“FICTIONAL BIOGRAPHIES OF JOSEF KNECHT THROUGH THE PRIZM OF TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY (BASED ON HERMAN HESSE'S NOVEL“THE GLASS BEAD GAME”)

The article focuses on three biographies of Josef Knecht from the novel by Hermann Hesse “The Glass Bead Game” with regard to postulates transpersonal psychology. A thorough study provides insight into peculiarities a unique literary technique – transfer “self” different historical periods means imagination, as kind “way self”, devotion truth through pagan voluntary sacrifice (“Rainmaker”), ascetic self-denial Christian schemamonk (“The Father Confessor”), life an Indian (“Siddhartha”), understanding that all being is illusionary. research highlights similarity plot events, names, integration esoteric and exoteric perspectives. reviews holotropic state consciousness, which can develop psychoid experience, accounting for impossible become possible. Based judgments direct relationship between concepts macrocosm microcosm, perception reality result human intellectual activity, it specified efforts “possible human”, “virtual human” liberate themselves dualistic accomplishable acquiring unity consciousness. authors point out review motive “awakening” indicates Hesse’s intention embody absolute transcendent in his characters, could manage crisis splitting