A more than unexpected novel about Pontius Pilate and commentary-studies to it, which are a continuation and further deepening of the themes raised in the first two “CATHARSIS”. (In the comments, among other things, there is a study of the image of Pilate in Bulgakov’s novel “The Master and Margarita”.) A strange tension pulsates around the name “Pontius Pilate” - and happy is the one who is involved in this tension. Mikhail Bulgakov approached this topic physically a healthy man, he wrote the “biblical” part right away and for the next twelve years worked only on the “Moscow” line. Nothing is accidental: only forty-nine-year-old Bulgakov made the last eighth edition at the cost of unbearable pain. One of his last words were: “So that they know... So that they know...” So they don’t write fiction about love and witches... So what did Bulgakov learn that was so inaccessible to others while working on the “Moscow” line? And in whose hands was the real power, since even Stalin, who patronized him, could not protect Mikhail Bulgakov? It’s hard to believe that so far no one has been able to understand the Secret Knowledge encrypted in the novel, so the assumption arises that those who understand have reason to remain silent. The vast hordes of Bulgakov scholars all over the world are rustling like husks, unable to even come to grips with the initial question: why is this Did Margarita value the master’s novel so much? She appreciated it so much that she was interested in the master only insofar as he writes about Pontius Pilate and specifically about him? The master was jealous of Margarita’s affair—he confesses this to Ivanushka. The master, having destroyed the novel in order to save his life, tried to escape from Margarita, but... So what is the reason for such a powerful dependence of a beautiful woman, the queen of the Sabbath, on the novel? Those who were lucky enough to get acquainted with any of the volumes of "CATHARSIS" and who, naturally, did not forget not only the power of the shock, but also the depth of the foundation for it, probably already guessed that the answer to this question is only the first step... Read "CATHARSIS "You can start from any volume; Moreover, this is still a question - which one is better. As a reminder, catharsis is a word believed to be of Greek origin, meaning deep cleansing accompanied by the highest pleasure. A strange tension pulsates around the name “Pontius Pilate,” and happy is the one who is involved in this pulsating tension...