Posted by dj on September 23, 1999, at 14:50:58
In reply to Drug-induced psychosis, posted by Noa on September 23, 1999, at 13:51:12
The book was called the Eden Express and I believe what then (about 20 or more years ago) was classified as schizophrenia was later determiend to be depression by today's standards...& though it's been awhile since I read the book (probably 20 years) I believe if it was depression it came from his disillusionment with communal living on the BC coast and there was little if any mention of drugs in the book.
His father Kurt once wrote an article called "Why they read Hesse" in Wampeters, Baffaloons... or something like that...which addressed the mores of the time and the underlying flaw in the search for heaven on earth which Mark and many others were seeking. Seems humankind are resistant to creating those heavenly conditions...
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