Although Eastern Europe has been part of the Christian world for more than a thousand years, its spiritual identity remains a mystery. This mystery, says Sergei Prokofieff, cannot be solved fully without looking behind outer events and seeking spiritual-metahistorical-dimensions of reality. By illuminating the illusion of apparent history, Prokofieff reveals the forces that work to hinder true human progress--the materialistic Brotherhoods of the West and the occult aspects of the Jesuits and Bolshevism. Such adversarial groups have created a "karma of materialism" that the Eastern Slavic peoples have taken upon themselves out of their "exalted willingness for sacrifice." Sergei Prokofieff shows how, from the earliest times, the future "conscience of humanity" flowed from hidden mystery centers in Hibernia into the Eastern Slavic peoples. Consequently, qualities of "compassion, patience, and willingness for sacrifice" developed in their souls, creating a truly Christian "Grail mood." Despite incalculable suffering--from persecutions of the Mongol hordes to the Bolshevik experiment of the 20th century--this quality has become an unconquerable force. Will humanity be able to use the present opportunity granted by this sacrifice to fulfill the primary purposes of the present cultural epoch? Can the future mysteries of the Holy Grail be fulfilled? C O N T E N T S PrefaceForeword PART ONE 1. Formulating the Question2. Scythianos and the Mystery of Golgotha3. Scythianos and the Grail Stream4. Scythianos and the "Christ People"5. The Hibenian Mysteries as a Wellspring of Human Conscience6. The Impulse of Conscience among the East-Slavic People7. Exoteric and Esoteric Aspects of the Historical Christianizing of Russia8. East-Slavic Mythology and its Occult Origin9. The Legend of St. Andrew and Early East-Slavic Christianity10. The Spiritual Sources of Church Architecture in Old Russia11. The Old Russian Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh12. Historical and Occult Events around the Year 125013. The City of Kitezh and the Grail Castle14. The Sophia Impulse and the Sixth Cultural Epoch PART TWO 15. Regarding the Sources of the "Grail Mood" among the East-Slavic People16. Toward a Symtomatology of Russian History PART THREE 17. The Three Great Temptations in Russian History18.