[MGSA-L] Sacred Mystagogy: Winter Solstice (revival of a Nazi ritual during Christmas)
Neni Panourgia
np255 at columbia.edu
Wed Jan 9 11:47:57 PST 2013
I am still unclear as to the the reference to the other parliamentary
political party that Mr Grammenos is alluding to here. In fact, as G.
Syrimis points out, I am quite confused at who is who in these links.
np/
On 1/9/2013 11:31 AM, Syrimis, George wrote:
> You are correct to point this out but this is much more diffused
> group. The links (?????????) at the bottom of the page are literally
> 'all over the place.' From Human rights Watch to animal rights, to
> pagan religious groups, to American conservative foundations. There is
> even an entry somewhere about how the HIV/AIDS virus is a western
> scam!? It is anonymous group which makes it even more difficult to pin
> point their origins or definitive orientation.
>
> GS
>
> From: athanasios grammenos <athanasiosgrammenos at gmail.com
> <mailto:athanasiosgrammenos at gmail.com>>
> Date: Thursday, January 3, 2013 6:53 PM
> To: Syrimis <george.syrimis at yale.edu <mailto:george.syrimis at yale.edu>>
> Cc: "Christos D. Katsetos" <cd_katsetos at yahoo.com
> <mailto:cd_katsetos at yahoo.com>>, MGSA List <MGSA-L at uci.edu
> <mailto:MGSA-L at uci.edu>>
> Subject: Re: [MGSA-L] Sacred Mystagogy: Winter Solstice (revival of a
> Nazi ritual during Christmas)
>
> Dear all
>
> If you examine those websites more carefully, and also have a close
> look at their links and their sources, you will be surprised to notice
> the the affinities are not clear only to the Golden Dawn but also to
> another parliamentary political party.
>
> In liberty
> AG
>
> 2013/1/3 Syrimis, George <george.syrimis at yale.edu
> <mailto:george.syrimis at yale.edu>>
>
> Dear Dr. Katsetos,
>
> Thank you for this informative and alarming post. My own research
> on Julian lead me to this page a few years back and before Golden
> Dawn entered the public discourse and political system:
> http://www.hellenicreligion.gr/index.htm. No direct link to Golden
> Dawn but the affinities are clear, also their divergences (see
> reply to a Golden Dawn:
> http://www.hellenicreligion.gr/doc/anakoinosi23.htm) .
>
> Best,
> George Syrimis
>
> From: "Christos D. Katsetos" <cd_katsetos at yahoo.com
> <mailto:cd_katsetos at yahoo.com>>
> Reply-To: "Christos D. Katsetos" <cd_katsetos at yahoo.com
> <mailto:cd_katsetos at yahoo.com>>
> Date: Friday, December 28, 2012 3:20 PM
> To: MGSA List <MGSA-L at uci.edu <mailto:MGSA-L at uci.edu>>
> Subject: [MGSA-L] Sacred Mystagogy: Winter Solstice (revival of a
> Nazi ritual during Christmas)
>
> ?????????? -- ? ????? ?????????
> ? ???????????? ??????? ????????? ???? ??? ????????? ??????...
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOMlUmLsteI
>
> In its ideological manifesto, Greece's nationalist party, Chrysi
> Avgi (Golden Dawn), denies any
> association with Nazi ideology and considers the label "neo-Nazi"
> as inappropriate and slanderous.
> http://www.xryshaygh.com/resources/files/ideologia.pdf
>
> Still, there are certain lingering ideological and
> organizational similarities [see footnote 1], which
> raise legitimate questions in this regard.
>
> During a moment of spiritual ecstasy (and youthful exuberance),
> the Youth Wing of Golden Dawn,
> might have revealed, albeit inadvertently, important insights into
> the movement's ritualistic practices
> of Sacred Mystagogy akin to those embraced in Nazi Germany.
