AlchoPwn
Public Service is my Motto.
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I think that it is a natural transition from a love of 1930s pulp fiction into an interest in Nazi Occultism. Who better as occult villains than the Nazis? I was very pleased when I discovered this rich vein of weirdness in my teens, and as I have grown older I have never lost interest in this rather bizarre phenomenon. I think it is fair to say that few if any modern societies have ever taken occultism as seriously as the Nazis did, and given their obvious and well deserved boogeyman status, being able to read about, and perhaps begin to understand the source of their madness has a bit of a frisson to it. Or is it just me?
In any case, I believe I was reading Who Financed Hitler: The Secret Funding of Hitler's Rise to Power 1919-1933, when I cam across reference to the involvement of the Thule Society, and a passage relating to "the King of Fear". It struck me as amusing and quite interesting at the time. Apparently as part of an initiation ceremony Hitler was required to meet with The King of Fear. After the meeting, everyone asked Hitler what happened, to which he replied "What do you think happened? He's the King of Fear, so I was afraid. Is that somehow a surprise?" or words to that effect.
Needless to say that I am also a Hellboy fan, and Mike Mignola has culled a lot of plots from Nazi Occultism given Hellboy's back story, and the King of Fear is a Hyperborean slaver with great sorcerous power in that publication. I recently cracked that edition open and it made me curious again.
Do any of my esteemed colleagues know anything more about the King of Fear? Understand that I seriously doubt that this is a reference to Stephen King btw. He was a figure from the Weimar Era occult circles of Germany, but is there any more info out there?
In any case, I believe I was reading Who Financed Hitler: The Secret Funding of Hitler's Rise to Power 1919-1933, when I cam across reference to the involvement of the Thule Society, and a passage relating to "the King of Fear". It struck me as amusing and quite interesting at the time. Apparently as part of an initiation ceremony Hitler was required to meet with The King of Fear. After the meeting, everyone asked Hitler what happened, to which he replied "What do you think happened? He's the King of Fear, so I was afraid. Is that somehow a surprise?" or words to that effect.
Needless to say that I am also a Hellboy fan, and Mike Mignola has culled a lot of plots from Nazi Occultism given Hellboy's back story, and the King of Fear is a Hyperborean slaver with great sorcerous power in that publication. I recently cracked that edition open and it made me curious again.
Do any of my esteemed colleagues know anything more about the King of Fear? Understand that I seriously doubt that this is a reference to Stephen King btw. He was a figure from the Weimar Era occult circles of Germany, but is there any more info out there?