Armanen-Orden

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The Armanen-Orden (founded 1976) is an esoteric Neopagan society reviving the occult teachings of Guido von List (Ariosophy). The Armanen-Orden (the re-organised and revived Guido-von-List-Society (founded 1908)) was renewed through contacts between Adolf Schleipfer and the still living last president of the society, and Sigrun Schleipfer, who also revived the High Armanen Order (HAO). They have also been, for many years, reprinting List's works.

It was founded by Adolf Schleipfer and his at the time wife Sigrun Hammerbacher (now referring to herself as "Sigrun Freifrau von Schlichting") (daughter of Wilhelm Hammerbacher), through contacts with the still living last president of the society. The internal structure of the order is organized in nine grades, inspired by Freemasonry.

Critics (Sünner 1997) identify the Armanen-Orden as a racist and anti-semitic organization indulging in fanaticism and "grotesque esotericism". The Armanen-Orden regularly appeared in conjunction with the Artgemeinschaft.

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Sünner,Rüdiger (1997). Schwarze Sonne: Entfesselung und Missbrauch der Mythen in Nationalsozialismus und rechter Esoterik.
Balzli, Johannes - ‘Guido v. List - Der Wiederentdecker uralter arischer Weisheit (Leipzig and Vienna, 1917)’
Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas (2003). The Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology. Gardners Books. ISBN 1-86064-973-4.; originally published as Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas (1992). The Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology; The Ariosophists of Austria and Germany, 1890-1935. New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-3060-4.
Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas (2003). Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity. New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-3155-4.