The Quest for Spiritual Truth in Hermann Hesse'sJourney to the East
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Journey to the East, By Hermann Hesse is the story of acharacter's quest for
Spiritual truth, written in the backdrop of the painful experience of World War I, the
novel explores the fictional journey of HH and that of the League, a religious sect, to
the East, the home of light. HH reaches his goal after much suffering, and it is the
insight of suffering and salvation as mentioned in the Eastern religions, Hinduism and
Buddhism, that Hesse uses as guidelines in this journey of salvation.