The article is devoted to the study of the features of the formation and development of the magical and mystical traditions in Russian culture, from the era of Ancient Rus’ to the present. In the culture of Ancient Russia the dominant was the magical consciousness, generated by the belief in the man’s ability to influence the material world with the help of certain rituals. The penetration of...
In the article mysticism is considered as a multidimensional phenomenon in the unity of four dimensions that make up its universal beginning. The ontological dimension of mysticism forms a world picture in which the world is regarded as the Whole and One. Mystical experience is always an experience of unity, as a result of which social and biological time slows down, space loses its...
The phenomenon of mysticism is one of the most controversial issues in modern humanities. We still lack generally accepted typology for mystical traditions of the world. The paper studies the issue of correlation between material and ideal beings, which constituted the basis of the most common typology of mystical doctrines. The research of mystical traditions, formed in Christianity, Islam and...