> http://www.xryshaygh.com/index.php/enimerosi/view/cheimerinh-ejormhsh-metwpou-neolaias-fwtografiko-afierwma
>
> The narrative that follows (excerpted from the legends that
> accompany the photographic material
> in the above-referenced link) is most telling (the English
> translation is mine):
>
> "??????? ???? ??? ??????? ? ??????? ???????? ???? ???????? ???
> ???????????????? ???????
> ??? ???? ?????????? ???????? ??? ?? ???? ??? ????????, ?????? ??
> ??????????? ??? ??????
> ?? ??????????????. ?? ?????? ???????, ? ???????? ????? ???? ?????
> ????????? ???. ??
> ?????? ????????? ???? ???????? ????, ??????? ?????, ? ?????. ???
> ??????! ?? ?????????
> ??? ??????? ?????. ??? ??????! ?? ?????? ???? ??????? ??
> ?????????? ????. ??? ??????!
> ??????? ? ??????, ???? ??????????."
>
> "Just moments before Sunrise, the Phalanx stands by the bastions
> at the semi-ruined
> fortress stained through the years with the blood of our
> ancestors, who were at times besiegers,
> at times besieged. The first rays herald the perpetual return of
> the ?nvincible Sun. The banner
> flies high in the piercing cold air, arms are raised, the Anthem
> is sung. Louder! To resonate across
> the unconquered mountains. Louder! To reach the menacing ocean
> waves. Louder! The neck
> is bleeding, sacred mystagogy."
>
> And the narrative reaches a crescendo:
>
> "??????????, ??????????? ??? ????? ??? ???????. ?????? ??? ??????,
> ???????? ? ????????????
> ???, ??????? ??? ??? ????? ??? ?? ??????? ?? ?????? ?? ????????
> ??? ?????. ???? ? ?????
> ????????? ??? ??????????? ??? ?????? ??? ????? ??? ????? ??? ???
> ???????. ??????, ? ???????
> ??? ????????? ???????? ???. ???, ? ??? ????? ???? ??? ??????????!
> ?? ????????? ?? ???????
> ??? ????? ??? ?????? ??? ????????, ???? ? ????? ??? ????????? ???
> ????? ??? ???????? ???
> ? ????????, ????? ??? ???????, ?? ????????? ??? ??????? ??? ???
> ?????, ??? ???????? ??? ???
> ???????. ??? ??? ?????????, ??? ??????????!"
>
> "Solstice, we are passing through the gates of Winter. The
> challenge of confronting a long and
> harsh winter is like the Struggle that the chosen guardians of the
> Idea are called upon to defend.
> But the Sun has returned marking the beginning of the victory of
> the Light over the Darkness, the
> decay of our enslaved Motherland. Light, a new Golden Dawn of
> Hellenism! Let the rays of the Sun strengthen the will of those
> alive, like our Faith that warms the souls of the Immortals ^ let the
> onerous and beautiful Winter, to distinguish the brave from the
> coward, the Comrade from the
> traitor. We are not intimidated. On the contrary, we are looking
> forward to it!"
>
> Excerpted from http://www.xryshaygh.com -- For Fair Use and
> Educational purposes only.
> http://www.xryshaygh.com/index.php/enimerosi/view/cheimerinh-ejormhsh-metwpou-neolaias-fwtografiko-afierwma
>
> The remarkable similarity of the Golden Dawn Youth ritual to the
> Nazi ritual of "Winter Solstice" is
> indeed overt and indisputable. By way of background, the Nazi
> Propaganda apparatus had pursued
> a systematic campaign aimed at "de-Christianizing Christmas," by
> putting instead emphasis on the
> "Winter Solstice."Noteworthy in this regard is the 1939 article
> devoted to Christmas, published in a
> Frankfurt-based Nazi educational monthly [2].
