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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.

As Indiana Jones returns to our screens, John Preston looks at the Nazi archaeologist who inspired Spielberg's hero, and finds a story more bizarre than anything the director could have dreamt of

 Very little is certain in the short life of Otto Rahn. But one of the few things one can with any confidence say about him is that he looked nothing like Harrison Ford. Yet Rahn, small and weasel-faced, with a hesitant, toothy smile and hair like a neatly contoured oil slick, undoubtedly served as inspiration for Ford's most famous role, Indiana Jones.

Like Jones, Rahn was an archaeologist, like him he fell foul of the Nazis and like him he was obsessed with finding the Holy Grail - the cup reputedly used to catch Christ's blood when he was crucified. But whereas Jones rode the Grail-train to box-office glory, Rahn's obsession ended up costing him his life.

The founders of the Third Reich were esoterically involved with matters which unavoidably skirt the mysteries associated with the valley of Rennes-le-Chateau. Their interests were not however, confined to the ephemeral, there is evidence of the tenacity with which they pursued the material associations of the valley. Many assorted books on Rennes-le-Chateau mention that a battalion of German mining engineers made excavations in the area during World War Two.

Since the publication of  The Da Vinci Code the debate rages as to what and where the true Holy Grail exists

 Taken as a whole, the various renditions of the Holy Grail legend, whether they derive from Europe or Asia, imply that there are many forms that the Holy Grail can take.

These legends assert that the Holy Grail can be anything from the platter mentioned by Chrétien de Troyes, the first author of the Holy Grail legend, to the Cup of Christ alluded to by Robert de Boron, or even the Stone of Heaven mentioned by Wolfram von Eschenbach in Parzival.