[Opinion] In which universities, in which institutes, in which libraries can one search for magical, interesting, rare books?

[MacLu69]

In which universities, in which institutes, in which libraries can one search for magical, interesting, rare books?

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University of Chicago
University of Washington
Fordham University,
Dartmouth College,
Harvard University,
Indiana University
the University of Notre Dame
and Manhattan College,
as. well from Yale, authorities said.

 

[jbyer]

UK psychics

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US would be remote viewers

 

[jzatopa]

Look into the theosophical society

 

[Accipeveldare]

I usually look for used book stores or places that specifically specialize in things like that

 

[dzb10035]

It depends on what you mean by rare books. If you mean 1st editions and out-of-print titles that are simply hard to find, then a book store or online store such as ebay or Abebooks is your best bet.

If you mean manuscripts and aged works that are hundreds of years old, then the best possibility is the university collections you mentioned above or donated collections to museums that digitalise such works for public consumption. Finding private manuscripts is incredibly difficult and requires either a lot of money or special connections to groups / people who have the manuscript in their possession. Sometimes if you are lucky, you can find such things being sold on ebay or specific auction sites, but then they are usually hideously expensive to the average person (minimum thousands of dollars). Otherwise you will need to be lucky to know someone who is possession of the manuscript and see if they would let you create a facsimile / buy it. At this point, it is private collectors and maybe magical groups who have access to these resources in their own personal libraries. Either way, it would take a lot of time to get access to.

 

[HoldAll]

Readership of manuscripts or rare books is always tightly restricted. Be prepared to be grilled by library or museum officials wanting to make sure that you're a genuine scholar and not some crank.

 

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The Astronomicum Caesareum, or “The Emperor’s Astronomy,” is one of the most lavish and technically complex books ever printed. Published in 1540 by Peter Apian, a professor at the University of Ingolstadt, it was dedicated to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and his brother Ferdinand.
The amazing thing about it is that it’s a paper analogue computer, that the emperor used for casting horoscopes!
If you think that’s fascinating, you should consider studying history here. BUT if I were posting this before the 18th Century, you could have come to study Astrology here!

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