The New Age of Russia. Occult and Esoteric Dimensions

Occult and esoteric ideas became deeply embedded in Russian culture long before the Bolshevik Revolution. Everyone interested in the occult and esoteric will appreciate this book, because it documents their continued importance in Russia and raises new issues for research and discussion.

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Birgit Menzel: Introduction Prerevolutionary Roots and Early Soviet Manifestations Julia Mannherz: The Occult and Popular Entertainment in Late Imperial Russia Konstantin Burmistrov: The History of Esotericism in Soviet Russia in the 1920s - 1930s Oleg Shishkin: The Occultist Aleksandr Barchenko and the Soviet Secret Police (1923 - 1938) Markus Osterrieder: From Synarchy to Shambhala: The Role of Political Occultism and Social Messianism in the Activities of Nicholas Roerich Michael Hagemeister: Konstantin Tsiolkovskii and the Occult Roots of Soviet Space Travel Manifestations in the Soviet Period (1930 - 1985) Birgit Menzel: Occult and Esoteric Movements in Russia from the 1960s to the 1980s Leonid Heller: Away from the Globe. Occultism, Esotericism and Literature in Russia during the 1960s - 1980s Matthias Schwartz: Guests from Outer Space. Occult Aspects of Soviet Science Fiction Marlène Laruelle: Totalitarian Utopia, the Occult, and Technological Modernity in Russia. The Intellectual Experience of Cosmism The Occult Revival in Late and Post Soviet Russia (1985 to the Present) Demyan Belyaev: Occult and Esoteric Doctrines after the Collapse of Communism Mark Sedgwick: Occult Dissident Culture: The Case of Aleksandr Dugin Marlène Laruelle : The Rodnoverie Movement: The Search for Pre-Christian Ancestry and the Occult Marina Aptekman: Through an Occult Prism: The Bolshevik Revolution in Three Post-Soviet Novels Natalia Zhukovskaia: Shamanism in the Russian Intelligentsia (Post-Soviet Space and Time) John McCannon: Competing Legacies, Competing Visions of Russia. The Roerich Movement(s) in Post-Soviet Russia Boris Falikov: On the Way from Border Conflicts. Transpersonal Psychology in Russia Comparative Aspects, Continuity and Change Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal: Occultism as a Response to a Spiritual Crisis Jeffrey J. Kripal: On Reading Russian Mystical Literature Upside-Down