Agartha – The Truth of the Fascinating Right-Wing Eutopia

Utopia is something that almost every human society has come up with, from the very beginning of our recorded history. I mean, what is there not to love? It’s a place without pain or suffering, grief or loss, crime or injustice. It is, by definition, perfect. However, people’s definition of that “perfect” can be quite different, and quite far from perfect. One example of this is Agartha, a utopia for people who wish dystopia for everyone else.

What is Agartha?

Agartha is essentially an esoteric theory (esoteric meaning “secret” knowledge only available to a select group of people) of an underground city at the center of the Earth. For this reason, Agartha is sort of a branch off of the Hollow Earth Theory, which as the name suggests, theorizes that the land we live on is a shell over an empty inside of the Earth. The North and South poles are supposed to have holes that lead to Agartha. In Agartha, forces of gravity are said to be turned upside-down compared to the outer shell of the Earth to match the orientation of the inner shell. Instead of finding the core of the Earth at the center, as science would suggest, a sun exists in its place, lighting the entire empire. 

The People of Agartha

Just like how Agartha isn’t any normal city (instead, an esoteric underground utopia), the Agarthans, or the residents of Agartha, aren’t any average people. The people of Agartha are said to be advanced far beyond the current human beings in every way, whether technologically or intellectually. These people are supposed to be elf-like, also considered to have blue eyes, blonde hair, and pale skin due to modern interpretation. They have two tongues—one to speak English and the other a language incomprehensible to normal humans. But what Agarthans are fully united on is their spiritual and “secret” wisdom, one that the average human could only seek. 

The Technology of Agartha – Vril

Agartha is said to be an incredible technologically advanced society, far surpassing that of our own. But most commonly, especially in the memes of Agartha you’ll see online, it’s often depicted with UFOs. This is most likely to show how advanced and alien this society is in comparison to humanity on Earth.

All of this technology has something to do with Vril. Vril (an idea derived from the book Vril: The Power of the Coming Race published in 1871) is a powerful spiritual energy of sorts that the residents of Agartha can utilize. It is this energy that is used to create the UFOs and other advanced technology in the city of Agartha. This concept also further ties Agartha to Nazi and Nazi-adjacent groups as the fictional book and the Vril Society that came out of it align with Nazi and eugenicist beliefs. 

Connections to Asian Philosophy

While Agartha is currently adapted into some sort of neo-Nazi haven, its first inspirations were far from there. Agartha was inspired by many philosophies from all over Asia, but most prominently Hindu and Buddhist ones. While Agartha in specific isn’t mentioned in any of these texts (because it isn’t really a part of it) it was created as a sort of culmination of all these different conspiracies. So, here are the two that Agartha is most commonly seen to be inspired by:

Aryavarta

In many Hindu texts there is mention of Aryavarta, the main inspiration for Agartha. Aryavarta was described to be a place in between the Himalayan mountains where the chosen “Aryans” live. It is, again, an abode for the best of humanity to live in peace. In Hindu texts, this was the land for people who followed Vedic religions and were, in a way, chosen by the heavens as the noble sect of humanity. “Aryavatra” itself means “the land of the worthy one”, so it’s pretty easy to deduce its meaning just from the name.

To fully understand what the idea of this land was, you need to understand who the “Aryans” were meant to be. “Aryan” in Sanskrit translates to “noble ones”, so the Aryans were supposed to be the “noble class.” Aryan, in more of an academic sense, refers to Indo-Iranians, an ethnic group that began after the Iranian migrants entered the Indian subcontinent.

The Shambhala

The idea of Agartha was also heavily influenced by Buddhist texts similar to the Hindu ones. Considering the closeness of both belief systems, it is more than likely that both the Buddhist and Hindu manifestations were heavily influenced by each other. 

