Russian culture cannot be fully comprehended without rediscovering its sacred roots in the form of sophisticated and advanced Integral philosophical systems, often known as Russian religious or spiritual philosophies.

What follows are some striking excerpts from Vladimir Ern (1882–1917), a noteworthy Russian philosopher and passionate defender of Eros and Logos who is relatively unknown in the West. His thoughts on both Eros and Logos synchronize with Ken Wilber’s Integral philosophy in many ways, especially as regards to the feeling of Eros and also to the tonality and intensity of Wilber’s thought as passion. This is one more source that helps us to situate our contemporary Integral thought within a larger context of the historic genesis of humanity, and point out towards what, as Ern would probably explain, is the tonic nature of Integral thought, the intensity of its burning. Furthermore, this kind of knowledge is not passed through generations and lineages in a linear fashion—it is a kind of insight-based gnosis that seems to erupt into our worlds, and bring us into a state of incessant awe and admiration for the divine life we’re given.