The ‘German Faith’ movement and Jung’s Nazi Period show where an Esoteric Public Sphere can evolve to. Poewe is a scholar of New Religious Movements. She uses this basically anthropological viewpoint to understand the growth of Nationalist Pagan Churches. These churches evolved independantly of National Socialism, and show that a diversity of social movements created a fertile field for Hitler’s ideas.

New religions and the Nazis

 By Karla O. Poewe