Artgemeinschaft
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The Artgemeinschaft Germanische Glaubens-Gemeinschaft (AG GGG) is a German
Neopagan
and Neonazi organization, founded in 1951 by Wilhelm Kusserow. In 1983 it merged with the Nordungen (founded 1924).
One of the basic tenets of Artgemeinschaft (loosely translated as "racial community") is the Artglaube ("racial belief").
Artgemeinschaft mixes far-right ideology with Nordic
and Teutonic
religions such as Ásatrú
but also atheism
. Also in the 60s some theosophic
and so called ariosophic
aspects were added.
The weltanschauung is xenophobic
and antisemitic.
In contrast to other pagan organisations neither Guido von List
nor Lanz von Liebenfels
plays any role.
Important in their beliefs are theses by Schopenhauer
, Nietzsche
, Eduard v. Hartmann and Feuerbach in order to attack Christian moral and to replace it with a pagan one. According to Fromm, belief in Gods is not an important momentum for the Artgemeinschaft.
Membership of the Artgemeinschaft is limited to people of "Nordic-Faelic" ancestry.
The AG GGG used to consider itself the successor of prominent painter and Nazi critic Ludwig Fahrenkrog
's Germanische Glaubens-Gemeinschaft, but after reactivation of the latter in 1991, and a 1993 court decision, this claim was rejected.
The AG GGG publishes the völkisch Nordische Zeitung. The modern Neo-Pagan community does not hold any racist, Nazi, extreme right-wing or racial supremacist believe and most Neo-Pagan groups reject Racism and Nazism , .
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Neopagan
Germanic Neopaganism
Germanic neopaganism is the contemporary revival of historical Germanic paganism. Precursor movements appeared in the early 20th century in Germany and Austria. A second wave of revival began in the early 1970s...
and Neonazi organization, founded in 1951 by Wilhelm Kusserow. In 1983 it merged with the Nordungen (founded 1924).
One of the basic tenets of Artgemeinschaft (loosely translated as "racial community") is the Artglaube ("racial belief").
Artgemeinschaft mixes far-right ideology with Nordic
Norsemen
Norsemen is used to refer to the group of people as a whole who spoke what is now called the Old Norse language belonging to the North Germanic branch of Indo-European languages, especially Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Swedish and Danish in their earlier forms.The meaning of Norseman was "people...
and Teutonic
Teutons
The Teutons or Teutones were mentioned as a Germanic tribe by Greek and Roman authors, notably Strabo and Marcus Velleius Paterculus and normally in close connection with the Cimbri, whose ethnicity is contested between Gauls and Germani...
religions such as Ásatrú
Ásatrú
is a form of Germanic neopaganism which developed in the United States from the 1970s....
but also atheism
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
. Also in the 60s some theosophic
Theosophy
Theosophy, in its modern presentation, is a spiritual philosophy developed since the late 19th century. Its major themes were originally described mainly by Helena Blavatsky , co-founder of the Theosophical Society...
and so called ariosophic
Ariosophy
Armanism and Ariosophy are the names of ideological systems of an esoteric nature, pioneered by Guido von List and Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels respectively, in Austria between 1890 and 1930. The term 'Ariosophy', meaning wisdom concerning the Aryans, was first coined by Lanz von Liebenfels in 1915 and...
aspects were added.
The weltanschauung is xenophobic
Xenophobia
Xenophobia is defined as "an unreasonable fear of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange". It comes from the Greek words ξένος , meaning "stranger," "foreigner" and φόβος , meaning "fear."...
and antisemitic.
In contrast to other pagan organisations neither Guido von List
Guido von List
Guido Karl Anton List, better known as Guido von List was an Austrian/German poet, journalist, writer, businessman and dealer of leather goods, mountaineer, hiker, dramatist, playwright, and rower, but was most notable as an occultist and völkisch author who is seen as one of the most important...
nor Lanz von Liebenfels
Lanz von Liebenfels
Adolf Josef Lanz aka Jörg Lanz, who called himself Lanz von Liebenfels was an Austrian publicist and journalist...
plays any role.
Important in their beliefs are theses by Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher known for his pessimism and philosophical clarity. At age 25, he published his doctoral dissertation, On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason, which examined the four separate manifestations of reason in the phenomenal...
, Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a 19th-century German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist...
, Eduard v. Hartmann and Feuerbach in order to attack Christian moral and to replace it with a pagan one. According to Fromm, belief in Gods is not an important momentum for the Artgemeinschaft.
Membership of the Artgemeinschaft is limited to people of "Nordic-Faelic" ancestry.
The AG GGG used to consider itself the successor of prominent painter and Nazi critic Ludwig Fahrenkrog
Ludwig Fahrenkrog
Ludwig Fahrenkrog was a German writer, playwright and artist. He was born in Rendsburg, Prussia, in 1867. He started his career as an artist in his youth, and attended the Berlin Royal Art Academy before being appointed a professor in 1913. He taught at the School of Arts and Crafts in Bremen from...
's Germanische Glaubens-Gemeinschaft, but after reactivation of the latter in 1991, and a 1993 court decision, this claim was rejected.
The AG GGG publishes the völkisch Nordische Zeitung. The modern Neo-Pagan community does not hold any racist, Nazi, extreme right-wing or racial supremacist believe and most Neo-Pagan groups reject Racism and Nazism , .