> http://www.bytwerk.com/gpa/christmas1939.htm
>
> Note the similarity of the phrase "to distinguish the brave from
> the coward" to a quotation from
> Adolf Hitler's greeting, which is hardly in keeping with the
> Christmas story: "All nature is a gigantic
> struggle between strength and weakness, an eternal victory of the
> strong over the weak."
> http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/images/weihnacht1944/battle.jpg
>
> Relevant articles on the subject have appeared previously in the
> Daily Mail and The Telegraph:
>
> -- "Rita Breuer has spent years scouring flea markets for old
> German Christmas ornaments.
> She and her daughter Judith developed a fascination with the way
> Christmas was used by the
> atheist Nazis, who tried to turn it into a pagan winter solstice
> celebration." (Daily Mail - 2009)
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1228630/How-Hitlers-Nazi-propaganda-machine-tried-Christ-Christmas.html
>
> -- "Paganising carols... Their plan was to remove the emotional
> ties of the Church and merge
> Christmas into a Julfest, a celebration of winter and light which
> drew on pagan traditions"
> (The Telegraph - 2009)
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/6587738/How-Hitler-and-the-Nazis-tried-to-steal-Christmas.html
>
> N.B. The Christmas wreath encircling the Greek meandros motif is
> reminiscent of the Christmas
> aesthetics of the Nazi era.
> http://www.xryshaygh.com/index.php/enimerosi/view/christougenniatikes-euches-apo-ton-g.g.-ths-chrushs-aughs-n.g.michaloliako#.UN
> -- See links below for aesthetic comparison:
> http://www.bytwerk.com/gpa/images/vorweihnachten1943/swastika.jpg
> http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/images/weihnacht1944/gravesandtrees.jpg
>
> The "Sacred Mystagogy/Winter Solstice" piece in Golden Dawn's
> website is prima facie
> evidence that this movement embraces and disseminates mystical
> doctrines, effectively
> preparing the young and impressionable recruits for initiation
> into a cult-like organization.
>
> The above-mentioned considerations call attention to Zimbardo's
> "Stanford Experiment" [3]
> which is unfolding in a contagion-like manner in Greek middle
> schools and high schools nowadays.
> Alas, in the face of a deepening socio-economic and illegal
> immigration crisis, the school place
> has become a fertile ground for ultranationalist indoctrination
> and for molding a cult mindset[4].
> http://www.businessinsider.com/greek-schools-fertile-ground-for-neo-nazis-2012-12
>
> The inability of Greece's political parties and time-honored Greek
> institutions, such as the Church,
> to elucidate the Golden Dawn phenomenon, rests with thefailure of
> all concerned, to recognize
> and decipher the ideological underpinnings and modus operandi of a
> movement that embraces
> occultism and extreme nationalist and racialist ideations, incites
> bigotry and hatred, and perverts
> traditional Greek values and patriotism.
>
> CDK
> FOOTNOTES
>
> [1] See resemblance of the "Green Wing for Racial Humanism
> and Ecological Consciousness"
> an organ of Greece's nationalist party to the "Green Wing" of the
> German Nazi Party.
> http://oikologiko.blogspot.gr/2007_05_01_archive.html
> http://www.spunk.org/texts/places/germany/sp001630/peter.html
>
> [2] Source: Wilhelm Beilstein, "Wie wir Weihnachten feiern,"
> N.S.-Briefe, December 1939,
> pp. 327-328. The section is reprinted from Beilstein's Lichtfeier.
> Sinn. Geschichte, Brauch und
> Feier der deutschen Weihnacht (Munich: Deutscher Volksverlag, 1939).
> http://www.bytwerk.com/gpa/christmas1939.htm
>
> [3] [MGSA-L] Zimbardo P. The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How
> Good People Turn Evil -
> https://maillists.uci.edu/mailman/public/mgsa-l/2012-August/001587.html
>
> [4] [MGSA-L] ??????, Wagner ??? ??????????
> https://maillists.uci.edu/mailman/public/mgsa-l/2012-August/001582.html
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