From Russia with Love. Nicolas Notovitch, Nicholas Roerich, and the myth of Jesus in India

• Authors: Klafkowski Piotr

Title variants

PL

Pozdrowienia z Rosji. Nicolas Notovitch, Nikołaj Roerich i mit Jezusa w Indiach

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper discusses the myth of Jesus’s stay in India and its alleged source, presenting the four main advocates of it and discussing arguments for and against them. It concludes with some remarks on the development of Western channeled literature connected with the myth. It is intended to be the first of two parts, the second one in preparation.

Artykuł omawia mit o pobycie Jezusa w Indiach oraz jego rzekome źródło. Przedstawiono czterech głównych zwolenników tej opowieści i przytoczono argumenty za i przeciw. W zakończeniu omówiono najważniejsze dzieła zachodniej literatury zwanej „przekazaną” związane z tym mitem. Jest to pierwsza z planowanych części artykułu (druga w przygotowaniu).

Keywords

EN

The Life of Saint Issa, Nicolas Notovitch, Nicholas Roerich, Swami Abhedananda, Elisabeth Caspari, Ghulam Ahmad, Marcel Theroux, channeled literature

PL

Żywot św. Issy, Nicolas Notovitch, Nikołaj Roerich, Swami Abhedananda, Elisabeth Caspari, Ghulam Ahmad, Marcel Theroux, literatura „przekazana”

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Gdański. Wydział Filologiczny
• Journal: Studia Rossica Gedanensia
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 335-362

Dates

published

2018-12-30

Contributors

author

Klafkowski Piotr

• Uniwersytet Szczeciński, Instytut Socjologii, Katedra Etnologii i Antropologii Kulturowej

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