Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-04-30
Books mentioned on CZM Rewind: Part One: Savitri Devi The Woman Who Turned Nazism into a Religion
Robert is joined by Jamie Loftus to discuss Hitler's Priestess, Savitri Devi. Jamie’s new Cool Zone Media show Sixteenth Minute launches on May 7th!
Robert Evans discussed Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler, Hitler's Priestess by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, The Iliad, and A warning to the Hindus by Savitri Devi.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf is an autobiographical manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler that outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany.
Discussed“But Hitler himself pushed back against this insisting in mine comp that national socialism quote is not a religious reform but a political reorganization of the German people.”
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Hitler's Priestess
Hitler's Priestess by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke is a detailed biographical study of Savitri Devi and her efforts to synthesize National Socialism with esoteric religious ideas.
Discussed“And her very favorite writer was a uh a 19th century French poet named Charles Lacant Deile. Uh and here's how Cvitri's biographer describes Lacant Dial's work in the book Hitler's Priestess, which is really the only decent biography of Sevitri Devi.”
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The Iliad
Homer's ancient epic poem The Iliad chronicles the final weeks of the Trojan War and the devastating wrath of the Greek warrior Achilles.
Discussed“Um and he'd nursed a deep obsession with the Iliad his entire life. In his late middle age, he decided to take his fortune to the Aian and try to uncover the true location of the ancient city of Troy. Unlike pretty much any like traditional archaeologist, Schlean used the Iliad as a guide.”
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A warning to the Hindus
A warning to the Hindus by Savitri Devi is an influential 1939 Hindu nationalist text that advocates for political and cultural dominance by the majority population in India.
Discussed“In 1939, Cvitri wrote a warning to the Hindus. The book's forward was written by GD Savvar, brother to one of the co-founders of the RSS. And according to an article by South Asian affairs analyst Peter Friedrich”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“This is the guy he like co-wrote mine comp with. like Hess and Hitler are like his ghost his like his ghost writer.”
“I feel like I've met versions of this girl in like sophomore English classes and they're like, "Actually, something something." And you're like, "Stop it. Stop it. Please just like finish reading Their Eyes Were Watching God. Let's move on."”
“Did you have to use I mean, it's one of those Wait, did you have to use that textbook that was about the the Romani family? Did you do ech Romani?”
“In 1932, Maxani's father died and she decided to take this as an opportunity to travel to India to seek out the truth of the ancient Aryans. It's like a Nazi version of Eat, Pray, Love.”