Peter Levenda is an American author who focuses primarily on

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history. He is best known for his book ''Unholy Alliance'', which is about

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and

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. Occultist Alan Cabal wrote in 2003 that Levenda was the writer with the

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of "Simon", the author of the ''

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'', a

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that derives its title from H. P. Lovecraft's fictional

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, featured in Lovecraft's

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stories. The

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registration for Simon's ''Gates of the Necronomicon'' lists the author as Peter Levenda, whose pseudonym is Simon. Levenda told in some interviews that he was not "Simon".

Written works

* ''Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement With the Occult'' (1994). . *''Dead Names: The Dark History of the Necronomicon'' (2005). . * ''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) *''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) *''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) *''Dunwich'' (2018) *''Starry Wisdom'' (2019) *''Sekret Machines: Man'' (with Tom DeLonge) (2019) *''Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult, New and Expanded Edition'' (2019) *''Rites of the Mummy: The K'rla Cell and the Secret Key to Liber AL" with Jeffrey D. Evans (2021)

References

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* Thelema Now! Interview with Peter Levenda: http://traffic.libsyn.com/wuelf2000/Thelema_Now_Peter_Levenda.mp3 {{DEFAULTSORT:Levenda, Peter American occult writers Living people 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers 1950 births American male non-fiction writers