About Me
I am an archaeologist with a research focus in ancient magic and ritual practice. My work comprises the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman record, both, archaeological and textual sources.
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- M.A. in Roman Provincial Archaeology, Pre- and Early History, Egyptology (minor) and Classical Archaeology (minor) (University of Mainz)
- PhD in Ancient Cultures / Department of Ancient History (University of Erfurt) – I analysed the making and use of 268 ancient magical artefacts based on instructions preserved in the Egyptian and Greek magical papyri.
- Post-Doc: Six years of research in ancient magic, focusing on ancient magic signs (University of Heidelberg, Institute of Egyptology; University of Erfurt, Department of Ancient History)
In 2022 I started to share my research online for free with a broad audience. Due to the drastic policy changes by Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter and their increasing exploitation of creators and their content, I deleted my social media channels in 2024 and looked for other options.
I now focus on writing books, holding lectures and offering workshops, making as much of my work available online for free.
About My Thoth & Maat Lectures
I offer a monthly live online lecture introducing various topics of ancient magic and based on my research. Each lecture includes the opportunity to ask me questions and to participate in the subsequent discussion. The lectures are usually held on the third sunday every month from 6-8 pm CEST or CET, via zoom.
The Thoth & Maat lectures can be joined by my patreon-supporters on the Thoth & Maat tier and the Creator tier, for more information see here: https://www.patreon.com/ancientmagic
About My Meetups “Reconstructing Ancient Magic & Magic Signs”
I also offer a monthly live meetup during which we can discuss and reconstruct ritual instructions from the Greek and Egyptian magical papyri together. All of the instructions include the use of magic signs. The instructions I’ll choose have one thing in common: They are enigmatic and include ambigious Greek terms which makes it difficult to interpret the texts clearly and to reconstruct the ritual.
This meetup is for everyone interested in the ancient rituals and in reconstructing their performance. At the beginning of the meetups I will introduce a new translation as well as the tricky Greek terms before we can tackle the texts together and see if we’ll figure out what the ancient author had in mind.
The meetups usually take place on the fourth saturday every month from 7-9 pm CEST or CET, via zoom.
The Meetups can be joined by my patreon-supporters on the Magic Signs tier, the Thoth & Maat tier and the Creator tier, for more information see here: https://www.patreon.com/ancientmagic