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Book SynopsisOffers a survey of the people, ideologies, and practices that make up the fragmented yet increasingly radical and militant milieu of radical paganism. This book reveals the trends that have converged to fuel militant paganism in the United States, feelings of economic and cultural marginalization in the face of globalization, and more.
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Gods of the Blood will stand as the definitive work on white racist neopaganism in the United States, a movement virtually invisible until now. Mattias Gardell has gained remarkable access to this secretive religious subculture, mapping its feuds, factions, and rivalries."—Michael Barkun, author of
Religion and the Racist Right”
Gods of the Blood represents the culmination of the author's tireless fieldwork among America's radical right: race activists of every description, denizens of the occult underground, and adherents of a variety of small oppositional religio-political belief systems throughout the United States. Never before has a scholar had the means, the determination, or the unparalleled access Mattias Gardell has been accorded in the American radical right.”—Jeffrey Kaplan, author of the
Encyclopedia of White Power: A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist RightTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii
Introduction: Globalization, Nationalism, and the Pagan Revival 1
1. The Transforming Landscapes of American Racism 33
2. The Smorgasbord of the Revolutionary White-Racist Counterculture 67
3. The Pagan Revival
137
4. Wolf-Age Pagans: The Odinist Call of Aryan Revolutionary Paganism 165
5. By the Spear of Odin: The Rise of Wotansvolk
191
6. Ethnic Asatru 258
7. Hail Loki! Hail Satan! Hail Hitler! Darkside Asatru, Satanism, and Occult National Socialism 284
8. Globalization, Aryan Paganism, and Romantic Men with Guns 324
Notes 345
Works Cited 399
Index 431
