[NAZI OCCULT]: DARRE RICHARD WALTHER: (1895-1953) Argentinean-born SS-Obergruppenfuhrer of World War II. Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture 1933-42. T.L.S., R Walther Darre, one page, 4to, Berlin, 10th Yulemoon (December) 1934, to Oberst Weisthor ('Lieber und sehr verehrter Oberst!'; an alias of Karl Maria Wiligut), on Darre's personal printed stationery, in German. Darre writes, in full, 'I feel strongly the need to send you today my warmest good wishes, and to express how extremely happy I am to have your friendship. May the Almighty for many years yet hold his hand in blessing over you, and keep you for us as a friend and counsellor'. With blank integral leaf. Two extremely small, very minor pinholes to the upper right corner, VG Karl Maria Wiligut (1866-1946) Austrian occultist and SS-Brigadefuhrer. Wiligut, who also used the alias Weisthor, was employed within the personal staff and offices of Heinrich Himmler and Karl Wolff, and claimed to be in the tradition of a long line of German mystic teachers, reaching back into prehistoric times. He also claimed to have spiritual powers that allowed him direct access to genetic memories of his ancestors thousands of years in the past. Wiligut contributed significantly to the development of Wewelsburg as the order-castle and ceremonial centre of SS pseudo-religious practice and also designed the Totenkopfring, which Himmler personally awarded to prestigious SS officers.