The Well of Remembrance by Ralph Metzner

This book is a guide to the next step in the effort of Europeans and Euro-Americans to heal ourselves, our sad society, and the Earth: recovering ourselves as Earth-centered peoples. Angeles Arrien, author of The Four-Fold Way and Signs of Life. Deena Metzger, author of Writing Your LifeĪn invaluable resource and rich treasury for people of European and varied backgrounds to reclaim their inherent mythic roots and Earth-honoring wisdom. In this courageous and challenging book, he accepts the request of the dishonored gods of poetry and prophecy to re-view the long-denigrated culture of the early Norse and Germanic peoples so that we may be reconnected to the visionary, shamanic, earth-centered traditions in the mythology. Ralph Metzner is a conscientious truth-seeker who never avoids the difficult or arduous path. Terence McKenna, author the Food of the Gods The original power of the story of Odin to move and to restore us is presented in a scholarly and thoroughly fascinating way. Metzner's fresh look at the mythology of northern Europe skillfully rescues these grand protean forms from their sad misassociations with the excesses of German fascism. Brian Swimme, author of The Universe Story Metzner's exploration of the roots of the Western psyche is in the tradition of Campbell, Eliade and Jung, but in his penetrating understanding of the industrial impasse, as well as in his focus on the pre-Christian Germanic mythology and its relevance for us today, he goes beyond what anyone before him has yet offered. Stunning - a sourcebook with immediate application to the most urgent issues of our contemporary world. Stanislav Grof, author of Beyond the Brain and The Holotropic Mind Ralph Metzner's intimate knowledge of nonordinary states of consciousness, impeccable scholarship, and creative vision provide a fascinating journey through north European mythology. Joanna Macy, author of World as Lover, World as Self This significant and timely work lets us hear the ancestral voices of ancient Europe, offering celebration of life and guidance in the arts of reconciliation. Sam Keen, author of Fire in the Belly and Hymns to an Unknown God.

A long overdue exploration of ancient Germanic-Celtic myths that may help us recover our forgotten ecological wisdom. The Well of Remebrance is Roots for Euro-Americans. Readers' Comments on The Well of Remembrance

The Well of Remembrance by Ralph Metzner