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Soviet interests. In 1940, both governments pressured Afghanistan for the removal of a large number of German espionage agents. Soviet interests. In 1940, both governments pressured There has long been a legend that the next world leader would Afghanistan for the removal of a large number of German come from the northwestern Tibetan region from a hidden, espionage agents. mystical, Camelot-style land called Shambhala. There are many names for this leader. The indigenous Tibetans call him Gesar Behind The New Great Game Khan (the Romans took their term "Caesar" from the name of With the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold this legendary ruler) and await his return. The Hindus call him War, the United States of America displaced Great Britain as the the Chakravartin, the next incarnation of Vishnu. The Buddhists global power, asserting its influence in the Middle East in pursuit call him Rigden-jyepo, the Kalki King. These equate to the of oil and access to other resources as well as containment of the return of King Arthur or Jesus Christ, the Jewish messiah, and to Soviet Union. the prophecies of the next great Islamic leader, etc. This is the This period is sometimes referred to as "The New Great theme of Roerich's book Shamhbala. The Nazis had an Game" by commentators, and there are references in the military, enthusiasm for Shambhala, too, where they hoped to find an security and diplomatic communities to "The Great Game" as an ancient Nordic master race in a remote area "unspoiled" by analogy or framework for events involving Buddhism. India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tibet and, Therefore, if the legend is to be believed, more recently, the post-Soviet republics of it follows that by controlling that area you Central Asia. Its machinations can be seen can control the possible future leader of in the military history of Iran, European humankind. On the strength of this concept, influence in Afghanistan, geostrategy in groups of Tibetan lamas were taken back to Central Asia, petroleum politics and Nazi Germany sent live in Berlin so they could give instruction lobalisation. aye in these matters. It became a popular . In The New Great Game, psychology, seven expeditions to concept that Hitler was the Pext ideals, ideologies and beliefs are more Tibet, the most famous Chakravartin or Kalki King who would important than brute strength and i bring real order in Europe. It then became information gathering. one by Austrian SS necessary to try to establish Aryan links to Following the war, the government of members Heinrich this area to give this story validity within Tibet, at that time being the Tibetan the Nazi ideological framework. Buddhist leaders—primarily the Harrer and Peter Academics still write papers on the Gelugpas or Yellow Hat sect, of which the Dalai Lama is the political, not religious, head—became actively involved in the "second phase" of The Great Game and in "The New Great Game" with the United States. Recall, however, that The Great Game had shifted for a while so that the British and Russian empires teamed up against a new third player, Germany. The German agents captured in Afghanistan were there in support of the German expeditions in Tibet. Nazi Germany sent seven correlations between the indigenous Gesar Khan tales and the legends of Siegfried and Arthur. These doctrines of Nazi cosmology became so readily assimilated in Europe that Tibet became, and continues to be, an important locus of Western spiritual projections, including but not limited to the following esoteric and practica matters: ¢ Darwin's 1859 theory of evolution was prompted by the Tibetan legen that all men came from eight tribes of Aufschnaiter, now best known through the biography and film Seven Years in Tibet. expeditions to Tibet, the most famous one by Austrian SS apes; members Heinrich Harrer and Peter Aufschnaiter, now best * Blavatsky's Council of Ascended Masters in Tibet, since first known through the biography and film Seven Years in Tibet. "transmitting" in 1870, has had an influence that has filtered The other infamous expedition is the one in 1938-39 led by through the entire New Age movement; Ernst Schafer. Himmler, leader of the Nazi's SS and the second- * Rudolf Hess and Rudolf von Sebottendorf organised the most-powerful man in the Third Reich, sent Schiifer's expedition, German secret society Thule-Gesellschaft, established in 1919 which included a zoologist, an anthropologist and several other upon lamaist teachings; scientists, to Tibet on the eve of war to examine Tibetan nobles * Karl Haushofer founded the Institute for Geopolitics in for signs of Aryan physiology, undermine the British relationship Munich in 1922; with the ruling class and sow the seeds of rebellion among the * The United Nations owes its establishment in 1945 to the populace. The official story is that Himmler sponsored this popularity of these assimilated cosmologies. expedition supposedly on the basis of his belief in the role of These facts are pointed out in many contemporary history eugenics and physical anthropology and on the work of Felix von books including Christopher Hale's Himmler's Crusade: The Luschan. In 1922, von Luschan issued 10 statements about Nazi Expedition to Find the Origins of the Aryan Race, which anthropology, such as: "There are no savages, there are only asks penetrating questions about the relationship between science different cultures. The real barbarians are those ignorant white and politics. men who are unable to fathom other races and who exploit This assimilation for the purposes of political manipulation is them..." (This is quoted in Klein and Takahata's textbook Where largely due to the influence of political manoeuvrers like Colonel Do We Come From?) Sir Francis Younghusband and Nicholas Roerich, who seized There is also a less popularised, but more important, reason for upon the inspiring power and political effectiveness of such interest in this region by both of the players in The Great Game. ideals. It should be remembered that although Roerich, a Nazi Germany sent seven expeditions to mr ia a a ee Tibet, the most famous one by Austrian SS members Heinrich known through the biography and film Seven Years in Tibet. apes; * Blavatsky's Council of Ascended Masters in Tibet, since first "transmitting" in 1870, has had an influence that has filtered through the entire New Age movement; * Rudolf Hess and Rudolf von Sebottendorf organised the German secret society Thule-Gesellschaft, established in 1919 upon lamaist teachings; * Karl Haushofer founded the Institute for Geopolitics in Munich in 1922; * The United Nations owes its establishment in 1945 to the popularity of these assimilated cosmologies. These facts are pointed out in many contemporary history books including Christopher Hale's Himmler's Crusade: The Nazi Expedition to Find the Origins of the Aryan Race, which s assimilation for the purposes of political manipulation is largely due to the influence of political manoeuvrers like Colonel Sir Francis Younghusband and Nicholas Roerich, who seized upon the inspiring power and political effectiveness of such ideals. It should be remembered that although Roerich, a 52 * NEXUS Harrer and Peter Aufschnaiter, now best www.nexusmagazi ne.com AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2006