White Order of Thule
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The White Order of Thule (WOT), created in the mid-1990s, was a loosely knit group of individuals who believed in the superiority of the Aryan race as represented by Norse, Viking and other ancient Nordic cultures. WOT followers generally adhered to Odinism, which they asserted was "a spiritual way of life, based on the Nordic ancestral mythos; or the collective beliefs and folk-consciousness of the Aryan people."
Odinism, when practiced by Nazis, focuses on the rejection of what they see as Jewish-influenced Christianity; the embrace of an "indigenous faith" rooted in pre-Christian Anglo-Saxon warrior cultures; and the oneness of the Aryan race with nature.
National Socialism and other racist and anti-Semitic ideologies have tremendous appeal to white supremacist Odinists, who allege that many prominent Nazis practiced a form of Odinism in Nazi Germany. Many white supremacists in prisons practice the racist version of Odinism.
