253 KB35 KB195520262026Virk, Tomoštevilka:3letnik:71str. 7-21ISSN:0021-6933DOI:10.4312/jis.71.3.7-21COBISSID_HOST:301473795URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-QEMJ60BIslZveza slovenskih slavističnih društevJezik in slovstvoBartol, VladimiresotericismezoterikaLiterarne študijeoccultismokultizemSlovene literatureSlovenska književnostVladimir Bartol in ezoterika|Throughout his life, particularly in the period leading up to World War II, Vladimir Bartol was interested in various esoteric practices and phenomena, such as palmistry, spiritualism, telepathy, hypnosis, telekinesis, fortune-telling from coffee grounds, predicting the future by laying cards and observing atmospheric phenomena, secret societies, and similar subjects. He experimented with some of these practices himself and wrote expert discussions about others. The article outlines the European context of esotericism in literary cultures in the first decades of the 20th century, and then examines Bartol’s professional and, in particular, literary texts in which he addresses esoteric themes in various ways. It turns out that Bartol’s attitude towards esotericism is ambivalent; as a scientist and psychologist, he displays a healthy scepticism towards these phenomena, while at the same time, in his literary texts and especially in his personal interest in paranormal, he shows an openness to esotericism – and even a fascination with it – similar to that found, for example, in Thomas Mann (whom Bartol also quotes in connection with esoteric practices). The discussion concludes with the observation that this fascination, especially in some short fiction, creates a tension of ambiguity that is aesthetically productiveVladimir Bartol se je še posebej v obdobju do druge svetovne vojne zanimal za razne ezoterične prakse in pojave, na primer za hiromantijo, spiritizem, telepatijo, hipnozo, telekinezo, napovedovanje iz kavne usedline, napovedovanje prihodnosti s polaganjem kart in spremljanjem atmosferskih pojavov, za skrivne združbe in podobno. V nekaterih od teh praks se je tudi sam preskusil, o drugih je pisal strokovne razprave. Članek zariše evropski kontekst ukvarjanja z ezoteriko v literarnih kulturah v prvih desetletjih 20. stoletja, nato pa pretrese Bartolova strokovna in zlasti leposlovna besedila, v katerih se tako ali drugače posveča ezoteričnim temam. Izkaže se, da je Bartolov odnos do ezoterike ambivalenten; kot znanstvenik psiholog kaže do nje zdravorazumsko skepso, obenem pa se v leposlovnih besedilih, predvsem pa tudi v njegovem osebnem zanimanju za paranormalne pojave, kaže podobna odprtost do ezoterike – in celo fascinacija z njo –, kot jo je zaslediti na primer pri Thomasu Mannu (Bartol ga v zvezi z ezoteričnimi praksami tudi sam citira). Razprava se sklepa z ugotovitvijo, da ta fascinacija zlasti v nekaterih kratkoproznih besedilih ustvarja napetost dvoumnosti, ki je estetsko produktivnaTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaSlavistično društvo Slovenije