RUSSIAN MYSTICS IN THE WEST: CLASH OF MENTALITIES
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-7227-2021-4-97-106
Abstract
To show that in the 19th century there was a clash of Western esotericism and Russian mysticism, as two different mentalities, in relation to the East and its spiritual heritage. Methodology. The research is based on the comparative approach. Methods of observation, generalization, interpretation, and discursive analysis are used in the study. Results. In the course of the study, it is proved that the Russian mystics (H. P. Blavatsky, G. I. Gurdjieff, P. D. Ouspensky) and their followers (Russian symbolists, cosmists, avant-gardists), due to historical and cultural circumstances, had to move to the West, although they remained representatives of Russian сulture, and - the most importantly - they contributed to the renewal of the spiritual synthesis of cultures. Having the Russian mentality, they solved not ethnic, but universal spiritual problems. Research implications. The results of the study show that the teachers of Russian mysticism collided with the modern Western mentality, and this process led to a radical transformation of spiritual life in the West, in Russia, and in the East, and it was ultimately manifested in strengthening and enrichment of cross-cultural interactions, in formation of the unified global trends in the development of world culture, which determine, to a large extent, modern spiritual life.
About the Author
V. V. Kravchenko
Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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