David Lane

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For the American religious scholar, see David C. Lane.

David Lane (1938-) is a neo-Nazi leader, currently incarcerated in the Federal Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado.

Contents

1 Life
2 Incarceration
3 Wotanism
4 Partial bibliography
5 References
6 External links

Life

Lane was a KKK member, a member of the Christian Identity group Aryan Nations and one of the founding members of die Bruder Schweigen also known as The Order, a group which has been called by the Anti-Defamation League as "the most violent and notorious domestic terrorist group of the 1980s."[link] The Order stole over $4.1 million in armored car hi-jackings, murdered two people, detonated bombs, counterfeited money, organized terrorist training camps and carried out numerous other crimes with the ultimate goal of over-throwing the United States government. Lane coined the 14 words, which is a popular Neo-Nazi slogan. The 14 Words are: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children."

Incarceration

Lane is currently serving a 190-year consecutive life sentence for racketeering, conspiracy and violating the civil rights of radio talk show host Alan Berg on June 18, 1984. Berg was shot to death in the driveway of his Denver home, by three members of The Order, of which Lane was a member. Lane has expressed satisfaction at Berg's death, but has denied any personal involvement in Berg's murder. Lane was also prosecuted for sedition, but was acquitted for lack of evidence. Lane is considered extremely dangerous and is incarcerated in the The United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility along with some of the most dangerous criminals in the US. However, even while incarcerated, Lane remains an influential leader to the white supremacist movement. He has written books about gematria and conspiracy theories and has contributed articles to white supremacist periodicals and websites. He ran a jail-house publishing company called 14 Word Press to disseminate his writings.

Wotanism

Lane is a major proponent of a racist religion he calls Wotanism, inspired by an essay of the same name written by Jung. Lane has expressed derision for the Odinist religion which has rejected what they perceive as his attempt to appropriate their religion for political and racist ends. Lane explains his motivations:

"So, I first chose the name Wotanism over Odinism. First because W.O.T.A.N. makes a perfect acronym for Will Of The Aryan Nation. Secondly because he was called Wotan on the European continent and only called Odin in Scandinavia. Therefore Wotan appeals to the genetic memory of more of our ancestors. And finally because a split had to be made with the game players, deceivers and universalists who had usurped the name Odin."[link]

Lane contributed to a book by Ron McVan called Creed of Iron - Wotansvolk Wisdom which was heavily plagiarized from The Book of Blotar published by the Odinic Rite.[link]

Wotansvolk and 14 Word Press are currently defunct organizations, no longer having mailing addresses or websites. The Temple of Wotan still exists, but the organization is no longer run by Lane or his associates and has distanced itself from racist and neo-nazi ideologies.[link] Based on letters written from prison to his supporters, Lane appears to remain committed to spreading his message through Wotanism, and it is unclear what his current relationship is with The Temple of Wotan.

Lane recently authored a short story entitled KD Rebel, a fictional account of a colony of Wotanists who live up in the mountains and kidnap young girls and women from urban areas and force them into polygamy as breeding stock. Lane strongly advocates polygamy as part of Wotanism.[link]

Lane's earliest possible release date from prison is March 29, 2035.

Partial bibliography

Deceived, Damned & Defiant: The Revolutionary Writings of David Lane (1999) ISBN 0967812321
Creed of Iron: Wotansvolk Wisdom (1997) ISBN 0967812305 (intro)
[KD Rebel] (2004) fiction - direct link to .rtf file

References

Gardell, Matthias, Gods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival and White Separatism, Duke University Press (2003), ISBN 0822330717
Flynn, Kevin & Gerhardt, Gary The Silent Brotherhood, Signet (1990), ISBN 0451167864

External links

[David Lane's writings]
[ADL] - entry for David Lane
[SPLC] - Preaching from Prison
[David Lane essay] - On Polygamy

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