title: The Seasons of the Soul: The Poetic Guidance and Spiritual Wisdom of Hermann Hesse
author:  Hermann Hesse 
description: These vital, essential poems could not possibly be appearing at a more crucial time in the history of our Western culture. Hermann Hesses poetry is as eye-opening and as life-giving as his most famous novels. It offers the heartfelt, infinitely timely guidance of someone who lived at every step what he wrote and who leads his readers back to the simplicity of what we knew in the beginning.<br /> Peter Kingsley, author of <i>Reality</i> and <i>A Story Waiting to Pierce You: Mongolia, Tibet and the Destiny of the Western World<br /><br /></i>Ludwig Fischer proves wrong all who claim that poetry is what gets lost in translation. His English versions of sixty-eight poems by Hermann Hesse ring as if they had been first conceived in English. In addition to that, Fischers sensitive introductions to these poems make this book a rare treasure. Hesse  struggled with the dark side of life and grew strong. Therefore his poemsnow at last in Englishcan help us find strength to come fully alive.<br /> Brother David Steindl-Rast, OSB, author of <i>Deeper Than Words: Living the Apostles' Creed </i>and <i>Gratefulness, The Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness</i><br /> <i></i><br /> It is in his poems that you meet most intimately Hesse the man in all his emotional intensity, sometimes scalding self-knowledge, and fierce spiritual struggle, and so experience most completely the inner turmoil and revelations that led to his becoming<br /> one of the philosopher-sages of our tumultuous transition.<br /> from the foreword by Andrew Harvey, author of <i>The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism</i> and <i>Heart Yoga: The Sacred Marriage of Yoga and Mysticism</i><br /><br />"This collection of poetry reveals his inner journey, one that is often filled with inner turmoil and despairing, and yet unwavering in [Hesse's] devotion toward an intimacy with self/spirit. Commentary from the scholar and translator Ludwig Max Fischer enriches our understanding of Hesse's life context from which the poems were born."  New Consciousness Review<br /><br />"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."  Vitality Magazine<br /><br />"A thoughtful work of literature, The Seasons of the Soul is a strong pick for any world literary studies and poetry collection."  Midwest Book Review
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  “THE LIGHT IN THE MIND - SOME 
  SPIRITUALISTS REFLECTIONS” 
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Jorge Hessen 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  2014 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
   
   
   
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  DATE OF PUBLICATION: November 2014 
  TRANSLATOR: Erika de Castro Hessen 
  PROPAGANDIST: www.autoresespiritasclassicos.com 
  São Paulo/Brazil 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
   
   
   
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  Dedications 
   
  The idealists that are known for their legitimate opinions 
  consider Jorge Hessen to be a renowned spiritualist writer 
  today. Due to his studies and research, he has been contributed 
  to the dissemination of the precepts of Christ under the 
  perspective of the Spiritism, and also to comfort the people who 
  ignore the true purpose of the present reincarnation. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
   
   
   
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  Preliminary explanation 
   
  Jorge Hessen, a spiritist writer, examines current issues with 
  the objective of disseminating the Spiritist Doctrine and 
  