The Seasons of the Soul: The Poetic Guidance and Spiritual Wisdom of Hermann Hesse

Vowing at an early age "to be a poet or nothing at all", Hermann Hesse rebelled against formal education, focusing on a rigorous program of independent study that included literature, philosophy, art, and history.

One result of these efforts was a series of novels that became counterculture bibles that remain widely influential today.

Another was a body of evocative spiritual poetry.