Landig was the founder of the group, which has since inspired decades of
völkisch mysticism. He and his group revived the
ariosophical, Ario-Germanic
mythology of
Thule, the supposed
polar homeland of the ancient
Aryans. Landig "coined the term
Black Sun, a substitute
Swastika [and/or
Fylfot] and mystical source of energy capable of regenerating the Aryan race." Landig, through his circle, popularized esoteric ideas current among the pre-Nazi
völkisch movement and the
SS relating to
Atlantis, the
World Ice Theory, pre-historic floods and secret racial doctrines from
Tibet. Landig and other occult-fascist propagandists have circulated wild stories about German Nazi colonies that live and work in secret installations beneath the
polar ice caps, where they developed
flying saucers and miracle weapons such as
Die Glocke after the demise of the
Third Reich. These stories include the theory that flying saucers were Nazi secret weapons launched from an underground base in
Antarctica, from which the Nazis hoped to conquer the world. The focus of the group's discussions was a secret center in the
Arctic known as the Blue Island, which could serve as a source point for a renaissance of traditional life. This idea was taken from
Julius Evola, whose
Revolt Against the Modern World became the bible of the Landig group. More so, or at least equally as important to the group as Evola's book, the Vienna Group hungrily devoured the ideas and books of
Herman Wirth. ==Wilhelm Landig==