ESOTERIC PRACTICES OF BULGARIAN INTELLECTUALS IN THE 1920s AND 1930s: A CASE STUDY
ESOTERIC PRACTICES OF BULGARIAN INTELLECTUALS IN THE 1920s AND 1930s: A CASE STUDY
Author(s): Georgeta NazarskaSubject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, History of ideas, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Theology and Religion, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Esotericism; Theosophy; Rosicrucianism; Freemasonry; Bulgaria;
Summary/Abstract: The article presents some facts of newly-found archival documents, testifying to the existence of esoteric networks and practices involving the Bulgarian intellectuals in the 1920s – 1930s. The structure, aims and practices of an esoteric network created by Stoyan Zaimov (1853 – 1932) – a famous Bulgarian revolutionary and cultural figure, are reviewed in the context of the rise of secret and closed societies in Bulgaria after World War I.
Journal: Études balkaniques
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 139-166
- Page Count: 28
- Language: English
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