Zvonova, E. E. About Alexander Chizhevsky’s Cosmic Mind

Abstract: The subject matter of the present research article is the analysis of Alexander Chizhevsky’s style of thinking and consciousness. The author of the article provides particular arguments proving that the great philosopher actually had the cosmic mind, the higher state of consciousness that was in detail studied, described and illustrated by the Canadian psychiatrist of the second half of XIXth century Richard Maurice Bokk. The author of the article prove her arguments through a detailed analysis of phenomenology and nature of this phenomenon (special attention is paid to Stanislav Grof’s concept of the cosmic game) as well as personal qualities and creative work of Alexander Chizhevsky. In her research the author used the following research methods: analysis of literature, comparison, synthesis, induction, deduction and generalization. The novelty of the research article is the systematic study of the style of thinking of a so-called ‘Leonardo da Vinci of XXth century’ with respect to its ‘cosmic nature’ as defined by Bokk. The author also tries to draw a parallel between Chizhevsky’s theory of space ages (most likely to be meant for Tsiolkovsky) and the concept of the cosmic game offered by Stanislav Grof. The main conclusion made by the author of the research is that the hypothesis about Alexander Chizhevsky having the ‘cosmic’ type of mind proves to be true.

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