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BereniceFleming t1_j5nsjlb wrote

Thank you for your review and the opportunity to think about this novel again.

It's my favorite Hesse.

The book reminded me of a colorful lake of ideas I dived into, dissolved in it for a while and surfaced as a little more enlightened person (at least I hope so :Р).

"Child-people" firmly entered my lexicon. :-)

The Glass Bead Game is different in many aspects, so I was pleasantly surprised to encounter Siddhartha's motifs at the end of this novel. Have you read it?

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tresfaim t1_j5q8sl8 wrote

Most of Hesse, especially Magister Ludi, are must reads imo. They helped me find my "inner man" if that makes any sense. I was also reading into a lot of wild/hairy myth at the time, so maybe it was a good coincidence, but I've told a lot of women that I think Hesse is a nice portal into a healthy search for a masculine psychology. If there was a male gender studies class, I'd hope that his literature would be included.

He was a patient-student of Jung iirc, you can feel the influence in his writing and meditations. Read Demian.

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