Someone informed me that neo-nazis have their own version of Zen/Taoism called "Cosmotheism".
It's part of the "National Alliance" branch of neo-nazis, originally led by William Pierce (who died in 2002 and wrote "The Turner Diaries") .
I always wondered why white nationalists and nazis cuck for Christianity instead of something more "European" like Sol Invictus or something. I assumed they just had a boner for "tradition".
But hey, having your own Zen/Taoism is ever better than Sol Invictus
It's basically Advaita Vedanta for a racially-aware audience.
Third paragraph makes sense to me.
@amerika A lot of religions are inseparable from the culture they come from, and when they're exported they adapt to the culture where they're transplanted (i.e. Asian Buddhism is different from Indian Buddhism due to the influence of Taoism and Chinese/Japanese culture.
Also, when Pierce and I talked about this, it was clear he was trying to revive some form of the ancient Indo-European faith. It was not until I found hermeticism and New Thought that it became clear what it had been (the mysteries).
@amerika If you study ancient Greek/Roman philosophy, you'll see references to the "Logos" which is very similar to the Tao in concept. If you look at the evolution of religion is tends to go from animism to polytheism to henotheism to monotheism. Nature "spirits" become gods, become a hierarchy of gods, and eventually become one God.
I like how Zen simplifies things, but I have to admit that those "extras" are useful and popular.
@Tfmonkey
Zen seems to me mostly to be a "write nothing down" religion which I think is quite sane.
Logos and aether, a view of the core of existence that is invisible from the surface...