Adolph Hitler's Occult Connections
Copyright © 1992,
Pastor David L. Brown, Ph.D.
(Available on cassette tape: Address at the end of the article.)
One of the primary characteristics of those who get involved in the occult is
rebellion
against authority. This rebellion is usually evident in one or more of the following three
areas --
- Rebellion against parents
- Rebellion against society
- Rebellion against religion/Christianity.
Why do many of those who rebel against parents, society and Christianity often end up
involved in the occult? Those who know the Bible can tell you. According to I Samuel 15:23
rebellion and occult involvement are linked. The verse says, "Rebellion is as the sin
of witchcraft..." KJV.
Rebellion gives Satan an open invitation to establish a beach-head in the rebels life.
Here's why! Lucifer was the original rebel. According to Ezekiel 38, he was "the
anointed cherub (angel)." He was "full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty."
His response to his endowment by God was one of pride & rebellion. In fact, Isaiah 14
further reveals that he wanted power and worship for
himself. He demanded equality with the Lord God almighty. God rejected his power play and
promised his doom in Hell in the future. But, until that time Lucifer or Satan is on the
prowl, seeking likely candidates he can lead into occult worship. Understand, occult
involvement is actually worship of his infernal majesty, Satan.
Rebels Attract Rebels
Lucifer was the original rebel. He is looking for rebels to enlist for his own selfish
purposes. Rebellion against authority makes a person a prime target for satanic attack.
Let's consider a prime example of the rebellion-occult connection, Adolph
Hitler.
Hitler's early life could be characterized by one word, "failure." He eeked
out a meager existence by living on his dead mothers limited savings and an Orphan's
Pension which came from his fathers service in the Customs Department. His attempt at
higher education was thwarted. He wanted to be an artist and so applied at the Vienna
Academy of Fine Arts. They refused to accept him because his sketches were not up to the
standards they required. Next, he applied to the School of Architecture and was refused.
Author Treavor Ravenscroft says "...unable to make friends, Hitler became day by day
a more solitary and embittered figure."
To make a long story short, Hitler was angry at God and society because of his plight
in life, therefore he rebelled against God and society. In his quest for power to change
his plight young Hitler turned to the occult. He began by spending all his free time in
the Hofberg Library in Vienna, Austria reading books on the history of the occult and
Eastern religions. The occult seemed to offer the power Adolph was searching for.
Next came the discovery that changed Hitler's life and drove him deeper into the
occult.
What was the discovery that changed Hitlers life and drew him deeply into the occult?
In that library there is a ancient spear, believed by many, to be the one used to
pierce the side of Christ. Erwin Lutzer, pastor of Moody Church in Chicago says in his
book The Antichrist's New Age Roots, "One day when Adolph Hitler was in his early
twenties, he overheard a tour group guide point out the spear to a group of guests and
say, 'This spear is shrouded in mystery; whoever unlocks its secrets will rule the world.'
Later Hitler said that those words had changed his whole life." He spent hours
staring at the spear that had pierced the side of Christ. He believed the spear was
possessed by secret occult powers and invited those powers to invade his soul. Trevor
Ravenscroft records the eye witness account of Dr. Walter Stein who stood beside young
Hitler as he gazed at the spear, "Adolph Hitler stood...like a man in a trance, a man
over whom some dreadful magic spell had been cast...He was swaying on his feet as though
caught up in some totally inexplicable euphoria...His whole [facial appearance]
physiognomy and stance appeared transformed as if some mighty Spirit now inhabited his
very soul, creating within and around him a kind of evil transformation of its own nature
and power." (The Spear of Destiny, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York)
Hitler wanted to enhance his occult powers further. He had already used the meditation
techniques that he had learned about while studying the Eastern religions. But that proved
too slow for him. Earnest Pretzsche, a used book dealer, introduced him to a psychedelic
drug containing mescaline. This quickly produced clairvoyant visions that led Hitler to
believed he had tapped into supernatural powers he could use for his own purposes.
After four years in Vienna, Hitler left and went to Munich. There he got involved with
others who were dedicated to the pursuit of occult powers. That brings me to a little
known fact. The original members of the Nazis (National Socialist Party) were hard-core
satanists. It was the Nazis who led a willing Hitler into deeper levels of occult
involvement. In fact, Dietrich Eckart, an occultist of the highest degree, and a
practitioner of black magic, bragged before he died, "I have initiated him (Hitler)
into the 'Secret Doctrine,' opened his centers in vision and given him the means of
communication with the Powers...I shall have influenced history more than any other
German." (Ravenscroft, p.91).
So what are the implications of this Satanic initiation? I believe it is here that
Hitler had his demonic "new birth" and became totally demonized. From this point
on, Hitler indeed did have demonic power. In fact, Eckart had told Hitler that he had
received a satanic annunciation that he was to prepare the vessel of the Antichrist, the
man who would be inspired by Lucifer to conquer the world and lead the Aryan race to
glory. Hitler saw himself as that man.
But where did he get his ideas about the Aryan race? They came from the Thule Society.
Thule was supposedly a lost island inhabited by an ancient race who were "masters of
wisdom," who though unseen, were superior and highly intelligent. Hitler believed he
was in contact with them and that they gave him power and energy. Through his alleged
contacts with this mythical superior race, he believed he was destined to lead the Aryans
to rule the world as Eckart had said.
You may ask, "did any of Hitlers associates think he was demon possessed or is
this all hype?" The answer is yes, they did think he was demon
possessed!
Rauschning, one of Hitlers associates before he defected to the West, said "One
cannot help but think of him as a medium...beyond any doubt Hitler was possessed by forces
outside himself..." (Gerald Suster, Hitler: The Occult Messiah).
Hitler was a rebel. He rebelled against society and he rebelled against God! His
rebellion against God is further illustrated by what was done to the LORD'S PRAYER during
the pinnacle of Hitlers career in Germany. It was changed to read,
Our Father, Adolph, who art on earth, Hallowed be thy name, the Third Reich
come..."
Hitler had put himself in the place of God and desired the worship of men. He followed
the same path as his father the devil followed in Isaiah 14, seeking personal exaltation
and the worship of others. He also found that Satan lived up to the titles given him in
Revelation 9:11 "And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless
pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name
Apolllyon." The translation of both words is "destroyer".
Hitler was used by Satan to destroy a million plus of God's chosen people. Multiplied
thousands more were destroyed in war. Then in mockery of Hitler himself, Satan motivated
him to commit suicide, destroying himself.
Listen young people, rebellion against your parents, rebellion against God or rebellion
against authority is Dangerous with a capital "D." It is an
open invitation to Satan to destroy your life!
Christ, on the other hand offers you an abundant life. If you have never trusted Christ
as your Savior, I would urge you to receive him today. When you call upon Christ to save
you from your sins, God delivers you from the power of darkness and brings you into the
wonderful kingdom of His Son.
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