parts, which Lanz had written with other friars. It contained psalms and hymns that drew on Christian tradition but supplicated Christ to redeem the Aryan race and wipe out the lower races. Their symbol was a yellow flag with a swastika and four fleurs-de-lys. The golden background symbolized eternity, the lilies (racial) purity, and the red swastika the rising Aryan hero. See also Ariosophy Secret society References Secret societies in Germany