LESSONS OF SECT STUDIES

Hl. 7. ARE THE GOALS OF OCCULTISTS RELIGIOUS?

"Practical Experiments in the Field of Occult Powers." Theosophical theory as a way to magical practice. Religion as the Overcoming of Death.

Hl. 8. IS THERE A CULT IN THEOSOPHY?

Reading as a cult process. The contradiction between Blavatsky and the Roerichs: from the prohibition of prayers to their prescription. The difference between magic and religion. The Roerichs' "master" is not Christ. Number 666 for the Roerichs. Roerich's amulets ("banner", "stone", paintings). Teraphim. The Roerichs about the innermost aspects of the life of their circles.

Hl. 9. RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION OF ROERICHISM

Occult racism. Helena Roerich as the "Mother of the World" and the goddess Kali. Theosophical Hell: Punishment for Disobedience. N. Roerich as the "vicegerent" of Krishna on earth. Helena Roerich's reassessment of Christian norms of obedience and asceticism. False prophecies of "mahatmas". The requirement to eat "the secretions of the urinary system of the ram". Roerich's anathemas. Roerich's dream of global political power. Roerich's assessment of fascism. Apology for the putsch. "We call destruction creation." Hypnocratic utopia. Totalitarian features of Roerich's social ideal. Punitive psychiatry according to Roerich. "Religion is abolished." The Roerichs against cats. Roerich's "combat readiness" and the orientation to search for enemies. Definitions of sect and "totalitarian sect". The applicability of the Theosophical definition of sect to Theosophy itself. The Buddhist way of reconciliation of religions: stealing other people's shrines and missionary work among the dead. How Lenin became a Buddhist. Theosophy's defamation of historical religions: Christianity, Buddhism, Islam. The Supreme Mufti of Russia on Agni Yoga. How the Dalai Lama did not let Roerich into Tibet. Are occultists tolerant of each other? Roerichs' attempts to create a centralized structure. The cult of Shaposhnikova.

Hl. 10. THEOSOPHY AND NATURAL SCIENCE

Theosophical Cosmology: The War of Saturn and Uranus. What do they teach in schools on Venus? Cosmonaut Helena Roerich. "We need to blow our minds." Definition of occultism. Where to read about "torsion fields".

Hl. 11. THEOSOPHY AND THE HUMANITIES