Rerikh biography of abraham lincoln
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The Secret World Government: relaterad till rymden eller universum Guidance for the Leader
"When will humanity finally learn wherein lies the true dignity of a people? When will humanity
finally realize that the innermost spirit must be protected and that the bearers of thought can properly guide a nation, as a single source? Similarly, the annihilation of thought can deprive a people of its power or confirmed influence. Therefore, more than anything else, a people must take care of their Helmsperson, for a boat without a helm cannot spara them in a storm. For this reason the great care of the people and every organizing process must be based on the Hierarchy, for every structure must be imbued with Pow
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Portrait of Nicholas Roerich surrounded by his artwork at the Roerich Museum © Susmita Sengupta
As a longtime resident of the pulsating New York City, I am always on the lookout for spots that are rarely on the radar of tourists. And as one can easily guess there is no dearth of such places which are sometimes hidden in plain view waiting to be discovered and savored.
Nicholas Roerich
On a quiet street in the far Upper West Side of New York City is a gem of a museum shrouded from eyesight. This is the Nicholas Roerich Museum, devoted to the works of the Russian born artist Nicholas Roerich whose art focused on the sights and sceneries of the Himalayan regions of India, Nepal and Tibet and the broader regions of Central Asia.
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia in , Nicholas Roerich was an artist, painter, art historian, and archeologist, set and costume designer for ballets and operas, writer, philosopher and mystic. He was a prolific painter whose art explored the world of natura
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The New Deal and the Guru
Early in , Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace appointed Nicholas Roerich, a renowned painter and a self-proclaimed guardian of world peace and culture, to lead a scientific expedition to North China and Manchuria, to search for drought-resistant grasses that might revive the Dust Bowl. By the time the project ended, in , the eccentric artist had compromised America’s diplomatic position in Asia, embarrassed the Roosevelt administration, humiliated Wallace, and damaged the careers of several botanists. And he had not advanced the cause of combating the drought in the United States.
The episode—one of the most bizarre in the history of the New Deal—began with Henry Wallace’s infatuation with Roerich’s mystical philosophy. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in , Roerich had studied painting, drawing, and archeology in various academies, and had become president of the Society for Encouragement of Fine Arts in Russia and a noted theater designer—he cre