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The Link of Theosophy to Occultism and Espionage by Richard B. Spence on October 24, 2020 at web.archive.org:
https://web.archive.org/web/20220324235038/https://www.wondriumdaily.com/the-link-of-theosophy-to-occultism-and-espionage/
Roerich became a Soviet agent of influence. He lobbied with Bolshevik leaders to dispatch him as a missionary to Tibet, and to other areas of the Buddhist East. He found supporters, too.
On a practical level, Boky saw the pursuit of mystical knowledge to be excellent cover for intelligence gathering. In late 1923, Roerich got the okay to lead an expedition to Tibet. This took him through part of the British Himalayas.
Soviet intelligence and political agents were attached to his party, disguised as religious pilgrims. One was Yakov Blumkin, among the most experienced and resourceful of Soviet spies. Actually, Roerich used Communism to advance Theosophical interests, while the Kremlin masters used Theosophy to advance communist ones.
Roerich and his brand of Theosophy also spread their influence to America. During the 1920s, he cultivated a following among wealthy spiritual seekers in New York and other cities. One of them was millionaire Wall Street broker Louis Horch.
In 1934, Roerich met Henry Wallace, President Franklin Roosevelt’s secretary of Agriculture. This was the same Henry Wallace who helped to persuade FDR to put the Great Seal on the dollar bill.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220324235038/https://www.wondriumdaily.com/the-link-of-theosophy-to-occultism-and-espionage/
Roerich became a Soviet agent of influence. He lobbied with Bolshevik leaders to dispatch him as a missionary to Tibet, and to other areas of the Buddhist East. He found supporters, too.
On a practical level, Boky saw the pursuit of mystical knowledge to be excellent cover for intelligence gathering. In late 1923, Roerich got the okay to lead an expedition to Tibet. This took him through part of the British Himalayas.
Soviet intelligence and political agents were attached to his party, disguised as religious pilgrims. One was Yakov Blumkin, among the most experienced and resourceful of Soviet spies. Actually, Roerich used Communism to advance Theosophical interests, while the Kremlin masters used Theosophy to advance communist ones.
Roerich and his brand of Theosophy also spread their influence to America. During the 1920s, he cultivated a following among wealthy spiritual seekers in New York and other cities. One of them was millionaire Wall Street broker Louis Horch.
In 1934, Roerich met Henry Wallace, President Franklin Roosevelt’s secretary of Agriculture. This was the same Henry Wallace who helped to persuade FDR to put the Great Seal on the dollar bill.
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