The Shambhala is a lotus-shaped kingdom conceived by the Tibetan Buddhists from the Kalachakra Tantra. “Shambhala” means “place of peace” in Sanskrit, and like Aryavatra the name suggests exactly what it is. Also like Aryavarta, the Shambhala is located within the Himalayas and also a place for those seeking enlightenment. The Shambhala is ruled by a King Suchandra who is the incarnation of Vajrapani Bodhisattva.

The Shambhala is also mentioned in the Vishnu Purana, a Hindu text on the God Vishnu. It was described to be the place where Kalki would be born. Kalki is the final avatar of the Hindu God Vishnu. Kalki was predicted to be the being that would end Kali Yuga, the current and suffering age of existence according to Hindu theology. 

Agartha isn’t the only thing inspired by the Shambhala, though. The Soviets had their own interest in Eastern esotericism for which they created their own version: the Red Shambhala.

History of Agartha

The creation of Agartha and any of the other esoteric conspiracies as such often came from euhemerists. Euhemerism is the perception of mythologies as evidence of a hidden history of sorts. This tends to go hand in hand with esotericism and occultism and many people engaging with these use mythology from ancient civilizations to conceive their own ideas. Agartha is a pretty prime example of this.

Les Fils de Dieu by Louis Jacolloit

The first rendition of Agartha was in 1873; French author Louis Jacolliot published a book titled Les fils de Dieu (The Sons of Gods in English), detailing an esoteric city called ‘Asgartha’. Jacolloit was a colonial officer in South India. In his time there, he grew a particular fascination with Hindu theology and Indian folklore. For this reason, he wrote numerous books based on it, connecting it back to Christianity and European culture as well. In this particular book, Jacolliot claimed to have been given access to ancient manuscripts revealing 15,000 years of Indian history from which he learnt of Asgartha. However, it’s unconvincing that this fact is true.

This premature version of Agartha (called Asgartha here) wasn’t underground like the current version. It was, instead, an ancient solar city in India, a little over 13,000 years ago. This city was also ruled by the ‘Brahmatma’, which is basically the singular supreme force from which all manifestations of God arise according to Hinduism. 

Mission de l’Inde en Europe by Alexandre Saint-Yves d’Alveydre

As Jacolloit’s Asgartha began gaining popularity and interest, more and more people began searching for their own theories and information on this mystical place. The person who took the next big step in the development of Agartha as we know it today was Alexandre Saint-Yves d’Alveydre in his book, Mission de l’Inde en Europe (Indian Mission to Europe in English). Saint-Yves was not introduced to Agartha by Jacolloit, however. Allegedly, it was a man by the name of Haji Sharif or Hardji Scharipf who taught him Sanskrit and about Agartha.

Saint-Yves’ version is quite similar to the one we know now. Here is when the city was moved to the underground Saint-Yves claiming its move to have happened around the start of Kali Yuga. The place is, again, more technologically advanced than the surface of the Earth and the people there are highly intelligent as well.

The capital of the city, Paradesa, is said to have a University of Knowledge where all the occult and spiritual treasures of humanity exist. This University is supposedly guarded by Secret Masters, superior beings who are also the most spiritually knowledgeable of humankind. They are also telepathically connected to enlightened human beings on the surface. These people would then turn then find their duty in bringing spirituality to all of the human race. Then, humanity would unite under a system of synarchy (which is a system of joint and harmonious rule), one which Saint-Yves’ Agartha is deeply based in. 

Of course, these two people weren’t the only pioneers of Agartha. However, they were some of the most influential for the modern image of Agartha. 

The Connection to Nazi Germany

Between 1938 and 1939, Germany set out an expedition to Antarctica. Allegedly, many claim that this expedition was to find an entrance to Agartha at the South Pole. Now, many even claim that Hitler is currently hiding in Agartha.  While this theory has gained widespread popularity, it isn’t once fully believed. This article discusses debunking the many conspiracies made about Germany’s expedition to Antarctica, especially those that connect back to the occult or even Agartha. However, the Internet does what the Internet does, and now, Agartha is largely connected to Nazi eugenicist ideals.

