И.Г. ЮНГ-ШТИЛЛИНГ И А.Т. БОЛОТОВ: РЕЦЕПЦИЯ ИДЕЙ НЕМЕЦКОГО МИСТИКА В НЕАКАДЕМИЧЕСКОЙ СРЕДЕ

Abstract

German mystic and theosophist Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling (1740–1817) gained immense popularity in Russia at the beginning of the 19th century. This fact is proven by numerous translations of his works and reminiscences of his ideas in literary texts and memoirs of the time. Scientist, philosopher, and writer A.T. Bolotov (1738–1833) was his great admirer, follower, and popularizer. The reception of Jung-Stilling is reflected both in Bolotov’s poetic experiments and his works “The old man with his grandson, or Conversations of an old man with his young grandson” (1822), “Assumed events in the Afterlife” (1823) and “About the souls of dead people” (1823) written in the form of Platonic dialogues. Bolotov’s example makes it possible to analyze the reception of the German mystic’s ideas and their dissemination in the non-academic environment.