Julius Evola

Глава 14 КАРЛ МАРИЯ ВИЛИГУТ ЛИЧНЫЙ МАГ ГЕНРИХА ГИММЛЕРА

Арманисты, ариософисты и рунические оккультисты, с которыми мы встретились до сих пор, обладали в той иной степени стереотипным мировоззрением. В их доктринах шла речь о возвышенных и сверхчеловеческих предках, чей древний гностический закон нес арийцам мудрость, власть и благополучие, пока не был вытеснен чуждыми и враждебными культурами. Предполагалось, что эти предшественники скрывали свое венценосное знание в таинственных формах (рунах, мифах, традиций) и оно могло быть расшифровано только их духовными наследниками, которыми и являлись современные ариософы. Лист, Ланц фон Либенфельс, Горслебен и другие выдающиеся ученики гностической сокровищницы одушевляли собой жизнь секты, некоторые из их идей или символов могли проникнуть в более широкое социаль ное окружение. Таким образом, эти люди, конечно, влияли на общее мифотворческое настроение нацистской эры, но нельзя сказать, что они прямо определяли пос тупки тех, кто занимал ответственные посты и был наделен реальной политической властью и ответствен ностью.

In the early 20th century, a series of palm leaves, containing anomalous writing, were apparently discovered within a hidden cache of the walls of the Cathar castle of Montségur. Though without any intrinsic value, the “wooden book” – as it became known – would become the centrepiece of the esoteric and metaphysical community; its discoverers even labelled it “the Oracle” and said it was able to contact the hidden masters of Agharta.

Montségur is seen as the final stronghold of the Cathar faith, a bastion of true devotion besieged by the worldly ambitions of the papal troops. In March 1244, the Cathars that had been locked inside the castle for months finally surrendered; approximately 220 were burned en masse in a bonfire at the foot of the pog when they refused to renounce their convictions.

At the climax of the French prose romance, The Quest of the Holy Grail, Sir Galahad looks into the dish that was the object of the long and perilous search by himself and his companions, Sir Perceval and Sir Bors. This is his report:

For now I see openly what tongue cannot describe nor heart conceive. Here I see the beginning of great daring and the prime cause of prowess; here I see the marvel of all other marvels.

Otto Rahn (1904-1938), described as a gifted young author and historian, was one of this century's truly fascinating figures. Prior to his mysterious death, at age 35, he wrote two books about the Cathars of southern France: *Kreuzzug gegen den Gral* ("Crusade Against the Grail") and *Luzifers Hofgesinf* ("Lucifer's Court"). Legends continue to surround both his life and tragic death. While his books influenced such authors as Trevor Ravenscroft and Jean-Michel Angebert, they were never translated into English. In the 1982 best selling book *Holy Blood, Holy Grail*, Otto Rahn's name appears in a small but intriguing footnote. Otto Rahn believed that he had found the location of the Holy Grail Mountain, the Montsalvat of legend, in the Cathar mountain fortress of Montsegur in the French Pyrenees. He was, says Prof. Joscelyn Godwin, "largely responsible for the mythological complex that associated the Cathars and Montsegur with the Holy Grail and its Castle."
 Norma Lorre Goodrich in her own highly acclaimed work *The Holy Grail* pays tribute to Otto Rahn's "Crusade Against the Grail" describing it as "a wonderful book, a monument to this German idealist author, who died mysteriously during a descent in the Alps."