However, Nazi Germany wasn’t fully rid of Eastern philosophical influence. The word ‘Aryans’ may have sounded familiar to you, just under a different context. In Nazi Germany, the term ‘Aryan’ was used to describe the “superior race”, those of Eastern European descent. More often than not, those people were to have blond hair, blue eyes, and pale skin. However, this word, ‘Aryan’, was derived from Hindu texts. It originally meant to describe the ancient Iranian migrants who came to the Indian subcontinent years ago. However, the treatment of the term ‘Aryan’ as describing a noble, or even superior, group of people was what Nazis took from it. 

Modern Interpretation

And finally, let’s get to the part you all probably know the most about: how Agartha exists in our culture today. Agartha has sort of hit the mainstream recently, especially on social media apps like TikTok and Instagram. It has done so alongside many other niche Internet culture things, especially terminology like chud, larp, foid, goy, and infinitely more. 

And like all these other topics, Agartha has gotten to the mainstream through memes. It’s always the edits of these esoteric landscapes and UFOs flying around the snow with nightcore-esc music in the background. Don’t forget the iconic intro: Agarthan gives a lowly human a white Monster drink that (for some reason) has an elixir that turns said lowly human into a pale-featured and enlightened being, ready to enter Agartha. 

However, among the repeat videos, there are a few meme figures that stand out. Let’s get into them.

Yakub

One meme icon you might see a lot is this one, and while you might think it’s a memefied drawing of KSI, it’s not. Actually, it’s a drawing of Yakub, a mythological figure from the Nation of Isalm. Yakub was written by Wallace Fard Muhammad, the founder of NOI. 

Yakub was supposed to be a scientist from 6,600 years ago who invented the white race. He discovered the law of attraction and repulsion with magnets and connected it back to human attraction. That connection was that “similar” people would attract each other and “different” people would repel each other. In his older years, Yakub found out that the original black human had two germs: a black germ and a brown germ, the brown being recessive. By separating these germs through a process called “grafting”, Yakub then found that he could make a white germ out of the brown one. And thus, Yakub was said to have created the white race. 

Yakub is often reference din white-supremacist spaces because the white race he created would then turn out to be evil and just subject the original black race to torture and oppression, which is based in reality. However, white-supremacists sort of just see him as a great guy who brought the white race to superiority, hence his relevance with Agaratha (considering all Agarthans are as pale as it can get).

Ashtar Sheran

Another figure popularly used in Agartha-related media in the modern day is this one whose name is Ashtar Sheran. However, just like Yakub, Ashtar Sheran has very little to do with Agartha. 

Ashtar Sheran was the conception of a man named Ivo Ashtar Benda, the founder of Universe. Universe was an extraterrestrial-centered religious cult. The belief here was that this alien race had come to help free the humans, their supreme leader being Ashtar Sheran. Its ideology is quite complicated, mixing these extraterrestrial saviors with Christianity. They’re website is actually still up so you can check it out if you want to learn more (click this link).

Again, this being has pretty much nothing to do with Agatha, so how did manage to become such a prominent part of Agartha-related media? The answer is quite simple and one you’ve probably already suspected by now. Like I mentioned before, Agartha has now been turned into a Nazi-adjacent eugenicist paradise. Ashtar Sheran not only presents as an otherworldly mythical being, but also one with blue eyes, blonde hair, and white skin. So naturally, an image of a mystical all-knowing being would make a great poster boy for the neo-Nazi esoteric society that now is Agartha.

Conclusion

So, what is there to take away from this? In short, it’s so much yet so little, but I’ll tell you guys the longer version. All you need to take from this is a good understanding of Agartha, and hence, other strange theories of esotericism. You’ll know the history a little more than the neo-Nazi right next to you. Then, any time such conversations with them do happen, you’ll easily be able to shut them down. 

And if it wasn’t obvious enough by now, Agatha is not real. Please do not go searching for it. If you decide to dig for it, the only thing you’ll find is the searing hot magma of the core. And by the time you realize that, you’ll already be dead.