Weöres Sándor költészete és az újkori hermetikus hagyomány

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IN: Partitúra Irodalomtudományi folyóirat, Volume XVIII. , Issue 1, 2023, p. 33-52 , ISSN 1336-7307

DOI: 10.17846/PA.2023.18.1.33-52

Abstract:

The inspiring influence of Eastern philosophy of religion proves to be a momentous element of the modern Western hermetic, esoteric and occult tradition – as it is visible in the case of theosophic and anthroposophic doctrines. This approach is both influential in the works of Béla Hamvas, the outstanding figure of Hungarian hermetic philosophy, and in the poetry of Sándor Weöres, who considered Hamvas his “mentor”. The paper focuses on those works of Weöres in which the principles of Western esoteric tradition and Eastern philosophy appear as forming a peculiar mixture. His artistic endeavours towards the transcendental can be illustrated by his philosophical prose, A teljesség felé (1945) [Towards perfection], and his poems titled The Constant in the Changing (1938) and Song: Boundless Space (1980). Based on these premises, the art of Weöres is entitled to special attention during the scrutiny of the relationship between modern hermetic tradition and art.

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