From the view of the history of parapsychology, mysticism is a worldwide phenomenon. So the research on the mysticism prevalence in Russia should be conducted by taking into consideration of the overall situation. The mysticism prevalence in Russia has close relationship with the disassociation of the former Soviet Union, the US-Soviet hegemony and the changes in the pattern of the world as well. This paper exposes all kinds of mysticism in former Soviet Union and Russia and makes some comparative study between them.

former Soviet Union  /  Russia  /  mysticism  /  pseudoscienceconcept