This volume is a collection of the works of the outstanding Russian artist, scholar, philosopher, traveler, and public figure N. K. Roerich, compiled on the basis of lifetime collections assembled by the author himself, with the addition of articles that have never been published until now or had appeared only in periodicals.
Contents:
The Realm of Light:
Culture
The Beautiful (A greeting to the Dalton School)
Spiritual treasures
The transfiguration of life
To women (Dedicated to the Unity of Women of the Roerich Society)
Roots of culture (To the tenth anniversary of the Institute of United Arts of the Roerich Museum)
Gathering
Wisdom of joy
The caring guardian (Letter to the Conference of Museum Experts in Rome, 1930)
Health
«Master Virgo Inter Virgines» (For the Chicago Institute of Arts)
Legends
The burning of darkness (Greeting to the Youth)
The Banner of Peace
The conference in Bruges, 1931 (Letter to Mr. K. Tulpink)
The Banner of Peace (Conference in Belgium)
Greeting to the Banner of Peace Conference (Conference in Bruges, 1931)
To the opening of the French Roerich Society in Paris
Greetings to France
Creative work (Declaration to the Committee of the French Roerich Society in Paris)
Cooperation (Address to the British Roerich Society)
Greeting to the opening of the Bulgarian Association
Milestones of culture (To the German Roerich Society in Berlin)
The charms of Finland (To the Finnish Roerich Society)
The Maya legacy (To the South American Roerich Societies)
Himalayas (Address to the Himalayan Roerich Society)
The Right Path Address to the South African Roerich Society
A word for the consecration of the chapel of St. Sergius built by the Siberian branch of the Society of Friends of the Roerich Museum in Radonezh, Churaevka, Connecticut
The call of culture (Address at the founding meeting)
Peace to all living things (Address to the Maha-Bodhi Society in Calcutta)
To the Latvian Roerich Society
To the Society of Slavic Culture
The treasure of the House (Address to the Convention of Librarians in New York, 1930)
Sacred spring (Address in the Wanamaker auditorium at the meeting of the League of Composers, New York, 1930)
Creative Thought (Address to the students of Howard Jakes)
Seven Saints (Preface to the book “Flambo”)
Praise to artists (Introduction to the book “Artists of America”)
Love unconquerable (To the St. Francis Association of the Roerich Society)
Living Wisdom (Spinoza Association at the Roerich Society)
Adamant (To the Origen Association at the Roerich Society)
Glory of samurais (To the Japanese Roerich Society)
The Firm Path (To the Roerich Society of Colombia)
On the threshold of a decade (To the Roerich Museum Council in New York)
Peace and culture (To the Buddhist Youth Association in Colombo)
Health of the Spirit (To the Roerich Society in Washington)
Blessed hierarchy Greeting to the Youth Friends
Sacred foundations (Address to the Academy of Creative Sciences)
In memory of Maria Klaudievna Tenisheva
A wreath for Dyagilev
Vijaya, Tagor! (For the seventieth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, May 8, 1931)
Guardians of the Mother of the World (Federation of Women’s Clubs of the State of New York)
Light of the desert (Expedition sheets)
The State of Culture Declaration to the Committee of the French Roerich Society and the Russian section
The Sacred Watch:
Salvation
House of mercy
Lights of trial
The line of the world
Stone rain
Self-sacrifice of evil
Limits
Glorious Siberian Cossacks
To the Russian committee in Paris
Affirmation
Study of life
A word to friends
Robots
Construction
Darkness against Light
May the deserts prosper
Crown of the woman
Convention of the Banner of Peace in Washington 17/11/1933
To the Russian committee of the Roerich Pact in Harbin
To the Russian committee of the Roerich Pact in Harbin
Spiritual treasures
In bright memory of King Alexander
Mothers of cities
The tsar’s icon house