“Our god's name is Abraxas and he is God and Satan and he contains both the luminous and the dark world.”

— Hermann Hesse , book Demian

Source: Demian (1919), p. 180
Context: Our god's name is Abraxas and he is God and Satan and he contains both the luminous and the dark world. Abraxas does not take exception to any of your thoughts, any of your dreams. Never forget that. But he will leave you once you've become blameless and normal. Then he will leave you and look for a different vessel in which to brew his thoughts.

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German writer 1877–1962

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