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Daily Archives: 28th November 2021

‘Demian’, Part 5: Asking Abraxas

Germany, Hermann Hesse, Psychology, Spiritual PracticeBy Eamon28th November 2021

When Hesse’s ‘Demian’ comes to an end, European civilization has become a wasteland. A bird-of-prey circles on the edge of the reader’s mind. This is the Gnostic deity, Abraxas, who is looking for another Emil Sinclair foolish enough to give him bodily form. In the following, an attempt is made to examine the significance Hesse ascribes to Abraxas in his novel.

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