Premodern religiousity, both exoteric and esoteric, has been oriented in the temporal dimension to the past. The myth of the golden age and the further degradation of mankind was inherent in various forms, such as medieval Christianity, Greek philosophyand mythology, cabbalistic treatises. Instead, starting from the late Renaissanse one can speak of a reorientation of the religious outlook on the future. This reorientation has led to various manifestations, from evolutionism to eschatological expectations, and today is also represented within the framework of countersecular religiosity. The reorientation of religious worldviews in the temporal dimension from the past to the future has already come to the attention of researchers, in particular, WouterHanegraaff considers this as one of the key features of modern esoteric consciousness. However, Hanegraaff links the transformation from the XVIII-XIX centuries, while the first signs of it have appeared in the early modern times. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the presence of orientation on the future in esoteric and exoteric religious systems from the beginning of the XVII century, namely from the Rosicrucian manifestos and beyond. Therefore, the object of research is the modern rel&igiousness that opposed the educational outlook from the very beginning of its existence. The subjects are both evolutionary and eschatological expectations among representatives of antimodern and counter-secular religiosity. Thus, from the beginning& of the XVII century, in the religious worldview, there is a trend towards reorientation in time. If premodern religiosity was mostly focused on the sacred past - the golden age, illud tempus, etc., then after the beginning of the modern era, one can& observe more often the orientation of exoteric and esoteric religious systems for the future. This orientation is embodied in two main types - evolutionary and eschatological.
Домодерна релігійність, як екзотерична, так і езотерична, була зорієнто&вана в часовому вимірі на минуле. Міф про золотий вік та подальшу деградацію людства був притаманний у різних формах і середньовічному християнству, і грецькій філософії, і кабалістичним трактатам. Натомість, починаючи з доби відродження можна говори&ти про переорієнтацію релігійного світогляду на майбутнє.
Ця переорієнтація призвела до різних виявів, від еволюціонізму до есхатологічних очікувань, і сьогодні також представлена в межах контрсекулярної релігійності.
Evolutionary orientation &states that the individual human soul or humanity as a whole is constantly evolving towards the divine perfection. Instead, the eschatological vision predicts the final tension of forces and the battle, as a result of which the righteous ones will mo&ve to a higher being. Evolutionism in this case is inherent, first of all, in esoteric movements and New Age, while eschatological expectations are inherent in fundamentalist and countersecular movements. At the same time, both visions of the future &are dissatisfied with the current state of Western civilization.
Домодерная религиозность, как экзотерическая, так и эзотерическая, была ориентирована во временном измерении на прошлое. Миф о золотом веке и дальнейшей деградации человечества был п&рисущ в различных формах и средневековому христианству, и греческой философии, и каббалистическим трактатам. Зато, начиная с эпохи возрождения можно говорить о переориентации рели- гиозного мировоззрения на будущее. Эта переориентация привела к разли&чным проявлениям, от эволюционизма до эсхатологических ожиданий, и сегодня также представлена в рамках контрсекулярной религиозности.
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