Hermann Hesse (audio files)

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Hey all

I will admit I have never been a good reader - my attention strays far too easily, lol. I've read a nice share of books but certainly no great wealth of libraries.

Yet among the few I have read, the ones of Hermann Hesse had possibly the greatest affect on me. Strangely, I keep meeting people who also say the same thing, that at least 1 book of Hesse had rocked them to their core at some point in their life. I even know a dude who changed his name in connection to a Hesse tale.

Although I totally should read more, I have only read Damien, and Siddhartha. I started Steppenwolf and made about half way but as with so many books I never finish. Damien is the book that fucked me up, I was maybe 17 or 18. It is a simple but profound tale. Yet fans I've met say other of his works are even better.

Anyways, it seems to be a simple fact that the writings of Hermann Hesse have captured something or touch some nerve in the collective unconscious... something about it is echoing Truth.

So today I sit down for work and start following some conspiracy trail but instead feel the need for something positive. I don't know where to look, so I hack out some cheesy search terms and BAM I get a whole pile of Hermann Hesse audio files.

Motherfucking jackpot, lol

I may never be a good reader but I can listen to things for hours on end while working. Oh the pile of good days ahead as I wonder through these files.

This was the first one I clicked on.

It is 2 excerpts; one about trees, and then a passage from Siddhartha.

The one about trees is AWESOME:
(* starts at 0:40)

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Here is a fancier production with the same passage about TREES:

Fantastic

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do you prefer the woman's voice, or the man's voice for narration of this text?


I find the second one overdone.
If Hesse's writings are so good, why the need to add dramatic music and glossy images?

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Internet can be great sometimes:

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When Hesse was asked: "What is most important in life?", he answered:

"Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women."




lol j/k


Seriously, this was his answer:

"Well, if we don't know, let's ask Confucious. Confucious answered the question with one sentence: 'To be faithful to one's self, and good to others.' And this, I would say, is a great principle in life."




'To be faithful to one's self, and good to others.'

hmm.

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Internet can be great sometimes:

holy fucking hell there are a lot of ace quotes in that series.

One after the other, its amazing. I wanted to stop and type each one but there are too many to count plus I have work to do, lol

Get in a light trance, enjoy a cup of tea or a spliff or whatever and enjoy this, it is totally great

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Very good. Read der steppenwulf when I was like 15. Siddharta is good and so is Damien. I'd recommend Narcissus and Goldmund to any young man.

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I was like 75% through the Steppenwolf audio and I forgot about it, lol

Will have to go back. The same thing happened when I tried to read the book

maybe its not that good, lol

I know a dude out here who actually changed his name to Demian. I asked him if it had anything to do with Hesse's book. His face went strange and he said 'yes'. I didn't probe any deeper.