Nazi Occult Spiritual Center

Wewelsburg Castle was  acquired by Himmler in 1934 when he signed a 100-mark  100-year lease , intending to renovate and redesign the  castle as an SS School. But he became intrigued with the  Castle and developed further plans for it, eventually it  was to become "The Center of the World" in the Nazi SS  religion .

During the Dark ages and  inquisition, Wewelsburg played a central role in the  witchcraft trials . The persecution of 'witches' was  cruel and barbaric in many regions of Germany. Scholars  estimate that the number of 'witches' who perished at  the stake was as high as 100,000. In Westphalia, women  accused of witchcraft were held in the dungeons of  Wewelsburg, confessions were extracted in Wewelsburgs  courtroom. and most were sadistically executed on site.

This tradition continued when Himmler's  restoration of the Castle began. A concentration camp  was set up nearby for slave labor. Of the 3900 prisoners  , nearly 1300 died , most were simply starved or worked  to death.

That Himmler wanted Wewelsburg to  serve as a 'Grail' castle is speculative and  unsubstantiated. However, some rooms within the Castle  referred to the Grail legend and Arthurian legends as well as other Pagan  tales König Artus ("King Arthur") - Heinrich der Löwe -  ("Henry the Lion") -Arier ("Aryan"), Runen ("runes"),  Deutscher Orden ("Teutonic Order"), were among some of  the names chosen for various rooms within the Castle.

 The SS had twelve primary departments, each  Department had a leader, each leader was said to be a member of  the SS round table. Himmler at the helm of this round table made  a complete coven of 13.

                                    At Wewelsburg  Castle was Himmlers Round Table where the SS inner  circle of 12 apostles or 'Gruppenführers' ,would meet  dine and engage in occult rituals such as communicating  with dead ancestors and Teutonic knights of the past.   Beneath the stone floor of the Arthurian Round Table was  a small chamber known as the ‘realm of the dead’. This  realm of the dead was meant to serve as the SS holy of  holies, their Vatican, shang ri la, Mecca, basically the  center of their universe, Wewelsburg Castle was to be  the center of the World.

Himmler established festivals on the Summer  and Winter Solstices based on ancient pagan  rituals of sun and nature worship.

 Himmler commissioned His  personal occult advisor Karl Maria Wiligut , {sometimes known as “Himmler’s Rasputin”} ,to write  private reports on Runes, ancient and esoteric Germanic traditions,  and prehistory. After the First World War Wiligut performed as a Neopagan and  claimed to be the last of a line of sorcerers called the  Ueiskuinigsto and to have a clairvoyant recollection of the early  Germanic history .

                                    He met Himmler In 1933 and was appointed to the "SS Race and  Settlement Main Department". He designed the "Totenkopf"  [deaths head] ring, which  Himmler personally awarded to prestigious SS officers. Himmler chose  Wewelsburg to be the ritual headquarters of the SS based on the  advice of Wiligut. Wiligut claimed to be an adherent of what he called "Irmin-Kristianity."  which endorsed Lanz's belief in an Aryan Jesus.  [ The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany  ]

Other Occult and Mystical Nazi Symbols  included

The supreme talisman of National  Socialism of course was the swastika,  an ancient  symbol that can be traced back thousands of years.

The supreme talisman of the SS was the  black dagger awarded to members upon full acceptance  into the SS, it replaced the crucifix in in some  respects.

A seventh century  fertility symbol, the Black Sun (Schwarze Sonne) or Sun  Wheel also ranked high within their symbolic lexicon.  The Black Sun uses a twelve-spoke design , supposedly it  represents the visible sun on its passage through the  twelve months of the year Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity , but a myriad of  other symbolic references have been attested to and or  implied.

"a grand force or  a grand god in the background of the multiplicity of  gods and spirits who becomes visible in a multiple  way in the universe, on earth and in the life of all  beings and facts". So the  sun was interpreted as "only one, but a very important and big expression  (of that force or god) in the surrounding events and  in the life of the ancestors"   Walther Blachetta :  Das Buch der deutschen Sinnzeichen (The book of  German sense characters - out of print limited  availability)
                                    

The SS-Ehrenring ("Honor Ring"), commonly referred to as  Totenkopf ring  or Deaths Head Ring was an award of Heinrich Himmler's SS. It wasn't a state decoration, but exclusive to the SS, it was a personal gift from Himmler.  In 1938 Himmler ordered the death's head rings of dead SS-men and officers returned. They were to be stored in a chest in the castle symbolizing the ongoing membership of the deceased in the SS-Order[The Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology ] . The whereabouts of over 11,000 rings after the Second World War is unknown.

Much of Nazi symbolism was derived from ancient Nordic Runes. The Nazis modernized and stylized them. The SS symbol, the double lightning bolt, is a stylized version of the Sig rune {Sieg}  drawn from the Wiligut runes [Karl Maria Wilgut]

The Secret of the Runes

The Swastika: Constructing the Symbol

Himmler commissioned His personal occult advisor Karl Maria Wiligut , {sometimes known as “Himmler’s Rasputin. See The Secret King: Karl Maria Wiligut, Himmler's Lord of the Runes”} ,to write private reports on Runes, ancient and esoteric Germanic traditions, and prehistory. 

After the First World War Wiligut performed as a Neopagan and claimed to be the last of a line of sorcerers called the Ueiskuinigsto and to have a clairvoyant recollection of the early Germanic history .

He met Himmler In 1933  and was appointed to the "SS Race and Settlement Main Department". He designed the "Totenkopf" ring, which Himmler personally awarded to prestigious SS officers. Himmler chose Wewelsburg to be the ritual headquarters of the SS based on the advice of Wiligut.

Wiligut claimed to be an adherent of what he called "Irmin-Kristianity." which endorsed Lanz's belief in an Aryan Jesus.