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

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