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Carlson No Religion Higher Than Truth
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A History of the Theosophical Movement in Russia, 1875-1922
E-Book, Englisch, Band 1750, 310 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7279-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Esoteric Tradition and the Russian Silver Age 3
I A Historical Survey of Russian Occult Interests 15
The Earliest Traditions 15
The French Occult Revival 19
Spiritualism 22
Theosophy 28
II The Early Days of Theosophy in Russia (1875-1901) 38
The Magnificent Madame 38
The Introduction of Theosophy into Russia 43
III The Theosophical Society in Russia (1901-1917) 54
The First Circles (1901-1908) 54
Theosophical Work (1908-1914) 60
Russian Theosophy during the First World War (1914-1918) 76
IV Other Russian Theosophical Movements 81
The Smolensk Theosophists 81
Vasilii Bogushevskii and Teosoficheskoe Obozrenie 86
An Independent: Khristoforova's Moscow Circle 88
The Russian Anthroposophists: Steiner and Russia 94
V Theosophical Doctrine: An Outline 114
What Is Modern Theosophy? 115
Theosophy and God 116
Theosophy and the Universe 117
Theosophy and Man 120
The Meaning of the Path 123
Anthroposophical Refinements: Rudolf Steiner's Spiritual Science 128
VI The Russian Reception of Theosophical Thought 137
The Three Critiques of Theosophy 140
Theosophy and the Russian Intelligentsia 158
Point and Counterpoint 167
VII The Russian Theosophical Movement after 1917 171
After the Revolution 173
The "Russian Theosophical Society Outside Russia" 180
Afterword: Theosophy's Impact on Fin de Siecle Russian Culture 188
Orientologist and Painter: Nikolai Konstantinovich Roerich (1874-1947) 193
Theorist, Philosopher, and Writer: Andrei Belyi (1880-1934) 198
In Conclusion 205
Notes 209
Glossary 249
Bibliography: Theosophical and Related Works Published in Russia between 1881 and 1918 253
Selected Bibliography 275
Index 283