By Andrei Znamenski
Many be aware of of Shambhala, the Tibetan Buddhist mythical land of non secular bliss popularized by means of the movie, Shangri-La. yet few may possibly comprehend of the position Shambhala performed in Russian geopolitics within the early 20th century. probably the one one at the topic, Andrei Znamenski's publication offers a unconditionally various glimpse of early Soviet heritage either erudite and interesting. utilizing archival assets and memoirs, he explores how non secular adventurers, revolutionaries, and nationalists West and East exploited Shambhala to advertise their fanatical schemes, concentrating on the Bolshevik try to use Mongol-Tibetan prophecies to railroad Communism into internal Asia. We meet such characters as Gleb Bokii, the Bolshevik mystery police commissar who attempted to exploit Buddhist ideas to conjure the suitable human; and Nicholas Roerich, the Russian painter who, pushed by way of his otherworldly grasp and blackmailed by way of the Bolshevik mystery police, posed as a reincarnation of the Dalai Lama to unharness non secular conflict in Tibet. We additionally study of clandestine actions of the Bolsheviks from the Mongol-Tibetan portion of the Communist foreign who took over Mongolia after which, dressed as lama pilgrims, attempted to set Tibet ablaze; and in their opponent, Ja-Lama, an "avenging lama" keen on spilling blood in the course of his tantra rituals.
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"The above [Alexander Barchenko, Ja-Lama and Nicholas Roerich]are merely 3 out of the 11 figures historian Andrei Znamenski introduces before everything of pink Shambhala, and of their oddness and ambition--and the oddness in their ambitions--they are consultant of the eccentric would-be messiahs (sincere and differently) who populate Znamenski's vigorous account of the methods conventional ideals universal in Tibet, Mongolia, and surrounding parts got here into play within the festival among Russia and England for dominance in that region." --David comfortable, Japan Times
"I've been expecting a very good excuse to elevate Andrei Znamenski's purple Shambhala: Magic, Prophesy, and Geopolitics within the center of Asia. the arrival exhibition of Buddhist paintings at New York's Asia Society has supplied one. released by way of Quest Books (the publishing condominium of the Theosophical Society), crimson Shambhala is a major paintings of scholarship, that explores makes an attempt to co-opt and manage Buddhism in Tibet and Mongolia through Russian Bolsheviks after the October Revolution, in addition to different curious characters." --European Son blog
"Znamenski describes the myths and prophecies in a few aspect, however the tale itself starts off within the quick aftermath of the Russian Revolution. The Bolshevik mystery police, and none except Gleb Bokii, the executive cryptographer, had turn into attracted to mysticism, telepathy and within the "ancient technology" of Shambhala, whose life they didn't totally discount...Znamenski tells a very good tale, balancing examine with storytelling.
" --Asian evaluate of Books
"Those missing really good wisdom of arcana haven't discovered a lot of this tale, for till the autumn of the Soviet empire, many files were sequestered or linger in Russian-language educational journals. a number of very minor slips in English utilization mirror the author's Russian origins, yet those events are a ways outweighed by means of the precious contributions he presents so the remainder of us can find out about those occasions and their scholarly resources. The transcripts pressured out of doomed prisoners approximately their function during this pink Shambhala undertaking make for poignant reading.
" --PopMatters.com
"Red Shambhala enters a maze of intrigue with a colorful solid of Bolshevik mystery law enforcement officials, spies, occultists, Mongolian warlords and Buddhist clergymen. Andrei Znamenski exhibits how Soviet Communists within the Twenties sought geopolitical impression over Mongolia and Tibet, projecting their global revolution onto historical messianic prophecies among internal Asian tribesmen. encouraged via the parable of hidden sages directing the world's future, the Roerichs upload visionary experience amid the good video game of competing powers, England, Russia, China, for mastery of the East. a primary espionage tale, all from lately opened Soviet archives.
" --Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, writer of The Occult Roots of Nazism and Black Sun
About the Author
Andrei Znamenski studied heritage and anthropology either in Russia and the us. previously a resident pupil on the Library of Congress, then a international vacationing professor at Hokkaido collage, Japan, he has taught on the college of Memphis and Alabama nation collage. His fields of pursuits comprise religions of indigenous humans of Siberia and North the USA, shamanism, and esotericism. Znamenski is the writer of Shamanism and Christianity (1999), via Orthodox Eyes (2003), Shamanism in Siberia (2003), the wonderful thing about the Primitive: Shamanism and Western mind's eye (2007), and the editor of the three-volume anthology Shamanism: serious thoughts (2004).
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Eventually, lamas declared the popular hero a manifestation of the menacing Mahakala, protector of the Buddhist faith. 11 There were many versions of the Oirot/Amursana legend. One of them was recorded by the musicologist Andrei Anokhin in 1919: Many years ago, Prince Oirot ruled the Altai. Oirot defended everybody, and there were neither poor nor discontented people in his domain. Then the Oirot people became surrounded by enemies who destroyed this idyllic life (a clear reference to the genocide of the Oirot confederation by the Chinese).
The spiritual leader of Tibet would assemble the members of his sacred society, both alive and dead, into a powerful army equipped with arrows and fusils. Headed 23 CHAPTER TWO by the Panchen, the holy army would march southward and cut the Chinese into pieces. Not only would he wipe out the enemies of the faith, but he would also take over Tibet, Mongolia, all of China, and even the faraway great state of Oros (Russia). ”5 The world of Inner Asian nomads was saturated with epic legends, myths, fairy tales, and stories, which common folk, mostly illiterate shepherds, shared with each other or received from storytellers and oracles.
7 It is highly likely that these runaway Buddhist communities searching for sanctuary in the north created the legend about the mysterious oasis of the true faith, bliss, and plenty shielded from the outside world by high, snowcapped mountain peaks. Unable to stop the advancing Moslems, these escapees might have also found spiritual consolation in the prophecy that a legendary redeemer would reappear and inflict a horrible revenge on the enemies of Buddha’s teaching. Whatever events contributed to the rise of the Shambhala myth, it is obvious that the prophecy was directed against Islam.
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