The idea of spiritual brotherhood in the works of symbolists

Krasilnikova Maria Vladimirovna

The article aims to conduct a comparative analysis of the origins and main attitudes of symbolists to the idea of spiritual brotherhood, reflecting the peculiarities of the Russian soul. This idea was connected with those developed by D.S. Merezhkovsky, Vyach. Ivanov, Andrei Bely and other symbolists as carriers of a new religious consciousness, the concepts of spiritual revolution, world transformation, Theurgy, Cathedral symbolism and individualism, and cosmocentric reinterpretation of their role and purpose were used by Ivanov, Andrey Bely, and others.

Keywords:spiritual brotherhood, symbolism, national spirit, genuine Orthodox, all-humanity, spiritual revolution, national self-consciousness, conciliar individualism, life-creation, conversion.