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The Occult Religion Behind Modern Extremism | Black Sun Session 1 & 2
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- The Will Spencer Podcast
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- Jan 30, 2026
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Summary
What looks like online extremism, grievance politics, or internet trolling is something much older, and much darker. In this episode, Will Spencer shares audio from the first two sessions of his Book Club reading Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity by historian Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke. The discussion explores how Nazism functioned not merely as a political movement, but as a religious system, complete with ritual, myth, demonology, and a vision of racial salvation. Drawing from history, theology, and personal experience, Will explains how neo-Nazi movements reorganized almost immediately after World War II, how figures like George Lincoln Rockwell and Julius Evola fused politics with occult spirituality, and why many modern online movements cannot be understood politically alone. This conversation is about spiritual formation, discernment, and clarity—and why Christians must take the religious roots of extremist ideologies seriously. Topics Covered Why Nazism functioned as a religious system, not just a political ideology How extremist movements regrouped immediately after World War II George Lincoln Rockwell’s mystical “conversion” and American neo-Nazism Julius Evola, occult philosophy, and anti-Christian spiritual elitism How grievance politics distorts spiritual development Why these ideas persist in modern online masculinity culture The personal and relational cost of extremist belief systems Books Mentioned Black Sun — Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke American Veda — Philip Goldberg The Myth of Mental Illness — Thomas Szasz The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment — Jeremiah Burroughs The Christian Mind — Henry Blamires Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon — Dave McGowan About the Book Club The Book Club is a private reading group where we wor…