@article{018e9e43-3a64-7108-bf87-414ec791248d, author = {Tomasz Krok}, title = {Marian Grużewski and the “Homocratic Movement” in the Archives of the Polish Communist Department of Security}, journal = {The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series}, volume = {2023}, number = {17 (1/2023)}, year = {2023}, issn = {2450-2561}, pages = {117-140},keywords = {Marian Grużewski; studia nad ezoteryzmem; homokracja; synarchizm; okultyzm; komunizm}, abstract = {This paper concerns Marian Grużewski (1885–1963), a spiritist painter, psychic medium and occultist associated with the Polish Metapsychic Society, who created homocracy, a socio-political movement based on occult and esoteric foundations, after the Second World War. The article discusses and analyses the most important features and standpoints of homocracy through materials (internal statutes and personal notes) confiscated by the Polish communist Security Service. The paper also describes a secret investigation against Grużewski and his supporters, which resulted in their arrest and conviction on charges of attempting to overthrow the People’s Republic of Poland.}, doi = {10.4467/24506249PJ.23.008.19001}, url = {https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/pjacns/artykul/marian-gruzewski-and-the-homocratic-movement-in-the-archives-of-the-polish-communist-department-of-security} }