Wątki ezoteryczno-wolnomularskie w twórczości Andrzeja Struga

Abstract

The article presents esoteric-Freemasonic motifs in the works of Andrzej Strug. It is argued that the writer’s Isle of Oblivion and Zakopanoptikon are two of the clearest literary examples, two intriguing novels by the artist, in which he included many esoteric-Freemasonic elements, derived directly from his life, coupled now with his activities in the interwar Polish Freemasonry. In both texts, the mysterious and the indefinable are expressed most fully in the character portraits of his characters, full of ambiguity, and in the enigmatic descriptions of the changing nature. The two works and the elements of imagery present in them, moreover, remain convergent with each other in many ways. These are, then, significant works in the history of Polish literature, texts that should shape future generations of Poles.