How does To Damascus portray August Strindberg's search for spiritual peace?

In his three-part drama To Damascus, August Strindberg depicts his own journey toward spiritual reconciliation following a period of profound mental and emotional crisis.

The play serves as a vehicle for his personal transformation, characterized by a shift toward mysticism and a new faith. Strindberg portrays himself through the character of "the Stranger," a wanderer who is actively searching for spiritual peace. This peace is ultimately found through his connection with another character, "the Lady," who is modeled after his former wives, Siri von Essen and Frida Uhl.

By externalizing his internal struggles and his search for redemption, Strindberg utilized the play to process the "Inferno" crisis—a period of intense instability, alchemy, and theosophical study—thereby marking his transition from the techniques of Naturalism toward the phantasmagoric style that would later influence Expressionist drama.1