Der heilige Hain

The Germanic culture was supported by a shamanic mythology. Its spirituality was inspired by entheogens, sacred plants, psychoactive incense, and intoxicating brews. The temple of the Germans was not an artificial building; it was the forest, the sacred grove. The trees were deities, and the plants had magical power. Germanic shamanism was shaped by Alrunas, the wise seeresses, by Berserkers, the cultic warriors, by herbalist brewers, and by the enthusiastic skalds. We have direct access to shamanism in Germanic mythology. The god Wotan is the original shaman, the most shamanic of all Indo-European gods. Wotan is the organizer of the universe, the ecstatic one, the seeker of knowledge and understanding, the guide of souls, the lord of entheogens, the great magician, and the protective warrior. This book reports on it.