“Пока вы не решитесь родиться вновь духовно…”: Переписка Э.К. Метнера и М.В. Сабашниковой

This is an introduction to the intimate correspondence between the head of the publishing house “Musaget” E. Medtner and artist, anthroposophist M. Sabashnikovaa, published in the present issue. Ideas that lived within the publishing house “Musaget”, including that of the Rosicrucian brotherhood, which A. Mintslova wished to establish, based on Steiner's theosophy, are briefly discussed. Mintslova had acquainted Sabashnikova with Medtner in 1910 and promised him that Steiner would heal his psychological and physical ailments. Later Medtner found his healing in Jungian psychoanalysis. The correspondence covers the period of 1911–1913, which passed for them under the sign of Steiner's Theosophy.