The symbol of the "Black Sun" used by neo-Nazi occultists in Germany and abroad since 1990 is inspired by a medieval German ornament, which is also found as a decoration on the marble floor of the Wewelsburg Castle - Heinrich Himmler's SS college near Paderborn, Germany. Under the same title, the Archetypo editions release a fascinating and deeply disturbing study on the phenomenon of neo-fascism.
The book is based on interviews and thorough research from the field of marginal groups and examines the new neo-fascist ideology and how various paramilitary organizations seek to expand their influence in a world that is anxious about economic globalization, measures in favor of minorities, and uncontrolled immigration from the third world to the west. The new Nazi and fascist sects that emerged in the 1970s in Europe and America have so far revealed a dark face, with a background of Aryan mysticism from the interwar period and World War I, the conspiracy fantasies of which could have unpredictable consequences for the future of Western civilization.
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke offers a unique presentation of extreme right-wing neo-Nazism, treating it as a new religious movement with its own idols, rituals, and prophecies, which could possibly, under appropriate conditions, gain political power and attempt to realize its dangerous fantasies.