On Thursday June 19th, 2014 the Hermetic 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.