This book is the first part (the second will be released before the end of the year) of a unique two-volume biographical encyclopedia, where you can find basic information about the life and teachings of approximately 130 of the most outstanding representatives of esoteric Gnosis of all times and peoples. Mystics and magicians, poets and natural philosophers, founders of new religions and solitary contemplatives, saints and mystifiers – all representatives of the esoteric Olympus are brought together on its pages. Dictionary entries are accompanied by comprehensive bibliographic summaries of reference literature in Russian.