Zvonova, E. E. Religious and Mystic Views of Ciolkowski and Chizhevsky in Terms of the Idea of Cosmic Consciousness and the Concept of Cosmic Game

Abstract: The subject of the present article is the religious and mystic insights of Chizhevsky and Ciolkowski in terms of the idea of cosmic consciousness based on Bokk and the concept of cosmic game. The author of the present research article describes the ‘heretical’ ideas of Kaluga cosmists and provides particular arguments to prove the hypothesis that the two great friends had cosmic consciousness. In order to prove that Ciolkowski and Chizhevsky had cosmic consciousness, the author analyzes the phenomenology of this phenomenon and personal qualities and creative work Konstantin Ciolkowski and Alexander Chizhevsky. If we admit that the founders of the cosmic natural science had the highest form of consciousness, we may see their religious and mystic views in a different light as well as view them in terms of the concept of cosmic game and make a hypothesis that Ciolkowski and Chizhevsky were prophets of those times. In her research the author used the following methods: analysis of literature, comparison, analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, generalization. The novelty and scientific importance of the article is that the author tries to define the non-verbal source of religious and mystic aspects in Ciolkowski’s and Chizhevsky’s writings. The main conclusions made by the author are the following. In the course of her research, the author concludes that the hypothesis about Ciolkowski and Chizhevsky having the cosmic consciousness have a high probability to be true. Many religious and mystic ideas introduced by Kaluga cosmists were based on a certain state of mind and can be interpreted in terms of the concept of cosmic game. The author also believes that Ciolkowski and Chizhevsky could have been the messengers of cosmic evolution.

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