May the chakra be with you...
Out of the ashes of war torn Imperial Germany there rose a
phoenix...not of brown shirted thugs...but of deep thought, retrospection and a keen interest in all things from the mystical East. Hermann Hesse, an already established and
well-known author, penned this Eastern treat of self-discovery after watching
Europe commit virtual suicide in the First War.
Anti-war but patriotic, Hesse served Kaiser and country, but did not subscribe to the frenzy of hate and vitriol stirred up against
Germany's enemies. His even keeled
philosophy served him even worse in years to come....he was vocal against the
Nazis and the anti-Semitic policies sweeping the Fatherland...which in turn got
his work banned by the Third Reich.
The 1922 first edition of Siddhartha is of course...in German...but you can read an English
translation at Gutenberg if you don’t speak Deutsch.
Siddhartha first edition