Dialectics is a primarily spiritual category, it consists in “the need to overcome contradictions, to eliminate the duality of human nature, without which it is impossible to comprehend the highest reality,” - this is what Mircea Eliade (1907–1986), a philosopher and writer of world fame, believed brought novels and short stories full of mysteries and secret writing, as well as studies on history, religion and magic. Eliade lived in India for many years, learning the essence and practice of yoga. Then he taught in Europe, and in America he founded his own school of religious studies. In the personality of the writer, the erudition of a scientist is uniquely combined with visionary abilities and artistic gift. The art with which Eliade prepares the reader of his scientific works and works of art to encounter the most difficult spiritual concepts is amazing, little by little captivating him with a pseudo-realistic surroundings, involving him in the range of his themes, presenting him with sometimes not quite ordinary heroes. This book has absorbed the best artistic works of Mircea Eliade, united by a common metaphysical problematic. Most of them are published in Russian for the first time. The collection opens a new series of the publishing house - “Mandrake”. The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.