Myth of the Masters Revived

The Occult Lives of Nikolai and Elena Roerich

AvAlexandre Andreyev

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

Del 4 i serien Eurasian Studies Library

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-05-08
Mått:155 x 235 x 36 mm
Vikt:942 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Eurasian Studies Library
Antal sidor:502
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004270428

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Andreyev, Alexandre is research fellow at the Institute for the History of Science and Technology, St Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, and concurrently director of P.K. Kozlov Memorial museum affiliated with the above institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Russian history from the State University of St Petersburg (1998). His most important publications relevant to the subject of the book include: Soviet Russia and Tibet: The Debacle of Secret Diplomacy (Brill, Leiden – Boston, 2003); Tibet v politike tsarskoi, sovetskoi i postsovetskoi Rossii [Tibet in the politics of Tsarist, Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia] (St Petersburg University Press – “Nartang”, St Petersburg, 2006); Gimalaiskoe Bratstvo: Teosofskii mif i ego tvortsy [The Himalayan Brotherhood: A theosophical myth and its makers] (St Petersburg University Press, St Petersburg, 2008); Khram Buddy v Severnoi Stolitse [The Buddha Temple in the Northern Capital] (“Nartang”, St Petersburg (2nd edition), 2012); Tibet in the earliest photographs by Russian travelers, 1900-1901 (Logo, Studio Orientalia, New Delhi, 2013).

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List of Illustrations and Color PlatesPrefaceAcknowledgementsPrologue: Blavatsky and Her Masters1. The artist’s roots and formative years 2. Elena, Nikolai’s Muse and Life’s guide 3. The time of fulfillment 4. Visions of the Beyond5. A strange encounter at Hyde Park6. In New York: Haunted by spirits7. The Great Plan8. The Apparition of the Black Stone: a miracle or a hoax?9. Dreaming of New Russia10. In India: Mahatma’s second coming11. An alliance with Bolsheviks12. The Transhimalayan Journey13. The Moscow Mission and the trip to Altai14. In New Mongolia15. Leading the “Western Buddhist Embassy” to Tibet16. Between the Himalayas and New York City17. Suspected of Red sympathies 18. The Manchurian Expedition and the Kansas Project19. The “chalice of poison”20. The final years in KuluEpilogue: Inquiring into the phenomenon of the Roerichs’ MastersBibliographyIndex