This article is about the occult term; for other uses see Black Sun (disambiguation).
The term Black Sun is of esoteric or occult significance. It has been used by a variety of esotericists; for example, as the name of the well-known Black Sun Press of Mary Phelps Jacob, as well as in the in lyrics of the experimental music groups Coil and Death In June.
It also figures prominently as a symbol in Nazi mysticism. The shape of the symbol as used in Neo-Nazism is based on the design of a floor mosaic at Wewelsburg castle, in the room used by the SS for occult meetings. Due to some visual similarities with the swastika the design is popular among German Neo-Nazis as a replacement for the outlawed swastika symbol. However, it is not known whether or not this symbol was placed in the floor at Wewelsburg before or after the National Socialist Regime and the taking over of the castle by Himmler.
Occasionally, and unscientifically, black dwarfs are referred to as black suns. This is not entirely unrelated to the esoteric meaning, since ariosophy alleges a burnt out sun that was the source of power of the Aryans in some mystical past (see also Karl Maria Willigut). Uses of the term in science-fiction and fantasy literature are influenced by a combination of the esoteric and the astronomical meaning, see Black Sun (disambiguation) for examples of the term as used in popular culture.
An investigation into the 'Schwarzesonne' or 'Black Sun' symbol with Odinism
Fascist symbolism Thule-Seminar Karl Maria Willigut