Marxism has transformed the world, for better and for worse. But what lies are the root of the philosophy of Karl Marx? Are there occult roots to what became world Communism? This episode explores to what degree, if any, hermetic ideas from Hegelian Idealism came to influence Marx. What about Kabbalah or other Esoteric currents?
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Recommended Readings:
Rosenthal - The Occult in Russian and Soviet Culture
https://amzn.to/4b1TqRV
Magee - Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition
https://amzn.to/4dn4TwU
Goodrick-Clarke - The Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology
https://amzn.to/4b3aPda
Goodrick-Clarke - Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity
https://amzn.to/3WkKBOu
Hanegraaff - Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture
https://amzn.to/3JEs7Bd
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