Format:
1 Online-Ressource (pages)
ISBN:
9789004270435
Series Statement:
Eurasian studies library v. 4
Content:
Preliminary Material -- 1 The Artist’s Roots and Formative Years -- 2 Elena, Nikolai’s Muse and Life’s Guide -- 3 The Time of Fulfillment -- 4 Voices from the Beyond -- 5 The Beginning of Exile -- 6 In New York -- 7 The Great Plan -- 8 The Apparition of the Black Stone -- 9 Dreaming of New Russia -- 10 In India -- 11 An Alliance with Bolsheviks -- 12 The Transhimalayan Journey -- 13 The Moscow Mission and a Trip to Altai -- 14 In New Mongolia -- 15 Leading the ‘Western Buddhist Embassy’ to Tibet -- 16 Between the Himalayas and New York City -- 17 Suspected of Red Sympathies -- 18 The Manchurian Expedition and the Kansas Project -- 19 The “Chalice of Poison” -- 20 The Final Years in Kulu -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Color Plates -- Index.
Content:
This book examines the lives of the famous Russian painter, thinker, and mystic Nikolai Roerich and his wife, Elena Roerich, the “mother” of Agni Yoga esoteric teaching. Extensively researched, it focuses on the couple’s spiritual quest, resulting in their gradual transformation under the influence of theosophy, spiritualism and Elena’s psychic “fiery experience” into mystics and gurus who fashioned their new version of the “myth of the Masters,” the invisible guides of humanity. Special attention is given to N. Roerich’s travels in Central Asia and Far East, his cultural and public activities and particularly his Buddho-Communist utopia. The myth of the Masters revived will appeal to those interested in New Age esotericism, mysticism, and Russian thought in the first half of the 20th century
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004270428
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Myth of the Masters Revived: The Occult Lives of Nikolai and Elena Roerich Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2014 ISBN 9789004270428
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004270435
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