In order to find the "ultimate Truth," a branch of the group makes a trip to "the East." The Journey to the East by Hermann Hesse is a story about an inner journey that serves as an allegory for the pursuit of enlightenment by humans and the arduous path that must be taken to get there. The book compiles the experiences and conclusions of many years of spiritual study in amazingly simple and understandable language.
In the novel, Siddhartha, a young man, leaves his family for a contemplative life, then, restless, discards it for one of the flesh. He conceives a son, but bored and sickened by lust and greed, moves
