Hexenkunde investigates science-based/academic research on European and Eurasian pre-Christian cultures and their inherent cosmological belief/healing-systems. 

Hexenkunde is a research platform dedicated to the exploration of European and Eurasian cosmological belief systems and the cultural stratum of these ideas and practices. This project is anchored in rigorous inquiry and research, with a steadfast commitment to elucidating Europe's pre-Christian heritage, thereby enhancing awareness, comprehension, and appreciation.

Hexenkunde offers a scholarly blog that delves into various facets of these subjects. Likewise a section for providing insightful analyses and updates on forthcoming research publications will be added.

At the core of Hexenkunde's research interests lies the investigation of how European pre-Christian healing systems and cosmologies have developed culturally and cognitively in comparison to their Eurasian counterparts.

A key area of focus is determining the existence and nature of a uniquely European form of shamanism or shamanistic beliefs. Drawing on ethnoarchaeological and ethnographic evidence, as well as comparative religious and mythological studies, it is crucial to examine the fundamental characteristics inherent to the cosmological belief systems of indigenous shamanistic societies in order to understand the structure and organization of such cosmological belief-systems, and to further draw analogies with the comparative method.

Hexenkunde rigorously investigates traditional shamanism, including its cultural evolution from pre-shamanistic rites and beliefs, and examines animistic ontologies related to landscapes and specific animals. Further, Hexenkunde's research encompasses bear-ceremonialism, animal-ceremonialism, the evidence of hearth and spirit cults, ancestor worship, and rituals and beliefs associated with hunting, agriculture, and harvest in European and Eurasian contexts.

Hexenkunde's research draws from diverse disciplines such as (ethno)archaeology, (pre)history, social history and the history of religion, ethnography, folklore studies, and comparative mythology. Hexenkunde is firmly grounded in the scientific method and distinctly distances itself from promoting New-Age or Neo-pagan beliefs or practices.

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