Mystical Anarchism
Mystical Anarchism was a tendency within the Russian Symbolist movement after 1906, especially between 1906 and late 1908. It was created and popularized by Georgy Chulkov.
In 1906, Chulkov edited Fakely, an anthology of Symbolist writing, which called on Russian writers to:
Later in the year Chulkov followed up with a "Mystical Anarchism" manifesto.
The doctrine has been described as:
Alexander Blok and especially Vyacheslav Ivanov were supportive of the new doctrine while Valery Bryusov, the editor of the leading Symbolist magazine The Balance, and Andrei Bely were opposed to it. The resulting controversy raged on the pages of Russian Symbolist magazines until late 1908.
