Peter Levenda

Peter Levenda
Born	1950or1951(age 74–75)
Citizenship	American
Education	Florida International University
Notable work	Unholy Alliance

Peter Levenda (born 1950or1951) ^[1] is an American author who focuses primarily on occult history. He is best known for his book Unholy Alliance, which is about Esoteric Hitlerism and Nazi occultism. ^{[2] [3]} He graduated from Florida International University. ^[3]

Occultist Alan Cabal wrote in 2003 that Levenda was the author of the Simon Necronomicon (using the pseudonym "Simon") a literary hoax that derives its title from H. P. Lovecraft's fictional Necronomicon . ^[4] The United States Copyright Office registration for Simon's 2006 publication, Gates of the Necronomicon, lists the author as Peter Levenda, under the pseudonym Simon. ^{[5] [6]} Levenda has denied that he is Simon. ^{[6] [7]}

Works

• Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement With the Occult (1994). ISBN   978-0826414090. ^[2]
  • Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult, New and Expanded Edition (2019)
• Dead Names: The Dark History of the Necronomicon (2005). ISBN   978-0060787042.
• Sinister Forces - The Nine: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft (Sinister Forces) (2005)
• Sinister Forces - A Warm Gun: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft (Sinister Forces) (2005)
• Allianza Malefica / Unholy Alliance: The Nazis and the Power of the Occult (2006)
• Sinister Forces - The Manson Secret: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft (Sinister Forces) (2006)
• Gates of the Necronomicon (as Simon) (2006)
• The Mao of Business: Guerrilla Trade Techniques for the New China (2007)
• Stairway to Heaven: Chinese Alchemists, Jewish Kabbalists, and the Art of Spiritual Transformation (2008)
• The Secret Temple: Masons, Mysteries and the Founding of America (2009) ^[8]
• Tantric Temples: Eros and Magic in Java (2011)
• Ratline: Soviet Spies, Nazi Priests, and the Disappearance of Adolf Hitler. Lake Worth, Fl.: IBIS Press]l (2012).
• The Angel And The Sorcerer (2012)
• The Dark Lord: H. P. Lovecraft, Kenneth Grant, and the Typhonian Tradition in Magic (2013) ^[6]
• The Hitler Legacy: The Nazi Cult in Diaspora, How it was Organized, How it was Funded, and Why it Remains a Threat to Global Security in the Age of Terrorism (2014)
• The Tantric Alchemist: Thomas Vaughan and the Indian Tantric Tradition (2015)
• The Lovecraft Code (2016)
• Sekret Machines: Gods (with Tom DeLonge) (2017) ^[1]
• Dunwich (2018)
• Starry Wisdom (2019)
• Sekret Machines: Man (with Tom DeLonge) (2019)
• Rites of the Mummy: The K'rla Cell and the Secret Key to Liber AL with Jeffrey D. Evans (2021)
• Sekret Machines: War (with Tom DeLonge) (2024)

References

1. "From Rocker to Alien Chaser". Valley News. 2017-03-26. p. 34. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
2. Lewis, Jim (2004-07-01). "Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult. By Peter Levenda. New York: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2003. 423 pp. $22.95". Journal of Church and State. 46 (3): 659–660. doi:10.1093/jcs/46.3.659. ISSN   0021-969X.
3. "The Dark Side of Spirituality-Nazism and the Occult". The Miami Herald. 2010-10-10. p. 383. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
4. "The Doom that Came to Chelsea — Manhattan, New York, N.Y. — News". New York Press . Retrieved 25 November 2016.
5. "The gates of the necronomicon". United States Copyright Office . Retrieved 25 November 2016.
6. Flatley, Joseph L. (12 November 2013). "The cult of Cthulhu: real prayer for a fake tentacle". The Verge . Retrieved 25 November 2016.
7. Al Hidell; John D'Arc, eds. (2004). The New Conspiracy Reader. New York: Citadel Press. ISBN   9780806525426.
8. "Secret Temple: Masons, Mysteries, and the Founding of America by Peter Levenda". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 2025-11-24.

External links

• Official website
  • Ratline website
  • Tantric Temples website
• Peter Levenda at IMDb
• "Ortronics to set up local office." New Straits Times (Feb. 12, 1988)
• Entries by Peter Levenda at sinisterforces.info
• Thelema Now! Interview with Peter Levenda at Libsyn