The Silent Listener The Life and Works of J.H.W. Eldermans Wilmar Taal Standard Hardback

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Preface by Jeannet Richel

Introduction

PART ONE: LIFE

CHAPTER ONE: A MILITARY FAMILY

  • Johannes Eldermans
  • Hendrik Willem Eldermans
  • The National Railways
  • The Rotterdam years
  • The Great War

CHAPTER TWO: ADOLESCENCE AND YOUNG ADULTHOOD

  • A Vacation Home in Nunspeet
  • More Schooling, Engagement, Marriage, Children and Probation
  • The First The Hague Period

CHAPTER THREE: THE ALMELO YEARS 1936-1949

  • A Public Figure 1938-1940
  • World War II
  • The Prelude to Liberation 1944-1945
  • Liberation
  • The Almelo Tribunal
  • Wartime Myths about J.H.W. Eldermans

CHAPTER FOUR: THE SECOND THE HAGUE PERIOD 1949-1985

  • Eldermans’ Professional Career in the 1950s and 1960s
  • Personal Life
  • Retired
  • Involvement in the Round House Mystery
  • Double Tragedy

CHAPTER FIVE: THE LEGACY OF J.H.W. ELDERMANS

  • His Name Must be Heard!
  • The Collection Disperses
  • The Destroyed Parts
  • The Richel-Eldermans Collection

PART TWO: WORKS

CHAPTER SIX: THE MAGIC OF J.H.W. ELDERMANS

  • A Life Filled with Magic
  • Sources of J.H.W. Eldermans
  • Believer, Investigator or Mythmaker?

CHAPTER SEVEN: NOTEBOOKS, HANDWRITINGS AND THE MANUSCRIPT

  • The Blue and Red Notebook
  • Methode Rueff M2547
  • The Rite of Egypt (Dressage by candlelight)
  • Ritus Ruthenicus
  • The Manuscript (1970-1984)

CHAPTER EIGHT: CONTENTS OF THE MANUSCRIPT

  • Persons
  • Literary and Other References
  • Magical Symbols
  • Secret and Magical Societies
  • Objects and their Purpose
  • Folklore, Mythology and Folklore Tales
  • More Gnomes
  • Mandrakes

CHAPTER NINE: SKETCHES AND DRAWINGS

  • Technique
  • Cataloguing
  • Drawings in the Richel-Eldermans Collection
  • Collection Cees Stam
  • Collection Dr. H.T. Hakl
  • Collection Martine Richel
  • Collection Jeannet Richel
  • Collection Theo Eldermans
  • Collection Wilmar Taal

CHAPTER TEN: OBJECTS

  • Objects in the Richel-Eldermans Collection
  • Collection Martine Richel
  • Collection Willem Bosman
  • Collection Erik Hille
  • Collection Jeannet Richel

PART THREE: LEGACY

CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE MYTH OF J.H.W. ELDERMANS

  • Mythmaking on the Internet
  • Round in Circles: Myths concerning J.H.W. Eldermans and the Round House
  • Who Caused the Myths?

CHAPTER TWELVE: MAGIC IS NEVER SUITABLE FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE

  • A Product of His Upbringing
  • A Peculiar Sexual Preference?
  • A Practicing Magician?
  • Was the Family Aware?
  • An Embittered Man
  • J.H.W. Eldermans: A Final Word

Acknowledgments

Consulted Archives

Consulted Museums

Consulted Libraries

Digitally Consulted Libraries

Illustrations

Bibliography

Notes


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