Adamant

A collection of artistic and philosophical essays of Nicholas Roerich, the keynote of which is the conquering of materialism through beauty and knowledge. Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) is known first and foremost as a painter. His paintings, of which there are thousands around the world, explorethe mythic origins, the natural beauty, and the spiritual strivings of humanity and of the world. But Nicholas Roerich was as prolific a writer as he was a painter. He wrote books, poetry, and almost-daily