This book is unique. American professor Monica Black does not just refer to the post-war period of Germany, but considers the tragic pages of the past through the prism of the heyday of witchcraft, folk healing, increased interest in secret symbols and signs, giving all these phenomena a completely rational explanation. As a historian, Monica Black searches for the origins of events in bygone times, discovering, for example, the tendency of residents of German lands to witchcraft practices back in the Middle Ages. Later, this tendency will spill over into the development of the occult sciences in the Third Reich. The Germans' craving for magical rituals and healers of all stripes after World War II seems quite logical in this series. The mass death of people, the collapse of the state, the collective feeling of guilt - all this pushed the citizens of the newly formed Federal Republic of Germany to seek support in the irrational sphere. The book is full of examples related to specific fates, the narrative is easily perceived and captures no less than another mystical thriller