"Hutterites (German: Hutterer) are a communal branch of Anabaptists who, like the Amish and Mennonites, trace their roots to the Radical Reformation of the 16th century. Since the death of their founder Jakob Hutter in 1536, the beliefs of the Hutterites, especially living in a community of goods and absolute pacifism, have resulted in hundreds of years of odyssey through many countries. Nearly extinct by the 18th and 19th centuries, the Hutterites found a new home in North America. Over 125 years their population grew from 400 to around 42,000."
The song is about being a spiritual pilgrim. The bizarre and psychedelic imagery is all freighted with religious meaning. I don't know that there's much more to it than that.
This is more of a direct reference to Jakob Hutter's journey after his anabaptist community, which had been thriving, was kicked out of the country or Moravia. Hutter went back with some of the community to Tyrol, crossing the Alps, in a cold perilous journey in itself. It is from Tyrol he had left years before (to Monrovia) because of persecution, and he knew there would be persecution there (and there was; Hutter and 360 of his community were tortured and executed).
This is more of a direct reference to Jakob Hutter's journey after his anabaptist community, which had been thriving, was kicked out of the country or Moravia. Hutter went back with some of the community to Tyrol, crossing the Alps, in a cold perilous journey in itself. It is from Tyrol he had left years before (to Monrovia) because of persecution, and he knew there would be persecution there (and there was; Hutter and 360 of his community were tortured and executed).
"Hutterites (German: Hutterer) are a communal branch of Anabaptists who, like the Amish and Mennonites, trace their roots to the Radical Reformation of the 16th century. Since the death of their founder Jakob Hutter in 1536, the beliefs of the Hutterites, especially living in a community of goods and absolute pacifism, have resulted in hundreds of years of odyssey through many countries. Nearly extinct by the 18th and 19th centuries, the Hutterites found a new home in North America. Over 125 years their population grew from 400 to around 42,000."
The song is about being a spiritual pilgrim. The bizarre and psychedelic imagery is all freighted with religious meaning. I don't know that there's much more to it than that.
This is more of a direct reference to Jakob Hutter's journey after his anabaptist community, which had been thriving, was kicked out of the country or Moravia. Hutter went back with some of the community to Tyrol, crossing the Alps, in a cold perilous journey in itself. It is from Tyrol he had left years before (to Monrovia) because of persecution, and he knew there would be persecution there (and there was; Hutter and 360 of his community were tortured and executed).
This is more of a direct reference to Jakob Hutter's journey after his anabaptist community, which had been thriving, was kicked out of the country or Moravia. Hutter went back with some of the community to Tyrol, crossing the Alps, in a cold perilous journey in itself. It is from Tyrol he had left years before (to Monrovia) because of persecution, and he knew there would be persecution there (and there was; Hutter and 360 of his community were tortured and executed).