Annotation of achieved result: The book Indian Journeys to the Spiritual World reflects the fact that, previously, in Slovakia, no comprehensive study was available to the wider public, which dealt with Indian culture and religions from the viewpoint of the social sciences. Therefore, a group of four authors in this publication focused on the following aspects of the modern Indian religiosity. Dusan Deak, in the first chapter tries to introduce the reader to the basic terms related to Indian culture and religions. Ivan Soucek, in the second chapter offers, through a series of tellings, opportunity to enter the fabulous life of modern Indian ascetics and renouncers. Matej Karasek, in the next chapter, describes his journey into the Christian monasteries in India and observes the remarkable penetration of Hindu religious and philosophical content into the Christian practice of asceticism. In the final chapter, Tomas Avramov focused on phenomena of non-formal initiation and its various forms in India.