The Myth of the Masters Revived: The Occult Lives of Nikolai and Elena Roerich
- ISBN-10
- 9004270434
- ISBN-13
- 9789004270435
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 532
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-05-08
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Author
- Alexandre Andreyev
Description
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.
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