Visit to Godenholm (German: Besuch auf Godenholm) is a 1952 novella by
the German writer Ernst Jünger. It tells the story of a group of people
who are invited to the island Godenholm in Scandinavia, where they take
part in a mind-altering séance with strong surreal imagery. "The light
began to crackle, a blue thread rose from the edge of the candelabra.
Moltner looked at it first with amazement, then with delight, as if his
eyes had gained a new power. Honey-scented smoke rose from thin wicks
and then branched out into delicate wreaths. It was as if his
imagination had created it - a tapestry of pale sea lilies in a depth
that barely rippled with the surge of the waves. Time activated in the
structure - encircled it, twisted and curved it, as if imaginary coins
were being quickly stacked on top of one another. The multiplicity of
space was revealed in the fibrous net, in the nerves stretching the
thread in infinite numbers and unfurling vertically."