ESOTERIC MYTHOLOGIES IN ACTION: IMAGES AND SYMBOLS OF RUSSIAN ANTHROPOSOPHIC HISTORIOSOPHY (FROM LUDVIG A. NOVIKOV’S ARCHIVE)

• Authors: Monika Rzeczycka
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article is devoted to the esoteric symbolism of anthroposophy. Russian anthroposophy, which developedin the underground of Soviet Russia and in isolation from the Goetheanum, the Anthroposophical Society’sheadquarters in Switzerland, created its own unique symbolism and mythology that surprisingly combinesmotifs of Western esoteric traditions with elements of native mysticism and historiosophy.

Keywords

EN

Ludwig A. Novikov’s archive, Russian anthroposophy, anthroposophic mythology, symbolic ima- gination, Russian messianism, symptomatology of history

• Publisher: AGH University of Science and Technology
• Journal: Studia Humanistyczne AGH
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 4

Dates

published

2017

online

2018-07-04

Contributors

author

Monika Rzeczycka

Identifiers

DOI

10.7494/human.2017.16.4.49-57