BACKGROUND OF INTEREST OF INTEREST TO ESOTHERIC TRADITIONS IN THE POST-SOVIET SPACE IN THE 90-S OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Abstract

In the crucial 90s of the twentieth century, the removal of the ideological framework caused a sharp public interest in esoteric culture. The scientific analysis of the causes and conditions of a sharp manifestation of interest in the esoteric tradition requires a specific historical approach, which considers these problems in the context of the sociocultural characteristics of society. Society has embarked on the path of realizing esoteric knowledge, and quite selectively resorting to its values. Most of the population in one way or another has incorporated the esoteric tradition into the personal form of culture. At the same time, people engaged in intellectual activities claimed its psycho-physiological tendencies (yoga, qigong, Tibetan arts) and the values of esoteric philosophy (theosophy, Agni Yoga). The goal of mastering these and many other practices is the acquisition of quiet thought processes, psychophysiological recovery, the achievement of longevity. Another part of the population has directed its interest in the occult directions of the esoteric tradition (different types of magic, palmistry, astrology), which are in demand in order to achieve their own egoistic needs. At the present stage, a certain “result” of such a surge of interest of the population at a crucial moment for the great state to heterogeneous layers of esoteric knowledge has been formed. How to achieve success, love, justice and other high universal values taught by fortunetellers, witches, magicians – adherents of all degrees of dedication. The demand for modern times in the majority of its vulgar layers of esoteric knowledge is a bright indicator of the decadent tendencies of the spiritual life of modern society.

Keywords

• эзотерическая традиция
• оккультизм
• эзотерическая философия
• постсоветское пространство
• сциентизм
• интеллигенция
• идеология