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Poster: Joel
Subject: Re: Siddhartha and the Female Perspective

HOW ABSOLUTELY TRUE. HESSE WAS THE SENSAI OF THE ROMANTIC. HE WAS ABLE TO PEER INTO OUR DEEPEST YEARNINGS AND CREATE POSSIBLE AND HABITABLE WORLDS, HOWEVER PARADOXICAL THEIR RULES. MAGISTER LUDI THE PRIME EXAMPLE.

IT IS TRUE THAT HE FOLLOWED A MALE STAR, THAT MOST OF HIS FEMALE CHARACTERS PLAY MINOR ROLES, BUT THAT WAS A PRODUCT OF HIS LIFE AND TIMES. I AM NOT SURE WHO IS THERE NOW TO TAKE HIS PLACE AS A FABULIST, AND CONSTRUCTOR OF DREAM PALACES, BUT HIS GENTLE AURA ALLOWS ALL WHO DARE TO ENTER HIS HEAVENLY REALISED REALMS.

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