MASONS’ ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE AS THE ELEMENT OF GNOSTIC TRADITION IN “MASTER AND MARGARITA” NOVEL BY M. A. BULGAKOV
The article is dedicated to analysis of Masonic symbolic as the element of Gnostic philosophy tradition in “Master and Margarita” novel by M. A. Bulgakov. The Mystic literature, which was known to the writer, provides the source of model of the universe in artistic work. Motif of saving knowledge, being joint for Masonry and Gnosticism, is revealed in text, determining novel’s ideological and artistic originality and defining heros’ roles: master – pneumatic, destined for esoteric knowledge discovering, Margarita – mystery wife and guide to transcendental world, Woland – harbinger, organizing initiation ritual. Master’s inner conflict is defined by confrontation between herald of truth endowment and material world’s captive weakness.
Keywords: literary study, Russian literature of the twentieth century, Gnosticism, Masonry, philosophy
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Issue: 7, 2016
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