Permanent magnet for a permanent magnet machine, comprising a base body having a first side and a second side which is the opposite side with respect to the first side , wherein the base body further comprises a third side and a fourth side which is an opposite side with respect to the third side , and wherein the third side and the fourth side interconnect the first side and the second side , wherein first slits and further first slits are formed in the base body such that the first slits and the further first slits extend from the first side in the direction of the second side , wherein the first slits and the further first slits extend from the first side in the direction to the second side without an opening in the second side , so that the first slits and the further first slits form respective blind holes ending inside the base body , wherein the depth of the first slits and the further first slits is measured between a surface position on the first side where the respective first slits or the further first slits opens to the first side and the bottom of the respective first slits or the further first slits , wherein the base body is formed monolithically as a one-piece element of a magnetic material, wherein the permanent magnet is able to reduce magnet eddy current losses, wherein each of the first slits have an extension which is angulated to the first side , wherein two first slits are angulated such that a pointed angle is defined between the first side and the first slit in the direction of the third side characterized in that two other first slits are angulated such that a pointed angle is defined between the first side and the first slit in the direction of the fourth side . a base body having a first side and a second side which is the opposite side with respect to the first side , wherein the base body further comprises a third side and a fourth side which is an opposite side with respect to the third side , and wherein the third side and the fourth side interconnect the first side and the second side , wherein first slits and further first slits are formed in the base body such that the first slits and the further first slits extend from the first side in the direction of the second side , wherein the first slits and the further first slits extend from the first side in the direction to the second side without an opening in the second side , so that the first slits and the further first slits form respective blind holes ending inside the base body , wherein the depth of the first slits and the further first slits is measured between a surface position on the first side where the respective first slits or the further first slits opens to the first side and the bottom of the respective first slits or the further first slits , wherein the base body is formed monolithically as a one-piece element of a magnetic material, wherein the permanent magnet is able to reduce magnet eddy current losses, wherein each of the first slits have an extension which is angulated to the first side , wherein two first slits are angulated such that a pointed angle is defined between the first side and the first slit in the direction of the third side characterized in that two other first slits are angulated such that a pointed angle is defined between the first side and the first slit in the direction of the fourth side . <EOS>