Oriental Mysticism in the Works of Konstantin Balmont, the Poet of Symbolism and Poet Laureate of the Russian Language

In the article, meanwhile introducing Konstantin Balmont, the symbolist poet of the twentieth century of Russia, known as Poet Laureate in Russian literature, has been devoted to his oriental themes in the context of the Russian Symbolist School. Balmont is one of the founders of the Russian Symbolist School. The idea of divine religions, which only body of man, is destroyed by the death and the man return to God, is also the basis of Russian symbolism, which is frequently seen in Balmont's poetry. Then, will be mentioned in the origin and form some of the eastern themes. The four elements (fire, water, earth and air) are the main themes of Balmont's poems. Balmont was familiar with Iranian poets such as Maulana, Khaghani, and Hafez, and it seems that his poems have been composed of the elements by Persian poets. He tries to find "Shams" in this world under the influence of the Holy Quran, the Holy Prophet (pbuh) and the mystical Iranian-Oriental works, the Sufism of Hafez and Maulana, and the poems "Do not Forget: The Quran is the Book of Avoidance", "From there", "Star of the Desert", "Silence", "Jalal Al-Din Rumi", "advice", "Andalib" ... based on the oriental themes and poems of Iranian poets. The themes that influenced the formation of the mystical and Sufi thoughts of the Russian poet and the poet's main attention are in the "world of existence" and the concept of " pre-existence and eternity".