On the Dark Side of the Moon

And so it has happened! Oleg Telemsky, the project leader of "Castalia", the author of the most groundbreaking books on occultism, tarot, and Jungian psychology, finally presents his new book.

"On the Dark Side of the Moon". This is not just another study of occultism. It is a book of confession, a book of catechism, a book of breakthrough. With this book, the author moves away from the development of classical concepts and fully formulates his understanding of occultism and deep psychology.

In the first part of the book "On the Dark Side of the Moon", the history of the most important occult communities and groups is presented. Unlike many other works on this topic, here the sequence of the development of occult culture is given from the perspective of psychohistory, in diachrony, meaning that each subsequent stage brings something new and responds to a new cultural challenge. This approach allows us to move away from the ingrained perinatalism and traditionalism that are tightly woven into occultism and hinder its full study. In this section, the author, strolling from ancient mysteries to classical Jungianism through Wicca, constructs the goal of the development of occult thought in humanity, without stopping at any one thing.

The second part of the book explores the theme introduced in the myths of ancient peoples and continued to this day - the theme of the meeting between man and gods. In this part, we will encounter familiar names to all: Lilith, Mammon, Faust, Set... Passed through the prism of the author's vision and the diachronic model of the development of the occult world, gods and demons will appear not as monsters from myth, but as living and creative forces of spirit, archetypal reality. This part has a truly confessional dimension, where the author shares the most shocking and frightening aspects of his experience, which may repel overly delicate readers.