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The Origin Of The Fascist Mentality 33

pagan symbols rather than Christianity. Its first signs were seen in the
"revolutionary worship," on the Festival of Federation on July 14, 1790, which
were then widely disseminated. Robespierre, the ruthless leader of the
Jacobins, brought about new rules for "revolutionary worship," setting out
their principles in a report under the name "Cult of the Supreme Being." The
most significant outcome of these developments was the conversion of the
famous Notre Dame Cathedral into a "temple of reason." The Christian icons
on its walls were torn down, and a female statue known as the "goddess of
reason" was erected in the center of it, in other words, a pagan idol.
These pagan tendencies were portrayed among the revolutionaries by a
number of symbols. The liberty cap worn by the revolutionary guards of the
French Revolution, and which often became a symbol of the revolution,
descended from the pagan world and the worship of Mithras. 5
The rebirth of paganism, and the beginning of its intellectual dominance
over Europe, also led the way to a rebirth of fascism, itself a system rooted in the

Robespierre

The Cordeliers Club card belonging to Robespierre, ruthless leader of the French
revolution. Pagan symbols such as the red cap and a bundle of rods strapped
around an axe are particularly evident.