Coast Protection Against the Action of Waves and Currents

The New Age of Russia: Occult and Esoteric Dimensions

“…It has also become, if only in the past few decades, a topic of both conventional and non-conventional medical science and pharmacology. Shamanism can, however, be related to the occult, if it is seen and discussed, as in Natalia Zhukovskaia's chapter, with regard to the need for a holistic (in the eyes of the shaman), spiritually based belief of people in arcane powers in the modern world, 31 which is connected with either healing forces and practices or, less frequently, with evil forces, "mysticism of violence" and demonizing practices.…”

“…Séances were performed on fun-fair platforms and in puppet shows, and hypnotists displayed their powers. 31 Allusions to the supernatural were also widespread in the circus ring. Soviet commentators later ascribed this to the "bourgeois" intelligentsia's fascination with the occult.…”

“…Later, the Order's leaders entertained serious plans to flee abroad and implement their activities in more favorable conditions; however, their plans were foiled by the state security organs at an early preparatory stage. 31 Our knowledge of the Order's doctrine is limited, mainly to the information Chekhovskii himself gave the investigators, trying to convince them of the usefulness of Rosicrucian ideas for the Soviet authorities. As we can easily see, the Order's cosmology and anthropology are re-workings and adaptations of the ideas of Stanislas de Guaita, Papus and Mebes.…”

“…In order to prevent an unwanted reaction by Georgii Chicherin, the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Bokii instructed Barchenko to approach the latter through a recommendation from Vladimir Zabrezhnev, a former member of the Comintern section for international relations, who was an illegal OGPU activist, hypnotiser, member of the lodge "Grand Orient de France" and went by the title "maître vénérable". 31 The People's Commissar had once been a freemason himself, and Bokii knew how much authority the society had over him. Barchenko remembered: "To begin with, Chicherin's reaction to my plans was positive…" 32 In order to cement their success, Bokii, Barchenko and Evgenii Gopius, the head of the Special Section's laboratory, went to see Chicherin at his office.…”

“…The colonial exploitation by the British would result in nothing less than the death of Asia. 30 Another vostochnik ("Easterner") and champion for the Asian cause, prince Ėsper Ukhtomskii (1861-1921), 31 lieved at the time of the Boxer Rebellion (1900) that "in the community of Russia and Asia is contained the future solution of the Oriental question". He also thought that "the bonds that unite our part of Europe with Iran and Turan, and through them with India and the Celestial Empire, are so ancient and lasting that, as yet, we ourselves, as a nation and a state, do not fully comprehend their full meaning and the duties they entail on us, both in our home and foreign policy."…”