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The following is a Q & A from the files of The Enigma Vault courtesy of Holbrook PSI.

Question:

I read a lot of paranormal stuff and one thing I have always been interested in is any stories about historical leaders who supposedly worked with magic or the dark arts or "trade-offs" for power and fame. This brings me to ask about Adolf Hitler. Have you come across any evidence that the Fuhrer was a Black magician? There seems to be evidence to substantiate this in what I have read. Hitler's sister-in-law Bridget in an unfinished manuscript that was being kept in the NY Public Library (1970's) noted that when Hitler lived with she and her husband for a brief period he spent a good deal of time with a neighbor who was an astrologer and palm reader discussing his future. Later, he became fascinated with the Spear of Destiny (that belonged to Roman soldier Longinus who smote Jesus) which he later acquired thinking it had magical powers that he could wield. Most importantly from what I have read, a good deal of his staff particularly those in the higher echelon of the Nazi Party and his SS guards believed he was possessed by an evil entity or phantom that he could not get rid of and was actually terrified of. He would wake up screaming in the night that there was something in the corner of his room. Some of these people spent as little time with him as possible because of his uncanny powers of persuasion and because he always had a strange look in his eyes like something else had taken over. So, what do you think? It is known that there was mental illness in the family and that almost all of the evidence of that was destroyed. Was he just mentally ill? Do you think he made an evil pact with the dark side? -  Lucas, TN

Response:

Lucas thank you for your question, it seems that you have done a good deal of research yourself on this topic. I have read some of the same things you have listed but it is hard to make a determination if he was possessed, crazy or had made a pact with the dark side. We do not know if the unfinished manuscript was going to be a factual account of historical events from just her point of view or a work of fiction with some facts. I have a hard time believing everything I read with many of the changes I have found that have been made in book when they were reprinted. To say for a fact that someone from history was possessed or had made a pact with the dark side is hard for me to do. This is because evidence of evil pacts or working with magic is not something that historians write about or look into when they talk about historical leaders for the most part. We have to remember that history is written by the victors and that in no way will the total truth be revealed because only one side will be told. This being said, you can take the historic evidence that may indicate a possibility of dealings with the dark side and work with that to make your own opinion of the possibility of it being true. In my own reading of history I have read book that were nothing but the authors opinion based on some facts. This is like a legend that has been pasted down and has taken a different twist with each telling. In looking at building a case that someone is evil is easy, you just have to look at their deeds. But is everyone that we consider evil possessed or have made a pact with the dark side? This will be where an opinion based on what fact there are must be made.

The facts of a pact with the dark side or devils pact can be written or oral by the means of an invocation, conjuration or ritual that is said to summon a demon to make the pact with. The way I understand it from my reading, you do not make the pact with the devil but with one of his subordinates or demons. It is like a business deal, you don’t get to talk to the president of the company to make your deal, and you have to deal with the hired help. And to be more to the point there are specific jobs in every company and it is the same with the dark side; you don’t talk to the truck salesman to buy a car. Some of the pacts that have been said to have been made are for power, wealth, and fame and of course love. Most pacts are made for the person soul for the wanted favor (power, wealth, fame, love). What if the favor you want is worth more than your soul? Let’s say that you are looking to be the President that would be more expensive than let’s say being a good blues musician so you would have to sweeten the deal with more than your soul. This is just from what I have read and my opinion on the subject. If it is more that your soul that is needed you may have to do a sacrifice or so other favors for the demon at a later date. This may also be part of the contract in general that you will serve as a representative of the deal you made like a form of advertisement. So the demon could use you as a example for someone else or use you to get a bigger fish. This is my opinion on how it could work and if you don’t find the contract it would be hard to prove. There are several stories of famous musicians selling their souls for talent at the crossroads. Robert Johnson was reported to tell the story that he had met the devil at a crossroads in Mississippi and sold his soul to play the blues. He said that the devil would come for his soul when he was twenty seven years old and he did die during his twenty seventh year. Another blues man that said that he made the same deal was Tommy Davis and he died during his twenty seventh year also. These are exceptions to the rule of ‘don’t tell people where you got your favor’ which is why it is hard to tell who has made a pact. So did Hitler make a pact with the dark side which gave him his sudden power and control or was he possessed by a demon? I have no evidence of either one but I have an opinion on what happened with Hitler.

From my research and talking with many different people from many different spiritual points of view I have an opinion on Hitler’s life. I believe that Hitler did make a pact with the dark side before he became Fuhrer. His pact went well for many years but a demon doesn’t have to live up to his side of the contract. The more power Hitler got the more control the demon had over him till he was possessed. The possessed person will have times when the demon will leave him and in these times he would want to rid himself of possession. He would seek the help of religious objects like the spear of destiny or the Holy Grail that history has said that he did look for. A person that has made a pact would gain the powers that Hitler had and a person possessed would do the atrocities that he did. This is why I think that in his deal with the devil he forgot the main rule that you cannot trust the devil.

On a similar note when I was looking to see what the web said about people that had made deals with the devil, I came across a religious web site that had many people involved in the occult that was surprising. They built their cases solely based on ‘he said - she said’ and believe it to be the gospel. They would say a person was evil because he or she thought they saw the ghost of Lincoln in the White House. I will not even mention any of the names of the people that they had listed with Hitler’s name as being involved in the black arts. I was almost sure that with their beliefs I would find my name there, oh well I guess I am not famous enough for the fanatics. My point is as I said in earlier you need to look at each case and see if there is a specific criterion that it will fit. Hitler gained power quickly - he had a power over people and the big one for me is the Holocaust and all the other atrocities that were committed by him or ordered by him. The logic of it for me is that he was evil but a man alone could not be that evil, I think he had to have had help from the dark side. I may have gotten of topic a little and I do apologize to you Lucas for this, but this is a question that always leads me to the people who say everyone that is a member of their church is evil. You know what scares me more? People who have made a deal with the dark side are the fanatics that think they’re on the side of light sometimes. Thank you for your question again Lucas and I hope that you keep up the search for the truth.