Three theoretical texts (“The Book of the Russian Grail”, “In Defense of Anthroposophy” and “The Mystery of Good and Evil in the Spiritual Experience of Self-Knowledge”), created during his emigration in the 1920s–1930s by the writer and thinker, a prominent representative of the culture of the Silver Age, Nikolai Belotsvetov (1892–1950), identified in the archives of the anthroposophist L. Novikov in the Department of Manuscripts of the IWL RAS, published in the second edition for the first time, are a unique example of creative processing and the disclosure of the anthroposophical ideas of R. Steiner. The Appendix includes epistolary materials from the collections of the Department of Manuscripts of the IWL RAS: letters from I. Chinnov, Yu. Ivask to L. Novikov and an essay by E. Andrusova, revealing unknown details of the biography of N. Belotsvetov.

Contents

D. Obolenska
“Human is a Counterpoint to the Divine Symphony of the Spheres.” About Anthroposophy and Nikolai Belotsvetov 

N. Belotsvetov
The Book of the Russian Grail
Editing text and commentary by D. Obolenska

N. Belotsvetov
In Defence of Anthroposophy (The Response to Collected Articles “The Transmigration of Souls”)
Editing text and commentary by D. Obolenska

N. Belotsvetov
The Mystery of Good and Evil in the Spiritual Experience of Self-Knowledge (Anthropodicy)
Editing text and commentary by D. Obolenska

Appendix

O. Kuznetsova
Poet N. Belotsvetov in the Memories of Friends and Relatives. Based on Materials from Department of Manuscripts of IWL RAS

E. Andrusova
In Memory of the Poet Editing text and commentary by O. Kuznetsova

Letters
Editing text and commentary by O. Kuznetsova

From A. Belotsvetova to I. Chinnov

From I. Chinnov to Yu. Ivask

From Yu. Ivask to L. Novikov

From I. Chinnov to L. Novikov

Index