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.

[1] Visit to Godenholm did not receive much attention when it was first published and was for a long time one of Jünger's less read works.

In the introduction, Elliot Neaman situates the book in a tradition of linking drug experiences with literary expression, with prominent examples from Romanticism and in the works of Charles Baudelaire.

[2] In the 1970 essay collection Annäherungen, a book focused entirely on drugs, Jünger has a chapter titled "Rückblick auf Godenholm", which means "Looking back at Godenholm".

The French composer André Almuró made the 1971 opera Visite à Godenholm, which is based on Jünger's novel.