Summary: On Thursday June 19th, 2014 the Hemetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will present a discussion on the English translation of "Secret Practices of the Sufi Freemasons" by Baron Rudolph von Sebottendorf first published in German in 1924. This is a highly controversial book by a notorious author. Sebottendorff was the founder of the Thule Society which Germinated (pun intended) into the Nazi Party. When he tried to take credit for that the Nazis kicked him out and sent him back to Turkey. How he managed to be a devout Muslim and a Nordic pagan at the same time is one of the many mysteries this book conjures up. Transcending his politics and fanaticism there is very provocative and profound occult knowledge in this book --- much of it hidden even to European students until recently. We will compare Sebottendorff's revelations with Gerard de Nerval's "Sufi" version of The Masonic Temple Legend, and P.B. Randolph's discovery of a Syrian Love Cult which may have been the original source of the O.T.O.'s 9th Degree. So, tune in and find out how the Sufis get a grip on themselves.
