Die dreizehn Bücher
der deutschen Seele
von
Wilhelm Schäfer
Albert Langen / Georg Müller München
A sequence of lyrical essays and mythic narratives probes the inward depths of personal and collective being, contrasting the shallow surface of memory with an abyssal wellspring where past and destiny mingle. Drawing on creation myths and heroic lore, the text reimagines divine origins and struggles among gods, giants, and fate-spinners, and traces how wisdom, guilt, and power shape cosmic and human order. Meditative passages reflect on memory, consciousness, and the persistence of primal forces beneath everyday life, while retellings of divine conflict and sacrifice examine responsibility, prophecy, and the burden of knowledge.
von
Wilhelm Schäfer
Albert Langen / Georg Müller München