Doctor of philological sciences, docent Russian state social university, branch in Tomsk Tomsk, Russia [email protected]
Abstract. Symbol expresses the experience of culture. But this symbol can be incomprehensible to the researcher of other cultures. In this case the symbol acts as the secret of another cultural experience. The understanding of a symbol as the secret in energetic paradigm allows giving up on the jaundice. The interpretation of the symbol in the categories of essence and energy allows us to understand the secret as a symbol of another culture.
Key words: culture, essence, energy, symbol, mystery