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had the privilege of entering the vast caves of the Nagas, connected by tunnels like an anthill, stretching hundreds of kilometres inside the mountain ranges across northern India and deep into northern Tibet. Roerich's paintings total in the hundreds, and some are of locations in Russia, Mongolia, Egypt and elsewhere. There is something mysterious about the way he handles perspectives and atmospheres that appears to indicate other dimensions and alien orders of being, or at least gateways or portals leading to such. Those fantastic inscribed stones in lonely upland areas; Lao Tzu on the back of a water buffalo heading west into an avenue of arched trees; a massive book some two metres thick, lying open with a person standing on a imber block looking down upon its pages; a human skull of immense size; his subtle depiction of pyramids in the background of several of his paintings—all of hese suggest that Roerich was revealing obscure information in painted ciphers. Maybe he was onouring the "Oath of Shambhala", that being an agreement forbidding visitors to reveal openly what they saw or learned while in the Valley of the Immortals (Passport to Shambhala, op. cit., p. 189). had the privilege of entering the vast caves of the Nagas, | Thompson, a scholar who was studying Far Eastern connected by tunnels like an anthill, stretching __ religious beliefs in their library. hundreds of kilometres inside the mountain ranges A few days later, the recuperating John Spencer was across northern India and deep into northern Tibet. exploring external areas of the monastery when he came Roerich's paintings total in the hundreds, and some __upon a set of weather-beaten steps leading down to a are of locations in Russia, Mongolia, Egypt and — small metal door. He opened it and entered into a elsewhere. There is something mysterious about the spacious, brightly coloured, 12-sided room. The walls way he handles perspectives and atmospheres that were decorated with drawings of heavenly appears to indicate other dimensions and alien orders constellations, celestial bodies and zodiac signs. In of being, or at least gateways or portals leading to such. | wonderment, Spencer ran his hand over the surface of a Those fantastic inscribed stones in lonely upland areas; wall, and unexpectedly a nearby panel noiselessly Lao Tzu on the back of a water buffalo heading west into opened inwards, revealing a dark tunnel beyond. He an avenue of arched trees; a massive book some two __ noticed a pale green light at a distance, and advanced metres thick, lying open with a person standing ona into the gloom. After several minutes, Spencer reached imber block looking down upon its pages; a human the end of the tunnel and entered a large cavern, skull of immense size; his subtle depiction of pyramids __ brilliant with an eerie green light. Along the length of in the background of several of his paintings—all of one wall were 30 coffins, neatly laid out side by side in a hese suggest that Roerich was revealing obscure _ long row. Thinking that they may contain jewellery or information in painted ciphers. Maybe he was _ treasure, Spencer started opening the coffins, and in the onouring the "Oath of Shambhala", that being an _ first three he found corpses of monks wearing garb agreement forbidding visitors to reveal openly what they similar to that of his monastic helpers. saw or learned while in the Valley of the Immortals As Hartwig Hausdorf reported: "In the fourth lay a (Passport to Shambhala, op. cit., p. 189). woman in men's clothing; in the fifth a man who he guessed was from India, and who wore a red silk jacket Dead Alien Found Alive! ... in the third-to-last, there lay, perfectly preserved and An American drugs and arms dealer, John Spencer, a clothed in white linen, the body of a male; in the next- resident of China in the years following World War I, _ to-last coffin there rested the body of a female whose inadvertently found himself in a lamaist monastery at ethnic origins he couldn't quite determine" (Die Weisse Tuerin in southwestern Mongolia. He had collapsed of — Pyramide, republished as The Chinese Roswell, op cit., p. 61, exhaustion on a mountain track while fleeing authorities passim). Remarkably, the corpses showed no signs of in China, and was found by monks who took him to their decomposition, and Spencer reasoned that the coffins monastery to recover. At that same time, the monks _ had been there a long time. were hosting another visiting American, William Failing to find any treasure, Spencer finally reached the last coffin and lifted the lid. To his amazement, he looked down upon a small creature dressed in shimmering silver clothing. Its large head was a silvery colour, with huge closed eyelids, no mouth and a short stub of a nose. When he ben down to touch the corpse, its huge opal- shaped eyes suddenly opened and glared a him, emitting a piercing green light that blinded the would-be tomb robber. Spencer slammed the lid shut and ran petrified from the cavern, tearing clothing on protruding rock walls in Roerich called this painting Most Sacred (Treasure of the Mountain). In it, he shows huge crystals dwarfing humans clustered together in the upper left of the picture. his © Nicholas Roerich, 1933 (Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York, http://www.roerich.org) Dead Alien Found Alive! An American drugs and arms dealer, John Spencer, a resident of China in the years following World War I, inadvertently found himself in a lamaist monastery at Tuerin in southwestern Mongolia. He had collapsed of exhaustion on a mountain track while fleeing authorities in China, and was found by monks who took him to their monastery to recover. At that same time, the monks were hosting another visiting American, William Roerich called this painting Most Sacred (Treasure of the Mountain). In it, he shows huge crystals dwarfing humans clustered together in the upper left of the picture. © Nicholas Roerich, 1933 (Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York, http://www.roerich.org) 54 * NEXUS OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2009 www.nexusmagazine.com