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The Secret King, subtitled Karl Maria Wiligut, Himmler's Lord of the Runes, is a 2005 published book documenting the actual written works of Karl Maria Wiligut, the official leading occultist employed by Heinrich Himmler during the Third Reich, rather than the speculation.

Contents 1 Editors 2 Synopsis 3 See also 4 External links

The editors are Michael Moynihan and Stephen Flowers whom also translated the works from German to English. Also involved with the editing was Werner von Bülow.

The pages within this work document the facts about occultism in the Third Reich rather than the fiction which generally taints the truth about Odinism. Stephen A. McNallen and the book 'The Secret King' by Stephen E. Flowers, Ph.D., and Michael Moynihan have turned the tables of belief relating to Nazi mysticism and its misrepresentation of Odinism.[1] [2]

In an article entitled "The Wiligut Saga" which features in this book, Adolf Schleipfer points out the differences between Wiligut's beliefs and those generally accepted within Odinism.

It is said that there is much speculation about the “occult roots” of National Socialism, yet little concrete documentation has ever been uncovered. Until the publication of this book, of the materials that do exist, almost nothing has been translated into English as never before have source documents on the strange magical world that enchanted high-ranking SS officers been made available to the English-speaking world.

This book had taken ten years to compile, translate and edit. It contains the collected occult writings of Karl Maria Wiligut, the runic initiate and shadowy “Secret King” of Germany.

His works were originally published in the rare ariosophical journals Hag All All Hag and Hagal. Heinrich Himmler, the leader of the SS and possibly the most powerful figure in the Third Reich, commissioned Wiligut to write private reports on Runes, secret Germanic traditions, and prehistory. It was through this position of influence that Wiligut came to be known after his death as “Himmler’s Rasputin.”

These writings allow a glimpse into the strange magical world that enchanted high-ranking officials of Nazi Germany. For anyone fascinated about the role occultism played in the Third Reich, this book offers the evidence. Never before have source documents of this nature been made available to the English-speaking world!

The Secret King contains:

• A full-length biographical introduction about Wiligut’s turbulent life and exploring his magical worldview
• Translations of all Wiligut’s major writings
• Wiligut’s mysterious invocations, the “Halgarita-Sayings”
• Translations of private documents Wiligut submitted directly to the Reichsführer-SS, Heinrich Himmler
• Essays on Wiligut’s cosmology and traditions by other ariosophists of the past and present
• Himmler’s own report of an SS name-giving ritual, attended by the inner circle of SS leaders and presided over by Wiligut
• An exclusive interview with Gabriele Winckler-Dechend, Wiligut’s closest colleague from his period of service in the SS.

• Review of the book by Stephen A. McNallen