(Sorry for the late reply. I've been going through the backlog of replies to threads I've been in, but wasn't in the headspace to answer at the time.)
I looked that book up, and found a historical fiction novel - an interesting sounding one, for sure! However, I honestly find it easier to make time for picking up and putting down nonfiction than fiction these days. (Some of my favorite books of all time, from childhood through teens and twenties, have included The Lore of the Unicorn by Odell Shephard, Mind of the Raven by Bernd Heinrich, and Periodic Tales by Hugh Aldersey-Williams.) Do you have any suggestions for nonfiction reading on folk beliefs about magic (and adjacent topics)ยน early modern Germany?
1: Occult beliefs and practices outside of folk traditions, and concepts of magic and supernatural evil etc as described in fiction written during the period, are probably both distinct topics - but both of some additional interest for the specifics of what I'm writing, and in retrospect are just as relevant as what I initially asked for, if not moreso. Currently for that last thing I've only dipped my toe into it by reading a translation of The Devil's Elixirs by ETA Hoffman. So, the main fiction (as opposed to nonfiction) suggestions I'm interested in using for research are for works regarding the supernatural written during the early modern period.
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Date: 2025-06-03 10:29 pm (UTC)(Sorry for the late reply. I've been going through the backlog of replies to threads I've been in, but wasn't in the headspace to answer at the time.)
I looked that book up, and found a historical fiction novel - an interesting sounding one, for sure! However, I honestly find it easier to make time for picking up and putting down nonfiction than fiction these days. (Some of my favorite books of all time, from childhood through teens and twenties, have included The Lore of the Unicorn by Odell Shephard, Mind of the Raven by Bernd Heinrich, and Periodic Tales by Hugh Aldersey-Williams.) Do you have any suggestions for nonfiction reading on folk beliefs about magic (and adjacent topics)ยน early modern Germany?
1: Occult beliefs and practices outside of folk traditions, and concepts of magic and supernatural evil etc as described in fiction written during the period, are probably both distinct topics - but both of some additional interest for the specifics of what I'm writing, and in retrospect are just as relevant as what I initially asked for, if not moreso. Currently for that last thing I've only dipped my toe into it by reading a translation of The Devil's Elixirs by ETA Hoffman. So, the main fiction (as opposed to nonfiction) suggestions I'm interested in using for research are for works regarding the supernatural written during the early modern period.