Rasputin The Russian Mystic

By Leo Gura - November 13, 2026

Rasputin was a strange mystical character. Was he a real mystic or a creepy charlatan? Or something in between?

Why do I say charlatan? Because a serious mystic would not be so eager to cozy up to power. A true man of God is not interested in playing political games and getting friendly with the rich, famous, and powerful. A true man of God has already found all the Power he needs. Truth is not kind to the rich, famous, and powerful. Do you understand how dangerous these ideas we talk about are to the rich, famous, and powerful? No one with power has a pure enough mind to even understand what I teach, never mind live it. People in power are not philosophers, they are epistemic perverts and devils lost in survival.

There is an interesting category of what I would classify as quasi-mystics. These people have some mystical experiences and they posture as mystics, but they are also very corrupt and full of shit. Their mysticism isn’t pure, it’s a mixture of genuine mystical experiences and bullshit. They don’t have the purity and clarity of proper mystics and non-mystics don’t know the difference. It is easy to have a few minor experiences of God and turn it into corrupt nonsense. A few mystical experiences do not a Buddha make.

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