religiosaStudia Religiosa Rossica: научный журнал о религииStudia Religiosa Rossica: Russian Journal of Religion2658-4158РГГУ10.28995/2658-4158-2025-1-96-114religiosa-401Research ArticleСтатьиArticlesРелигия без откровения и откровение без религии: эволюционный эзотеризм Джулиана и Олдоса ХакслиReligion without revelation and revelation without religion. The evolutionary esotericism of Julian and Aldous HuxleyКамынинаМ. А.KamyninaM. A.

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Синтез эволюционных теорий и эзотерических учений является значимым примером соприкосновения науки и эзотеризма. В статье рассматриваются идеи британского биолога Джулиана Хаксли и его брата писателя Олдоса Хаксли на предмет их соответствия концепциям эволюционного эзотеризма (Э. Профет, В. Ханеграафф, Дж. Крайпл). Вводится разграничение понятий «эволюционный эзотеризм» и «эволюционный мистицизм». Ключевыми элементами «эволюционного мистицизма» предлагается считать следующие идеи: признание возможности перехода человека на новую стадию эволюции; активная роль человека в эволюции и рассмотрение его как двигателя ее развития; первичность психической эволюции по отношению к физической; необходимость развития «сверхъестественных способностей» как условия эволюции. Устанавливается соответствие проекта «Эволюционного гуманизма» Дж. Хаксли и взглядов О. Хаксли концепциям эволюционного эзотеризма Э. Профет и Дж. Крайпла. В статье демонстрируется сходство взглядов братьев Хаксли на эволюцию, в частности их вера в возможность группового прогресса через индивидуальное самосовершенствование, и утверждается возможность изучения их представлений об эволюции как части эволюционного эзотеризма. 

The synthesis of evolutionary theories and esoteric teachings is a significant example of the contact between science and esotericism. The article examines the ideas of British biologist Julian Huxley and his brother Aldous Huxley on the subject of their correspondence to the concepts of evolutionary esotericism (E. Prophet, V. Hanegraaff, J. Kripal). A distinction between the concepts of “evolutionary esotericism” and “evolutionary mysticism” is introduced. The following ideas are proposed to be the key elements of “evolutionary mysticism”: the recognition of the possibility of human transition to a new stage of evolution; the active role of man in evolution and his consideration as an engine of its development; the primacy of mental evolution in relation to physical evolution; the need to develop “supernatural abilities” as a condition of evolution. The correspondence of J. Huxley’s project of “Evolutionary Humanism” and A. Huxley’s views to the concepts of evolutionary esotericism (E. Prophet, J. Kripal) is established. The article demonstrates the similarity of the Huxley brothers’ views on evolution, in particular, their belief in the possibility of group progress through individual self-improvement, and argues that it is possible to study their ideas about evolution as part of evolutionary esoterism. 

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