Ernst Schertel (20 June 1884 – 30 January 1958) was a German author, probably best known for his 1923 Magic: History, Theory and Practice. He had an "astonishingly diverse career" including running an eight-member dance troupe, Traumbuehne Schertel, active from 1925 to 1927. From 1927 to 1931 Schertel edited ASA – Das Magazin für Körper, Kunst und neues Leben.
Schertel's Magic: History, Theory and Practice was found to be one of the most-heavily annotated books in Adolf Hitler's personal library. "Hitler’s extensive markings (sixty-six in all) in his copy of Magic were in the form of vertical lines in the margins."
Publications Die Nachtwandlerin (drama) 1909. Schellings Metaphysik der Persönlichkeit (dissertation) Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1911. Die Sünde des Ewigen oder Dies ist mein Leib (novel) Die Wende, Berlin 1918. Das Blut der Schwester (occult movie in five acts). Wende Film, München 1922. Magic: History, Theory and Practice. Anthropos-Verlag, Prien 1923. François Grillard [pseudonym]: Das Mädchenschloß (privately published), ca. 1930. Der Flagellantismus als literarisches Motiv, 4 Bde. 1929–1932. Der Flagellantismus in Literatur und Bildnerei, 12 Bde. Decker Vlg., Schmiden b. Stuttgart 1957 (enlarged ed. of Der Flagellantismus als literarisches Motiv).
References
See also
Occultism in Nazism
External links
Ernst Shertel: Magic: History, Theory and Practice