Abstract
<jats:p>The article analyzes the state of eternal salvation in the context of religious-mystical culture and documentary evidence of both religious and non-religious origin. The research material includes the texts of the Vedas, the Avesta, the Tripiṭaka, the Dao De Jing, the Torah, the Bible, and the Qur’an, as well as relevant documentary literature. It is substantiated that in various cultural and religious traditions the state of eternal salvation is understood primarily as a special condition of the human being rather than exclusively as an otherworldly reality. It is shown that in religious-mystical culture and documentary narratives this state appears as a moment of creative transformation associated with the disintegration of obsolete, false, or imperfect representations and forms of human existence. It is demonstrated that the process of destroying what is outdated and unnecessary constitutes an essential characteristic of the state of eternal salvation. Such disintegration may take the form of eliminating human shortcomings and performing a compensatory function whereby negative qualities are neutralized by their opposites. In this context, the state of eternal salvation is interpreted, on the one hand, as a moment of illumination, inspiration, and creative renewal, and on the other, as a process of compensation and inner purification. Special attention is paid to apophatic mysticism, in which the state of eternal salvation is presented most consistently and profoundly – as a suspension of the human condition, a temporary loss of impulses and desires. At the same time, it is shown that even in this state a deep-seated aspiration for salvation is preserved, as evidenced by a person’s reaction to external threat. In conclusion, the state of eternal salvation is defined as a compensatory illumination characteristic of both religious-mystical culture and the extra-religious documentary tradition.</jats:p>