which eventually grew into a 1960s movement in the United States, the role of supermen in the ideas of Nietzsche, Orage, and Shaw, the occult underground mentioning the role of Ossendowski and his travels in the East, the importance of Agharti, Shamballah, and Nicholas Roerich the Russian occultist, the role of Henry Wallace and various politican intrigues of Roerich, and the role of synarchy in the esotericism of Saint-Yves d'Alvedrye. The ninth chapter is entitled "Reactions" and discusses the role of the occult in various right wing movements. This chapter discusses the "Jewish Question" as it arose for d'Alvedrye, the role of Papus, the importance of the aristocracy and the spiritual elite for the occultists, the nature of synarchy and how synarchy developed into a movement, and the role of Traditionalist Rene Guenon and his enmity towards the modern world and desire for a new spiritual elite. The tenth chapter is entitled "Dark Sides" and discusses the role of occultism on the political right. This chapter includes a discussion of the esoteric Egyptologist Rene Schwaller de Lubicz and the role of anti-Semitism and right wing politics in his thinking including mention of his own group of spiritual elite "the Watchers", the role of Vivian Postel du Mas and Rudolf Hess, Nazism and the occult including mention of the role of Hyperborea and Ultima Thule, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, and the Thule Society, and finally a discussion of the case of Carl Jung and his supposed relationship to Nazism. The eleventh chapter is entitled "Archangels of Our Darker Nature". This chapter discusses the role of LSD and the 1960s, the Italian rightist Baron Julius Evola and his role as traditionalist and enemy of the modern world as well as his tentative support for fascism, and the role of Romanian scholar of religions Mircea Eliade and his problematic involvement with Romanian fascism. The twelfth chapter is entitled "New World Orders" and discusses the modern American Christian right. Unfortunately, Lachman seems to link a largely degenerate American Protestant right to fascism and claims that the mass marketed _Left Behind_ books and widespread belief in the Rapture constitute a return to "illuminated politics". I find this claim particularly absurd in light of the fact that such books are largely the product of a consumerist and decadent culture that Lachman claims they oppose. Further, Lachman seems to bow towards the idols of today's political correctness without recognizing the threat such political correctness poses itself. That is why his conclusions in this chapter remain problematic for me. Overall, however I find much of what Lachman has to say to be interesting regarding the role of the occult in politics.
This book offers an interesting account of the role of the occult in shaping political movements of both the left and the right. The book includes a good discussion of those who opposed the modern world and opted for tradition against the nostrums offered by today's modernists. The book includes much fascinating material on little known occultist figures who are certainly worth investigating for the interested reader.
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This review originally appeared on The Magical Buffet website on 12/4/08.
I'm given many books and products to review. I'm not swimming in them, but at this point, I've had my share of emails from publicists and delightful packages of goodies sent my way. Yet nothing could prepare me for the email I received from Quest Books asking me to review "Politics and the Occult: The Left, the Right, and the Radically Unseen" by Gary Lachman. That's right music fans, Gary Lachman, also known as Gary Valentine, bassist for the to die for band Blondie. What was this emotion I was experiencing? Could it be giddiness? Yes, I'm embarrassed to say, I was "as happy as a school girl".
It took awhile to get into the book. Not because it wasn't engaging, but because I kept sitting there thinking to myself, I'm one person removed from Gary Valentine! How cool am I? Once I finally pushed past the girlish giggles and congratulatory pats on my back, I came to a startling and delightful realization. Lachman has got game. (For the record, I have very little game, just enough to recognize the fact that Lachman has it.) "Politics and the Occult" isn't pop culture fluff, and it's not a rehashing of the ever popular Hitler and the occult genre, it's a fascinating, thoroughly researched, and entertainingly presented look at the subtle influence that occult movements have on societies.
