I've also read that Aleister Crowley coached Winston Churchill in the use of the famous "V" for Victory gesture, as an 'antidote' to the deathly and powerful symbolism of the Nazi swastika. Apparently, it worked! More info here.

WARNING -- click at your own risk. Article is by a ceremonial magickian ie occultist, metaphysician. Any reader made vulnerable by deep-seated fears re 'evil Satanic influence' is probably safest leaving well enough alone.

;-)

The swastika ultimately represents an enigmatic and evocative powerful divine energy. There are few symbolic marks so widely
distributed over the Earth. It is a primal symbol which denotes
the centre of the universe, a symbol of being and
creation/destruction.

"In the swastika we see the Victory of the idea of our creative work." - Adolf Hitler.

"The leftward-spinning swastikas spin into the unconscious; the rightward-spinning ones spin out of the unconscious chaos."
- Carl Gustav Jung.

It has also been suggested that this gesture [Churchill's famous "V"] was a powerful cabalistic sign intended to dilute the lethal potency of the ancient swastika, which had been adopted by the Nazis. Churchill is said to have decided upon this particular retaliation after secret consultations with the magickian Aleister Crowley.