This publication was prepared for the 80th anniversary of the birth and 55th anniversary of the creative activity of Lyudmila Vasilievna Shaposhnikova, founder and general director of the N.K. Roerich Museum in Moscow, academician, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. The collection includes many of her articles and speeches over the past decade. The sections of the book reflect the main directions of the author’s scientific and journalistic work. This is a problem associated with the study of the life and work of our great compatriots the Roerichs, with the philosophy of cosmic reality, Living Ethics, with a new cosmic worldview.
.The reader’s interest will undoubtedly be aroused by articles about the predecessors and champions of new thinking, such as the Hungarian scientist Csoma de Keres, the outstanding surgeon and teacher N.I. Pirogov, the philosopher and poet V.S. Soloviev and others.
Of particular importance are the speeches and articles of L.V. Shaposhnikova in defense of the name and heritage of the Roerichs, against slander and malicious distortions of their ideas and activities.
.In a number of materials in the collection, the author talks about the difficult and long-term struggle for the preservation and development of the N.K. Roerich Museum, about the new space art – cosmism, about the relevance of the Roerich Pact in protecting culture in the modern world.
.The articles in a number of sections of the book (“Ascetics,” “Hand-Made Beauty,” “On the Path of Roerich”) read like masterfully written artistic essays.
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.The author strives to present complex philosophical questions simply and clearly – the articles are addressed to a wide range of readers.