Black Sun

:for other uses see Black Sun (disambiguation).

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The term Black Sun is of esoteric or occult significance. It has been used by a variety of esotericists; for example, as the name of the well-known Black Sun Press of Mary Phelps Jacob, and in lyrics of the industrial music group Coil.

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Esoteric - Occult - Mary Phelps Jacob - Industrial music - Coil

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It also figures prominently as a symbol in Nazi mysticism. The shape of the symbol as used in Neo-Nazism is based on the design of a floor mosaic at Wewelsburg castle, in the room used by the SS for occult meetings. Due to some visual similarities with the swastika the design is popular among German Neo-Nazis as a replacement for the outlawed swastika symbol.

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Symbol - Nazi mysticism - Neo-Nazism - Wewelsburg - SS - Swastika

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Ocasionally, and unscientifically, black dwarfs are referred to as black suns. This is not entirely unrelated to the esoteric meaning, since ariosophy alleges a burnt out sun that was the source of power of the Aryans in some mystical past (see also Karl Maria Willigut). Uses of the term in science-fiction and fantasy literature are influenced by a combination of the esoteric and the astronomical meaning, see Black Sun (disambiguation) for examples of the term as used in popular culture.

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Black dwarf - Ariosophy - Aryan - Karl Maria Willigut - Science-fiction - Fantasy - Black Sun (disambiguation)

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