The political agitation and uncertainty that followed WWI nourished a fertile background for the renewed success of various "Völkish" sects that were abundant in Berlin at the time, but if the "Völkisch" movement became significant by the number of groups during the Weimar Republic, they were not so by the number of adherents. A few "Völkische" authors tried to revive what they believed to be a true German faith ("Deutschglaube"), by resurrecting the cult of Ancient Germanic gods. Various occult movements such as ariosophy were connected to "Völkisch" theories, and artistic circles were largely present among the "Völkishen", like the painters Ludwig Fahrenkrog (1867-1952) and Fidus (1868-1948). By May 1924, Wilhelm Stapel perceived the movement as capable of embracing and reconciling the whole nation: in his view, "Vökischen" had an idea to spread instead of a party programme and were led by heroes, not by "calculating politicians". Scholar Petteri Pietikäinen also observed "Völkisch" influences on Carl Gustav Jung. The "völkisch" ideologies were influential in the development of Nazism. Indeed, Joseph Goebbels publicly asserted in the 1927 Nuremberg rally that if the populist ("völkisch") movement had understood power and how to bring thousands out in the streets, it would have gained political power on 9 November 1918 (the outbreak of the SPD-led German Revolution of 1918–1919, end of the German monarchy). Nazi racial understanding was couched in "völkisch" terms, when Eugen Fischer delivered his inaugural address as Nazi rector, "The Conception of the Völkisch state in the view of biology" (29 July 1933). Karl Harrer, the Thule member most directly involved in the creation of the DAP in 1919, was sidelined at the end of the year when Hitler drafted regulations against conspiratorial circles, and the Thule Society was dissolved a few years later. The "völkisch" circles handed down one significant legacy to the Nazis: In 1919, Thule member Friedrich Krohn designed the original version of the Nazi swastika. In January 1919, the Thule Society was instrumental in the foundation of the "Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei" (German Workers' Party, or DAP), which later became the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), commonly called the Nazi Party.