The Lightning and the Sun (1958) is a book by Savitri Devi Mukherji which outlines her philosophy

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 of history along with her critique of the modern world.

Brief summation

In The Lightning and the Sun, Savitri Devi Mukherji elucidates her concept of "Men in Time," "Men above Time," and "Men against Time" using the lives of Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan

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, Akhnaton, and Adolf Hitler

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, respectively, as illustrations of the forces of "Lightning" (destructive power), "Sun" (life-giving energy), and "both Lightning and the Sun" (destructive power harnessed for a life-affirming purpose). There is also a chapter about Kalki

Kalki

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 and the Kali Yuga

Kali Yuga

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. Begun in 1948, completed in 1956, and first published in 1958 in Calcutta, she said it "could be described as a personal answer to the events of 1945 and of the following years." It is dedicated "To the god-like Individual of our times; the Man against Time; the greatest Europe

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an of all times; both Sun and Lightning: Adolf Hitler, as a tribute of unfailing love and loyalty, for ever and ever." It opens with quotation

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s from The Bhagavad Gita and Rudolf Hess

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The book was published most recently by National Vanguard Books

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 in a shortened/abridged version. Resistance Records

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released an audio recording of readings from the book. The text is also available as a free e-book on various websites, including here.