Edited by Birgit Menzel and Anna Tessmann
With a contribution by Nikolay Smirnov about Decolonial Esotericism in Art.
This illustrated book offers a collection of short essays, testimonies, and memoirs from the esoteric underground of the late Soviet Union and the first decade of post-Soviet history. Provided and annotated by an international network of renowned specialists in history, religious studies, cultural studies, translation studies, and anthropology, the book is organized around the themes of spiritual figures, communities, and their visions along with contemporary forms of spiritual transmission and the extensive transnational connections between Soviet or post-Soviet esotericists and Western New Agers.
English
320 pages
LIT-Verlag, 2025
ISBN: 978-3-643-91580-1