Talk:Germanic mysticism

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[edit] Merger proposal

I've moved the Thule Society section from Nazi mysticism, so most of the 'Early influences' section of that article is now here. There's still a lot of nonsense that needs fixing though (Hitler and other leading Nazis were never Thule Society members). There are also noticeable gaps in this article which would be neatly filled by merging some other small articles (e.g. Germanenorden and of course Thule Society) into this one. What do other people think? Gnostrat 21:07, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

I would now add the Guido von List Society and Order of the New Templars to the list of articles that could be usefully merged into this one. There is also a lot of pointless overlap between this article and the one on Guido von List, which could be slimmed down by cutting duplicate passages in the latter and moving some material here. Gnostrat 01:20, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

I partly disagree. The Order of the New Templars and Germanenorden articles could be merged, while the article on the Thule Society should definitely stand on its own and the one one the Guido von List Society, too. The last one should rather be merged with Guido von List, if at all. -Zara1709 02:45, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

I adamantly disagree on the merger of Guido von List Society with Nazi mysticism. The group preceded the NSDAP and existed after the NSDAP. Pigeon-holing their entire history into "Nazi mysticism" is disingenuous. If anything, it should be merged with Guido von List. - WeniWidiWiki 05:55, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, who said anything about Nazi mysticism? I was proposing to merge it into this article (Germanic mysticism) which is all about the non-Nazi and pre-Nazi groups. I've no strong objection to a merger between GvLSociety and Guido von List, but I'll wait and see if any more replies come in before I comment on that. Gnostrat 06:06, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I misread your intent. Most of these articles are in a poor state, so anything which consolidates sources and eliminates redundancy will probably be for the best. - WeniWidiWiki 06:13, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem. That was exactly my thinking; what's more, there will be serious gaps in any comprehensive treatment of Germanic mysticism if any of these groups are left out. This article will need sections on GvLSociety and Thule regardless of the separate pages so the duplication seems pointless. Gnostrat 07:00, 24 March 2007 (UTC)