Hexentanzplatz, Thale: The Witches' Dance Floor, Layer by Layer
An Iron Age wall, a Devil's dance floor from 1800, a Goethe ballad and a völkisch stage from 1903: how Germany's Witches' Dance Floor got its story, dated...
Wilhelm Teudt: The Man Who Gave the Externsteine a Past
A portrait of the former pastor whose 1929 book turned a sandstone ridge into a Germanic sun temple, why the SS paid to dig for proof, and what...
Johannes Praetorius: The Man Who Made the Brocken Germany's Witch Mountain
A portrait of the Leipzig compiler whose 1668 book fixed the Brocken as Germany's witch mountain - and which argues, at length, that the flight never happened.
Laura Malina Seiler: Germany's Biggest Spiritual Podcaster, Explained
She has published a German-language spirituality podcast since 2016, written a number one SPIEGEL bestseller and founded her own publishing house. Here is what is documented about Laura...
The Brocken: How Germany's Witch Mountain Got Its Reputation
The Brocken is the foggiest, windiest mountain in Germany and the most famous witch mountain in Europe. This is what the sources actually say: where the name came...
The Externsteine: Germany's Most Contested Sacred Site, Explained
What is proven at the Externsteine, what was handed down, and what was invented on purpose — plus how to visit without fooling yourself.
