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PHENOMENOLOGY OF В‘VISIONS OF THE THEOTOKOSВ’ BY THE RUSSIAN AND SPANISH MYSTIC FR. JOHN

Vladimir Vinokurov, M. Vorontsova

Abstract

In this work, the phenomenon of ‘visions’ and mysticism of Fr. John (born 25.09.1946) is considered within the framework of religious studies, philosophy and psychology of religion. The aim of the work is to establish the structure of the phenomenon of ‘Visions of the Theotokos’, its deployment and movement. The method of investigation is suggested by the description of the experience given by Fr. John is in his works. The key concept of his diaries and books is the notion of an ‘archetype’, which is interpreted in the spirit of C. Jung’s deep psychology. The possible and the real are considered as real, and the attribution to the objective or subjective level of reality is taken out ‘beyond the brackets’ of the study. Such description includes a contradiction and is subordinated to the function that Ludwig Wittgenstein proposed: F(F), where F(?) = – ?(?). This function remains unchanged in the modulus of the argument: F(F) = F(?) = |±?(?)| and corresponds to the description, whether it refers to a subjective or objective reality, but taken in its algebraic form it turns out to be ‘flickering’, including the break and the transition of the boundary: F(F), where F(?) = ±?(?).

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