National mysticism (German Nationalmystik)
is a form of nationalism which raises the
nation to the status of numen or divinity.
Its best known instance is Germanic mysticism,
which gave rise to occultism under the "Third
Reich".
The idea of the nation as a divine entity
was presented by Johann Gottlieb Fichte.
National mysticism is closely related to Romantic
nationalism, but goes beyond the expounding
of romantic sentiment, to a mystical veneration
of the nation as a transcendent truth.
It often intersects with ethnic nationalism
by pseudohistorical assertions about the origins
of a given ethnicity.
National mysticism is encountered in many
nationalisms other than Germanic or Nazi mysticism,
and expresses itself in the use of occult,
pseudoscientific, or pseudohistorical beliefs
to back up nationalistic claims, often involving
unrealistic notions of the antiquity of a
nation (antiquity frenzy) or any national
myth defended as "true" by pseudo-scholarly
means.
Notable instances of national mysticism include:
The Sun Language Theory in Pan-Turkism
Kurdish nationalists often make the claim
that they are the descendants of the Medes
Polish Sarmatism
Greek Epsilonism and Proto-Greeks theory (see
also and List of Ancient Greek tribes)
Some branches of revisionist history theories
of Bulgarians and Bulgaria (i.e.
'Thracomania') and Macedonian nationalist
history theories
Narratives on the origin of the Albanians
in Albanian nationalism
The Croat Illyrian movement
Romanian Protochronism
Philippine Destiny
The Battle of Kosovo as the national myth
in Serbian nationalism
American Manifest Destiny
The Indigenous Aryans theory in Hindu nationalism
Currents of Tamil nationalism (as in Devaneya
Pavanar)
Claims of interplanetary travel, possible
existence of in-vitro fertilization and genetic
engineering by Ancient Indians (102nd Indian
Science Congress)
Some currents of Armenian nationalism (see
Armenia, Subartu and Sumer)
Currents of Russian nationalism
Kabbalistic currents in religious Zionism
Swedish Gothicism
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See also ==
National myth
Religion in national symbols
