A Nordic variant of psychedelia, more mythical than mystical. Contrasts sharply with Aldous Huxley's Island (1962), written ten years after Godenholm, which offers an optimistic vision of human nature. Visit to Godenholm is a dark book, which anticipates the world going up in flames, but senses the possibility of a new beginning in such destruction. Worth (re-)reading against the background of today's apocalyptic zeitgeist.
