>>15203470this anon gets it.
>>15203471this anon, too, gets it.
As Führer, Hitler referenced god in public occasionally in order to make advances to the inclined base, but in a more half-assed way, in a more allegorical fashion. (Like atheist Einstein, for example, in "god doesn't play dice", or Jefferson when talking about "the creator".) Hitler was apparently deeply superstitious in an ad-hoc and self-centered manner, talking and writing about destiny and mission a lot, especially his own destiny and his own mission. ("... but sometimes the hammer of fate is hitting steel...") Nazi propaganda tried very hard to get Germans out of Christianity and into larping as paganists. "Christmas" was officially "Julfest", "Easter" was dedicated to some Germanic godess, etc. This did not work very well.
Nazi elite was into occultism and mysticism like you would not believe, but that was not real paganism, but a mix of all sorts of weird occultism old and new. That was an heritage from the early days of the Nazi party. Small parties (left and right) have always been a magnet for crackpots and schizos (often a PR problem for serious politics) and the NSDAP was no exception. (Magazines, pamphlets and books were still available for pennies in second-hand bookstores in the 70s and 80s. Hexing with spring water from certain areas, nudist soldiers gathering in the light of a full moon, purification of tap water with crystals for increased libido, magic numbers, sex magick, healing powers of plants systematized by shape of leaves, lots of gaia-style environmentalism as in clean air, clean water, healthy trees, etc. Haight-Ashbury hippies on LSD hold no candle to 1920s/1930s national socialists.)
