Abraxas Foundation
Abraxas Foundation symbol | |
| Formation | 1987 |
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| Founder | Boyd Rice |
| Dissolved | 1992 |
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| Membership | 4 |
Main organ | Wake |
The Abraxas Foundation was a San Francisco-based organization active in the 1980s, made up of Nikolas Schreck, Boyd Rice, Adam Parfrey, and later Michael J. Moynihan. Schreck, Rice, and Moynihan were all musicians, while Parfrey was a publisher. The group was founded by Rice in 1987, and was named for the gnostic god Abraxas. The group, a self-described "occult-fascist think tank", promoted Satanism and social Darwinism and had close ties to the Church of Satan. Their materials focused on a variety of taboo topics like serial killers and occultist Nazism, but also gnosticism and Norse mythology. They were particularly interested in the cult leader Charles Manson. They had ties to several white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
The term Abraxas Clique or Feral House Clique has been used to refer to the work of the four men even after the foundation ceased to exist, or things they worked on that were not labeled with the group. Descriptions of what the Abraxas Foundation actually was varies; Rice described it as a "fascist think-tank", while Moynihan described it as loose-knit group and not an actual organization. The scholar Chris Mathews described the clique as a "loose network of friends and social agitators". They were involved in orchestrating the high-profile 8/8/88 Rally in San Francisco, which brought together Satanist and neo-Nazi elements. They operated a record label and the periodical Wake, edited by Boyd Rice for its single issue. They were involved in popularizing the works of the neo-Nazi James Mason and publishing his influential book Siege. The foundation was defunct by 1992.