In fact, Lachman himself says in the introduction, "So as not to disappoint a reader who is expecting a different sort of book, I should point out what this book isn't about, a practice most publishers frown on, but which I feel may be appropriate here. It isn't, for example, an expose of secret societies whose occult machinations are behind the political movements of today. Nor is it a rummaging through the occult closets of famous politicians in order to uncover some hermetic skeletons. (That Ronald Reagan, for example, employed an astrologer may be an interesting bit of gossip, but it tells us little about the nature of occult politics. Likewise, the fact that Aleister Crowley, probably the most famous magician of modern times, wrote pro-German propaganda during World War I tells us more about Crowley than it does about politics.) It's also not about any conspiracy to infiltrate earthly governments involving UFOs, although it is true that in 1960, aliens took an interest in US politics and backed a candidate for the presidency. I've also not focused on occult politics in the sense of the politics of special interest groups, for instance, how neo-pagans fit into contemporary society or the relationship between wicca and some forms of contemporary feminism. These and no doubt other, equally deserving elements are missing from my study, and I look forward to being enlightened about them by interested readers."
What's left, you may be asking? Lots. A few favorites of mine were the discussion of the link between spiritualism and the women's rights movement that includes an introduction to Victoria Woodhull, an interesting section about Jung culminating with the his time as "Agent 488" helping the Office of Strategic Services by making psychological assessments of Nazi leaders, and a mind blowing look at the occult movements at work during the French Revolution.
Personally, I plan on reading this book again. This time with a notebook and pen at my side to make note of all the people I want to learn more about and the many books that I'm now chomping at the bit to read. Add to that I now feel compelled to read all the other books Lachman has written that I just learned about, and well, I'm never going to have time to read all those "Hellblazer" comics that are sitting by my sofa.
I'm given many books and products to review. I'm not swimming in them, but at this point, I've had my share of emails from publicists and delightful packages of goodies sent my way. Yet nothing could prepare me for the email I received from Quest Books asking me to review "Politics and the Occult: The Left, the Right, and the Radically Unseen" by Gary Lachman. That's right music fans, Gary Lachman, also known as Gary Valentine, bassist for the to die for band Blondie. What was this emotion I was experiencing? Could it be giddiness? Yes, I'm embarrassed to say, I was "as happy as a school girl".
It took awhile to get into the book. Not because it wasn't engaging, but because I kept sitting there thinking to myself, I'm one person removed from Gary Valentine! How cool am I? Once I finally pushed past the girlish giggles and congratulatory pats on my back, I came to a startling and delightful realization. Lachman has got game. (For the record, I have very little game, just enough to recognize the fact that Lachman has it.) "Politics and the Occult" isn't pop culture fluff, and it's not a rehashing of the ever popular Hitler and the occult genre, it's a fascinating, thoroughly researched, and entertainingly presented look at the subtle influence that occult movements have on societies.
In fact, Lachman himself says in the introduction, "So as not to disappoint a reader who is expecting a different sort of book, I should point out what this book isn't about, a practice most publishers frown on, but which I feel may be appropriate here. It isn't, for example, an expose of secret societies whose occult machinations are behind the political movements of today. Nor is it a rummaging through the occult closets of famous politicians in order to uncover some hermetic skeletons. (That Ronald Reagan, for example, employed an astrologer may be an interesting bit of gossip, but it tells us little about the nature of occult politics. Likewise, the fact that Aleister Crowley, probably the most famous magician of modern times, wrote pro-German propaganda during World War I tells us more about Crowley than it does about politics.) It's also not about any conspiracy to infiltrate earthly governments involving UFOs, although it is true that in 1960, aliens took an interest in US politics and backed a candidate for the presidency. I've also not focused on occult politics in the sense of the politics of special interest groups, for instance, how neo-pagans fit into contemporary society or the relationship between wicca and some forms of contemporary feminism. These and no doubt other, equally deserving elements are missing from my study, and I look forward to being enlightened about them by interested readers."
What's left, you may be asking? Lots. A few favorites of mine were the discussion of the link between spiritualism and the women's rights movement that includes an introduction to Victoria Woodhull, an interesting section about Jung culminating with the his time as "Agent 488" helping the Office of Strategic Services by making psychological assessments of Nazi leaders, and a mind blowing look at the occult movements at work during the French Revolution.
Personally, I plan on reading this book again. This time with a notebook and pen at my side to make note of all the people I want to learn more about and the many books that I'm now chomping at the bit to read. Add to that I now feel compelled to read all the other books Lachman has written that I just learned about, and well, I'm never going to have time to read all those "Hellblazer" comics that are sitting by my sofa.
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