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The myth of the masters revived : the occult lives of Nikolai and Elena Roerich /
The book examines the lives of the famous Russian artist, thinker and mystic Nikolai Roerich and his wife Elena Roerich by focusing on their spiritual quest, their travels in Central Asia and Far East and their Buddho-Communist social Utopia.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Brill,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Eurasian studies library ;
Volume 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; A Note to the Reader; Prologue: Helena Blavatsky and Her Masters; chapter 1; The Artist's Roots and Formative Years; chapter 2; Elena, Nikolai's Muse and Life's Guide; chapter 3; The Time of Fulfillment; chapter 4; Voices from the Beyond; chapter 5; The Beginning of Exile. A Strange Encounter at Hyde Park; chapter 6; In New York: Haunted by Spirits; chapter 7; The Great Plan; chapter 8; The Apparition of the Black Stone: A Miracle or a Hoax?; chapter 9; Dreaming of New Russia; chapter 10; In India: Mahatma's Second Coming; chapter 11.
- An Alliance with Bolshevikschapter 12; The Transhimalayan Journey; chapter 13; The Moscow Mission and a Trip to Altai; chapter 14; In New Mongolia; chapter 15; Leading the 'Western Buddhist Embassy' to Tibet; chapter 16; Between the Himalayas and New York City; chapter 17; Suspected of Red Sympathies; chapter 18; The Manchurian Expedition and the Kansas Project; chapter 19; The "Chalice of Poison"; chapter 20; The Final Years in Kulu; Epilogue: Inquiring into the Phenomenon of the Roerichs' Masters; Bibliography; Color Plates; Index.