Das Geheimnis der Runen
Guido von List's 1908 book introducing the Armanen runes.
The book's runic system was later adopted by Nazi organizations like the SS.[1]
Quick Facts
- Author
- Guido von List
- Original publication year
- 1908
- Original language
- German
- Original publisher
- Guido-von-List-Gesellschaft (Gross-Lichterfelde)
- Place of publication
- Leipzig and Vienna
- English translation year
- 1988
- English translator
- Stephen E. Flowers
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
An English translation by Stephen E. Flowers was published in 1988.[2] The translation uses the spelling "futharkh" for the rune row, which Flowers argues is correct.[3] The 18th rune, called "gibor rune", has no historical runic equivalent.[4] The initial publication of the text was as an article in the periodical "Neue Metaphysische Rundschau" in 1906.[5]
In 1908, the Guido-von-List-Gesellschaft (based in Gross-Lichterfelde) released the work as a book in both Leipzig and Vienna.[6] Within the Guido-List-Bücherei series, this volume was assigned the designation GLB 1.[6] Because the Wolfsangel symbol has a form that matches this rune, people sometimes incorrectly think it is connected to ancient runes.[4]
What the cited sources add
A 2010 book by Yenne notes that the gibor rune has no historical runic equivalent.[4][7] The same source states the gibor rune's shape is similar to the Wolfsangel.[4][7] A 2006 book by Benz records that by 1918 there were about seventy-five völkisch groups in Germany.[8][9] That book also notes Hitler wrote in "Mein Kampf" that völkisch ideas are National Socialist.[8][9]
References
- Wikipedia, "Armanen runes" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mees, "The Science of the Swastika", Central European University Press, 2008, p. 60–2; Lumsden, "The Allgemeine-SS", Osprey Publishing, 1993, p. 17 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Armanen runes" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Flowers, Stephen (aka Edred Thorsson), "The Secret of the Runes", Destiny Books, 1988 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Armanen runes" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: In his English translation of the work, Stephen Flowers insists that the final "h" is not a misspelling, but indicates the seventh rune, Hagal; the historical Y; For more about the basis of this, see GvLB no. 6, Die Ursprache der Ario-Germanen und ihre Mysteriensprache. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Armanen runes" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Yenne, "Hitler's Master of the Dark Arts: Himmler's Black Knights and the Occult Origins of the SS", Zenith Press, 2010, p. 27 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Armanen runes" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The Occult Roots of Nazism by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Armanen runes" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: English translation of 'Das Geheimnis der Runen' by Stephen E. Flowers (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 9780760337783 ("Hitler's master of the dark arts"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
- Wikipedia, "Armanen runes" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Benz, "A Concise History of the Third Reich", University of California Press, 2006, p. ix (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 9780520234895 ("A concise history of the Third Reich"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Armanen runes (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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