The book of the historian of religion Boris Falikov is devoted to such a little-studied topic as the influence of occultism and eastern religions (primarily Hinduism and Buddhism) on the art of the 20th century. Among her heroes are famous gurus and occultists - Elena Blavatskaya and Rudolf Steiner, Peter Uspensky and Georgy Gurdzhiev, Aleister Crowley and those who brought Zen Buddhism and Hinduism to Western culture.