THE VISIONARY MICROSCOPE. ENTHEOGENS AS A “SCIENTIFIC” TOOL IN THE THOUGHT OF OCCULTISTS OF THE LATE 19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURIES
Studia Religiosa Rossica: Russian Journal of Religion 2025 Semen S. Petrukhin
The article discusses the reasons for the wide popularity of entheogens among representatives of occultism of the late 19th – early 20th centuries, and the role they played in their theories and practices. It is hypothesized that the appeal of occult authors to entheogens should be considered in the light of the conflict between science and religion, which sought to overcome the representatives...