Its just magic!

Dr. Bernd-Christian Otto, historian and scholar of religious studies at the Max-Weber-Kolleg authored a magical book: “Magical Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe. The Clandestine Trade in Illegal Book Collections“

Dr. Bernd-Christian Otto, historian and scholar of religious study with emphasis on the field of magic at the Max-Weber-Kolleg, together with Daniel Bellingradt (FAU Erlangen) has made a magnificent discovery: in the University Library of Leipzig they detected a substantial (10 000 pages) handwritten collection on magic, spells and rituals from late 17^th century. This could be one of the most important discoveries of handwritings by magician-savants of continental Europe of this time period. The handwritings consist of 140 manuscripts, influenced from Christian, but also Jewish and Muslim tradition – from a time period where the magical tradition is almost unexplored. While most of the texts can be dated to the late middle age and early modern age, the oldest among them is approximately 1600 years old. The discovery of the manuscripts is even more incredible when considering that such writings and described practices where illegal and sentenced.

The analysis of the discovered collection will be released in English language on September 17^th titled „Magical Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe. The Clandestine Trade in Illegal Book Collections“ and published by Palgrave MacMillan. 

https://www.amazon.de/Magical-Manuscripts-Early-Modern-Europe/dp/3319595245/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503650552&sr=8-1&keywords=bernd-christian+otto