Oh, and I don't care what Hesse says, I do love my crossword puzzles

Blasphemy!

Welcome Veronica.....

This quote of the Music Master's from the 1st Chapter really struck a 'chord' with me...

"Making music together is the best way for two people to become friends. There is none easier. That is a fine thing......"

The reference to Pius went right by me the first time I read this book...upon rereading it (many times now) it dawned on me that perhaps Hesse was ever so slightly nudging the reader to "read between the lines"....

The usefulness of what is
depends on what is not.

"Knecht was one of those fortunates who seem born for Castalia, for the Order, and for service to the Board of Educators".

Quite the Orwellian opening....

For many years I have been interested in the question of how the solar system can be analysed as a physical unity. The balance point of the system, the spot on which a scale model would rest evenly, is called the center of mass, or barycenter. My scientific discovery is that this point moves in rel...

Just as a footnote to the introduction, and to help you understand the world Hesse had recently experienced, it is necessary to understand the reference to Pope Pius XV is actually aimed at Pope Pius XII, please do a search.... Thanks for the clue. I did a search, and I can understand why the autho...

Thanks for a fascinating look at the balance of the universe. By what method(s) did you arrive at these findings?

I believe a central theme of the Glass Bead Game is that reason and experience are Yin and Yang of the Oneness.....

I'll start in this section so as not to be a 'spoiler'..... Hermann Hesse has been my mentor for 40 years. Every one of his books ultimately revolves around a theme of self realization. The Glass Bead Game is shown to be yet another of man's follies and distractions, as Hesse knows explicitly that t...

Just as a footnote to the introduction, and to help you understand the world Hesse had recently experienced, it is necessary to understand the reference to Pope Pius XV is actually aimed at Pope Pius XII, please do a search....