Editing Hermann Hesse (section)

==Religious views==

As reflected in ''Demian'', and other works, he believed that "for different people, there are different ways to God".<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.adherents.com/people/ph/Hermann_Hesse.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070714154948/http://www.adherents.com/people/ph/Hermann_Hesse.html | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 14 July 2007 | work = Adherents | title = The Religious Affiliation of Nobel Prize-winning author Hermann Hesse}}.</ref> Despite the influence he drew from Hindu and Buddhist philosophies, he stated about his parents that "their Christianity, one not preached but lived, was the strongest of the powers that shaped and moulded me".<ref>{{Citation | last = Hesse | first = Hermann | year = 1951 | title = Gesammelte Werke |trans-title=Collected Works | publisher = Suhrkamp Verlag | page = 378 | quote = Von ihnen bin ich erzogen, von ihnen habe ich die Bibel und Lehre vererbt bekommen, Ihr nicht gepredigtes, sondern gelebtes Christentum ist unter den Mächten, die mich erzogen und geformt haben, die stärkste gewesen [I have been educated by them; I have inherited the Bible and doctrine from them; their Christianity, not preached, but lived, has been the strongest among the powers that educated and formed me] | language = de}}. Another translation: "Not the preached, but their ''practiced'' Christianity, among the powers that shaped and molded me, has been the strongest."</ref><ref>{{Citation | last = Hilbert | first = Mathias | year = 2005 | title = Hermann Hesse und sein Elternhaus – Zwischen Rebellion und Liebe: Eine biographische Spurensuche |trans-title=Hermann Hesse and his Parents’ House – Between Rebellion and Love: A biographical search | publisher = Calwer Verlag | language = de | page = 226}}.</ref>