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- Title
Occult Knowledge in Russia.
- Authors
Barker, Michael
- Abstract
As the birthplace of Communism, Russia is a land of contradictions. [27] Spiritualism as a Bourgeois Obsession Unfortunately, these are not problems that remain isolated to the political fringes, as the Aryan myth that has been so assiduously promoted by Valery Demin and others has "carv[ed] its way into the midst of the highest Russian authorities and parliamentarians."[28] The degree to which such ideas influence Putin's regime (as currently constituted) remains in question, but whatcannot be in doubt is that both prior to and after the Russian Revolution of 1917 (as in the wake of the Soviet Union's eventual collapse) people from all walks of life were searching and experimenting with new ideas in a frantic bid to bring order to the world around them. The fact that other more developed countries like Germany, where Marxist ideas already had a firm footing, failed in their historic task to implement their own socialist revolutions only further limited the chances of Communism establishing longstanding democratic roots in Russia. Then in 1999, riding a tide of anti-Western nationalism, Vladimir Putin seized control of the state, and in doing so he rehabilitated Stalin as a hero.
- Subjects
RUSSIA; CONSPIRACY theories; BETRAYAL; WOMEN'S rights; STATE power; POLITICAL participation; OCCULTISM; INTELLECTUALS; ZERO point energy
- Publication
CounterPunch, 2023, p1
- ISSN
1086-2323
- Publication type
Article