With this short essay we look at the work of the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges from a different angle, and propose a new framework for the interpretation of his stories, by indicating their affinity with esoteric tradition, especially the Kabbalah. The work of Borges has met with much criticism which, in our opinion, is a result of the fact that his essays were created under a strong influence from traditions and ideas weakly represented in the main current of western literature. The first part of this essay is a brief introduction to the issue. The second part focuses more on the sources of what we here call, after Stanisław Lem, a “system of fantastical philosophy of Borges.
