Maximiani Portas had long been attracted to the Orient by the poet Leconte de Lisle. Even in her early teens she had been thrilled by his evocation of the deified Aryan hero of India and the pride of the privileged godlike race: “Rama, son of Dasharatha, whom the Brahmins honour, Thou whose blood is pure, thou whose body is white,” Said Lakshmana, “hail, O resplendent subduer Of all the profane races!”
Pilgrimage by Savitri Devi. A personal account of her pilgrimage to various National Socialist holy sites in 1953. Published in Calcutta in 1958.
Savitri Devi ~ From the Aryans to the Alt Right Maria Margaronis explores the life and legacy of Savitri Devi in this BBC Radio Four Documentary that aired on Friday, 27th October, 2017. Maria Margaronis (born 1958 in London) is a British journalist and broadcaster of Greek descent. A former editor at and longtime contributor to The Nation and The Village Voice, her work has appeared in many other publications, including The Guardian, the London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement and The New York Times. She writes, presents and produces radio documentaries for BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 3 and the BBC World Service. She has led writing workshops for Birkbeck, University of London and the charities Freedom from Torture and Women for Refugee Women. She was a trustee of Women for Refugee Women for 15 years from its inception, and chairs the Supervisory Board of the international investigative journalism non-profit organisation Lighthouse Reports.