If Scientology Ruled the World: Nazi Occultists, Sex Magick, Space Aliens, and the Second Coming
What links Adolf Hitler, L. Ron Hubbard, Aliens From Outer Space and Aleister Crowley? This groundbreaking book reveals Scientology’s sinister historical ties to the occult beliefs of the Nazis with footnotes, references and receipts.
To quote from former Village Voice editor Tony Ortega’s introduction.
“Jon Atack’s thoroughly researched chapters take us inexorably to the conclusion that the same basic ideas about race, domination, and pursuit of godlike powers came to inform both Hubbard and his bizarre Space Age church, but also the Aryan-obsessed fever dreams of Heinrich Himmler and his boss, Adolf Hitler.”
If you want to understand the common root of Scientology and Nazism, as well as how the Nazis actually disproved their own Aryan Race Theory, this is a book you won’t want to miss!
“Not just a historical account but a prophetic warning of things to come”
~ Chris Shelton, MSc
This book is a deep deep dive into the complex and bizarre history of the Nazi party’s Aryan Race Theory, where it came from and why it was perpetuated by occultists and some quite obviously insane people back in the early 1900s before reaching Hitler and Himmler, who took that ball and ran with it as far as anyone could ever be expected to do so. They only wiped out millions of innocent people in the process – so this kind of thing might be important to know about. Jon does a very competent job of then connecting these dots to the Church of Scientology and showing how L. Ron Hubbard drew from the same corrupt well of hatred to create his so-called “religion.” Jon’s book is an astounding accomplishment in critical thinking and historical research and I hope readers will understand that this isn’t just a history book – it’s a prophetic warning of just how easy it is to drive people over the edge and turn them into monsters. It’s a lot easier to do than most people would imagine, as we can see from current events in the US government.
Many books have been written about Scientology. There are many excellent memoirs of life in the cult and Jon Atack has written the definitive book about the history of the group (called “Let’s Sell These People a Piece of Blue Sky”). This book takes on the subject from a new and fascinating angle, exploring the ideas and goals of Scientology.
Scientology is an occult, new age and sci-fi themed cult. While some of its sci-fi elements are entirely made up by Hubbard, many of the occult and new-age themes were stolen from other writers. Atack traces these ideas to their origins, which usually trace back to figures like Helena Blavatsky or Aleister Crowley. As Atack shows, these largely nonsensical ideas were highly influential in the 20th century, inspiring people like Rudolph Steiner and Heinrich Himmler as well as other figures in the Nazi regime.
The book does an excellent job presenting and explaining the overt and covert ideologies that govern Scientology, and showing where Hubbard stole them from. It also offers an excellent history of the ridiculous and insane ideas that played a huge role in 20th century, and are inspiring new-age movements to this day.
“A great book that looks at Scientology from a completely new angle”
~ Yuval Laor, PhD
Published by Richard and Bonnie Woods