Paganism and Esoteric Religions
See also: Neo-völkisch movements, Esoteric Nazism, Nazi mysticism, Traditionalist School, and White Order of ThuleSome white supremacist or neo-Nazi supporters also adhere to Germanic neopaganism or Odinism ideologies, but as a minority inside the Germanic Neo-Pagan, Odinist and Asatru movements,. Examples of groups in which fascism and Paganism intersect include the White Order of Thule. Another example was the Wotanism of David Lane, who promoted WOTAN as an acronym for the "Will Of The Aryan Nations".
Examples in Europe include the Belgian Werkgroep Traditie and the German Deutsche Heidnische Front and Artgemeinschaft. The Ausar Auset Society is a Kemetic neopagan group advocating Black supremacy.
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