This class reveals the ancient trauma of a land divided between mind and matter, belief and wisdom. We explore how Germania, caught in the rift between Catholic and Protestant factions during the Thirty Years' War, became a “Broken Nation”—scarred by civil strife, fear of nature, and a shame that would echo for generations. Witness the witch hunts that turned women into bearers of collective shame, casting a shadow over female power and severing ties to nature. Finally, we examine the theological terror of the Plague and the Hundred Years' War, where suffering became seen as divine retribution, driving Germania into a pit of guilt and internalized oppression.