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The spear finally wound up in the possession of the House of the Hapsburgs and by 1912 was part of the treasure collection stored in Hofburg Museum. According to Ravenscroft it was in September of that year, while living in Vienna and working as a watercolor painter, that a young Adolf Hitler visited the Museum and learned of the lance and its reputation. Dr. Walter Stein, who accompanied Hitler on that visit, remembered, "when we first stood side by side in front of the Spear of Destiny it appeared to me that Hitler was in so deep a condition of trance that he was suffering almost complete sense-denudation and a total lack of self-consciousness."
Hitler later said, "I stood there quietly gazing upon it for several minutes quite oblivious to the scene around me. It seemed to carry some hidden inner meaning which evaded me, a meaning which I felt I inwardly knew yet could not bring to consciousness...I felt as though I myself had held it before in some earlier century of history. That I myself had once claimed it as my talisman of power and held the destiny of the world in my hands..."
Hitler saw the lance as his mystical connection with generations of conquering Germanic leaders that had come before him. On March 14, 1938, after he had risen to power as the chancellor of Germany, Hitler annexed the state of Austria and ordered that the spear, along with the rest of the Habsburg collection, be sent to the city of Nuremberg, heart of the Nazi movement.
Whatever the case, staring at it, some kind of force obviously captivated that future Führer. In its presence he fell into what can only be described as demonic ecstasy. Standing in front of the velvet dais, his face would flush and his brooding eyes would shine with what one observer described as “an alien emanation.”
He swayed on his feet and “his whole physiognomy and stance (apparently) transformed as if some mighty spirit now inhabited his very soul,” recalled one of his few friends, August Kubizek.
Hitler knew there was some kind of great evil attached to the relic. He says as much in describing one visit to this beloved object, a visit that seems to have included the apparition of a demon at the museum. According to Hitler himself: “The air became stifling so that I could hardly breathe. The noisy scene of the Treasure House seemed to melt away before my eyes. I stood alone and trembling before the hovering form of the Superman — a spirit sublime and fearful, a countenance intrepid and cruel. In holy awe, I offered my soul as a vessel for his will.”
According to Trevor Ravenscroft, author of the book “The Spear of Destiny” (1997), Hitler’s obsession with the spear began when he first saw it. Ravenscroft claims that the spear became the “central pivot” of Hitler’s life and “the very source of his ambition to conquer the world.” Hitler believed that the spear had been possessed by many powerful rulers before him, including Frederick the Great of Germany and Charlemagne.
He wanted to own the lance, along with other powerful Christian relics such as the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail. Ravenscroft also claims that Hitler often visited the museum where the spear was kept and entered into a trance-like state where he saw his future glory as the ruler of the Third Reich.
originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
But seriously, that's interesting.
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originally posted by: GENERAL EYES
a reply to: SchrodingersRat
I hear they're making a sequel with Reeves on board.
Fingers crossed and patiently waiting here!
originally posted by: PeelingOnions
So the Nazis "nearly" won WW2 because of some powerful Christian superpower a forking lance acquired by stabbing around for some empire? That's the discussion?
originally posted by: BeTheGoddess2
Wasnt the spear used on Barabus and not Jeebus?.
originally posted by: FlyersFan
originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
But seriously, that's interesting.
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I found Hitlers reaction to be interesting.
Was it self induced mania?
Was it a mental illness taking hold?
Or was it really something supernatural that overtook him?
I put this thread in the supernatural forum for that discussion.