Pavel Florensky Philosophy of Cult

You have probably been warned by Mokrinsky that the question of organizing your lectures in Moscow, so desired by very many, has entered the phase of implementation.

The room has already been rented. It is 2 steps from Mich. Al-cha Novoselov), in the gymnasium of the Teachers' Island, accommodates 150 people. The most convenient days of lectures would be Tuesday and Friday, and the hours would be from 4 to 6. But other days are also possible. The fee will be 15 rubles for a subscription for the entire course. Some tickets will be sold at the entrance. The proper composition of students is ensured. Tickets are not on sale for everyone, but will be distributed among people who know and follow. The duration of each lecture is at your discretion.

So, everything external is done. And we are happy to expect from you only the following<her>: 1) the exact name of the course (the topic is entirely for your consideration) and a small program of it, 2) an indication of the days and hours on which you schedule the lectures, and 3) when you open the course, the day of the first lecture. (It is best if the opening of the course is on Fomina and on the above days and hours.) Send this answer to Sergei Iosifovich Fudel, who is in charge of the external part of the case. The answer is needed as soon as possible. Address: Arbat, 47, apt. 1. —To Sergei I. Food<el>.

I kiss you. Greetings to Anna Mikhailovna and the children.

Congratulations on the upcoming holiday. May the Resurrected Christ rejoice us.

Loving you, S. Durylin."

<Lecture plan (not dated)>

«I. SIN. Possible points of view. They are not critical. To motivate the point of view of religious realism in more detail. Irreducibility of S, I, and N to each other. A critical<critical>point of view. Rejection of definitions.

II[4]. Method of studying religion. Religion as based on "life". Religion is the depth of life. The unconscious is a ladder from heaven to the soul.

III. The two layers of life, the natural and the grace-filled; two possible religions—natural) and grace-filled.

IV. The parable of the bird that flew through the room. Of particular interest is the beginning and end of life. Both in religion are natural<>naturaland in religion of grace.

V. Seed and Blood.

VI. Reflection of aspects in each other.

VII. Death as birth and birth as death.