Episode 183: On Hermann Hesse's 'Siddhartha'

Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha is one of the great novels of the twentieth century and a prime example of literature that transforms the deeply personal into something universal. For Phil and JF in this episode, the novel serves as the foundation for a discussion on spiritual journeying, the ideal of enlightenment, and the challenge of living in an ensouled universe.

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REFERENCES

Herman Hesse, Siddhartha (bookshop.org/a/18799/9780553208849)

Christopher Theofanidis and Melissa Studdard, Siddhartha

Gustav Holst, The Planets (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Planets)

Richard Wagner, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsifal

G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy (bookshop.org/a/18799/9781511903608)

Colin Wilson, The Outsider (bookshop.org/a/18799/9780399173103)

Adam Kirsch, “Herman Hesse’s Arrested Development” (newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/19/hermann-hess…)

Dogen, Genjakoan (bookshop.org/a/18799/9780992112912)

Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism (bookshop.org/a/18799/9781570629570)

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