In this newly reissued book, Joachim-Ernst Berendt guides readers into nature and existence. He narrates his walks and encounters in nature in his uniquely poetic and linguistically inspiring style. With people, with forests, with philosophies, and with God. Long before the hiking boom erupted in Germany, he created a spiritually philosophical masterpiece that elegantly spans a wide arc: from the beginnings of wandering humanity through the formation of language to the discovery of oneself and God—if only one wanders.