Vowing at an early age to be a poet or nothing at all, Hermann Hesse rebelled against formal education, focusing on a rigorous program of independent study that included literature, philosophy, art, and history.
One result of these efforts was a series of novels that became counterculture bibles that remain widely influential today.
Another was a body of evocative spiritual poetry.
Published for the first time in English, these vivid, probing short works reflect deeply on the challenges of life and provide a spiritual solace that transcends specific denominational hymns, prayers, and rituals.
The Seasons of the Soul offers valuable guidance in poetic form for those longing for a more meaningful life, seeking a sense of homecoming in nature, in each stage of life, in a renewed relationship with the divine.
Extensive quotations from his prose introduce each theme addressed in the book: love, imagination, nature, the divine, and the passage of time.
A foreword by Andrew Harvey reintroduces us to a figure about whom some may have believed everything had already been said.
Thoughtful commentary throughout from translator Ludwig Max Fischer helps readers understand the poems within the context of Hesse s life.
Readhowyouwant The seasons of the soul: the poetic guidance and spiritual wisdom of herman hesse (16pt large print edition), paperback/hermann hesse
