In my continuing research on fascism within the occult, I have come across a very well-written treatise advocating such views. The Order of Nine Angles’ Book of Wyrd, a zine-sized manuscript outlining rituals, runes, eugenics, and aeonics, with literary expositions on Nietzsche’s Anti-Christ and the Old Norse Poetic Edda, outlines the philosophy and methods of what transhumanists sometimes term provolution: the intentional, or pro-active, application of evolution upon a species. “Man need not be a passive spectator or a victim of the ‘gods’ or ‘fate’ but by understanding the laws of nature and the cosmos can, through his Will, be an active agent in the evolutionary process.”^1^ states the seventh point in their “Articles of Faith”. Within their doctrine of cosmology, the universe is cyclic – a continual oscillation between creative and destructive principles yields dialectical historical stages, the study of which is called aeonics. In this process of renewal, Nietzsche’s Übermensch is seen as a spiritually individualistic (i.e. satanic), space-faring transhuman, the next stage in the evolution of humankind.[]

In the Book of Wyrd, aeonics and its implications for future human cultural and biological manifestations are explained by a continuation of the ideas proposed by German historian and philosopher Oswald Spengler in The Decline of the West: “…while Spengler predicts the close of Western Civilization, [Stephen] Brown considers an option which goes beyond it. Spengler describes Western Civilization as ‘Faustian’. Its symbol is limitless space. This is reflected in its exploration and colonization, art, architecture (e.g. the Gothic spire), and a form of science that seeks to unveil the secrets of nature. Its reach is infinite. ‘Faustian’ is the ‘race soul’ of the West that makes it unique. As we’ve seen, while Spengler points to the conclusion of Western Civilization like others before it, Brown suggests what might come after it if the opportunities are seized by those few who have a sense of destiny. And what is this possible destiny? The logical outcome of the Faustian will: Space Colonization. […]Brown also points out the potential this would have for cultural variation (and by implication biological evolution). It would see the creation of a myriad of new, self-contained cultural laboratories throughout space, and the expansion of man’s destiny to infinity. Should we grasp the opportunities to build upon the ruins of the post-Western world, the destiny of mankind will be to play amongst the stars.” ^2^

The point to which I find this text and its doctrine interesting is its similar relation to tenets of various individualist anarchisms. These latter strive to emphasize the hegemony of the individual’s Will over the presiding external forces of collective groups, society, traditions, and ideological systems. Individualist anarchism commonly rejects romantic notions of revolution, which would require social organization to produce alternative systems, instead it often favors more evolutionary methods of social experimentation and education. Thus, fascism and anarchism can be seen to differ only in their means of producing a new society, not in that …

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