The poet’s drama – Boris Poplavsky’s “ctruggling with God”

The foregoing article constitutes an attempt at analyzing the principal idea of Boris Poplavskij’s artistic output, i.e. the so-called “romance with God”. The subject of our scientific investigations is mainly the contents of that talented poet’sdiaries, as well as of his critical articles and letters, on the basis of which we tried to outline the spiritual silhouette of the author of Флаги (Flags), showing his attitude to God and religion. Analysis of the listed sources revealed the poet’s internal – spiritual and existential drama, mainly resulting from his religious syncretism (the Orthodox faith, esotericism, mysticism). It was established that the writer, after his Gnostic mentors, rejects the principle of the good God, who, in his consciousness undergoes a sort of involution – transferring from the object of desire into a bad demiurge, responsible for the evil and its spreading around the world