@ARTICLE{Okroj_Kinga_On_2021, author={Okroj, Kinga}, volume={vol. LXX}, number={No 4}, pages={729-752}, journal={Slavia Orientalis}, howpublished={online}, year={2021}, publisher={Komitet Słowianoznawstwa PAN}, abstract={The article presents a forgotten initiation novel The adventures and travels of Nikodim The Elder written by one of the representative of the Silver Age period, Aleksey Skaldin. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the symbolic images of earth included in terms of their esoteric philosophy. Symbols and key elements show that the earth theme is a starting point of initiation for the main protagonist.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={On the Alchemic Images of Mother the Earth in Aleksey Skaldin’s Novel The Adventures and Wanderings of Nikodim The Elder. Selected Motifs}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/121707/PDF/2021-04-SOR-02-Okroj.pdf}, doi={10.24425/slo.2021.138864}, keywords={earth, mother, initiation, esotericism, alchemy}, }