Many people went to Belovodye … They spoke many miracles about this place. And even more miracles they were not allowed to say. - From the stories of the Old Believers
Where is it, the Sacred Land of the Russian people, people who have lost Kitezh-city? Who knows the answer to this question? Where is the ancient city - the spiritual center of the Slavs? To the greatest regret, in the spiritual and secular literature available to the average reader, until recently, there were no specific references to Belovodye. In rare books, you can find only a brief definition of this concept. That Belovodye is called the legendary land, the spiritual center of the Ancient Faith and the White Brotherhood; then a paradise (Iriem) located in the east.
Speaking in a modern slang language, Belovodye could well be “called” a separate territory where “spiritually advanced”, “enlightened people” lived, Shambhala. The Russian people composed a whole cycle of legends dedicated to Shambhala / Belovody. These legends are truly beautiful. The bells of underground temples are ringing in them. From the depths of the lake waters, the mellifluous singing of an invisible choir is heard. And from the depths of the mountains, holy elders emerge - such kind gray-bearded wizards - and bless passers-by with the first rays of the sun. Under the auspices of Belovodye, people gained new strength and learned to control cosmic energy. In Roerich's opinion, the legend about Belovodye and the eastern belief about Shambhala are twin brothers. He directly writes about this in his programmatic treatise "The Heart of Asia". Kalachkara and "many of the cycles of Geseriad", Belovodye and "chud underground",the Western European Grail and the Russian Kitezh - “all this came together in the perception of many centuries and peoples around the great concept of Shambhala. As well as the whole bulk of individual facts and indications, deeply felt, if unsaid. " And this is not speculation, not a stretch and not an attempt at manipulation. The concept of Shambhala is neither more nor less than a conceptual transformation of the most ancient ideas about the White Island of Shvetadvip, which is located somewhere in the region of the Milky (Arctic?) Ocean and is associated with Mount Meru. The concept of Shambhala is neither more nor less than a conceptual transformation of the most ancient ideas about the White Island of Shvetadvip, which is located somewhere in the region of the Milky (Arctic?) Ocean and is associated with Mount Meru. The concept of Shambhala is neither more nor less than a conceptual transformation of the most ancient ideas about the White Island of Shvetadvip, which is located somewhere in the region of the Milky (Arctic?) Ocean and is associated with Mount Meru.
For a long time it was believed that the legends about Belovodye originated in the Old Believers' environment, among the Old Believers of the "useless" persuasion, who more than once went to Belovodye, hoping to find pre-Nikon Orthodoxy "in all its purity and grace." Or maybe those who assert that the Old Believers simply took and expanded the “sacred geography” of Kitezh, combining it with the legends about the magical Belovodye, are wrong? And once again I am trying to find out whether these same Old Believers (so meanly slandered in history) were not the keepers of the "sacred geography" of the really existing Kitezh and the really existing Belovodye. And if for N. Roerich Belovodye and Shambala were twin brothers, then for me Kitezh and Belovodye are an intimate unity. Believe me, this is also not speculation.
Remember, I already said that Shamabala is a later transformation of the name of the White Island of Shvetadwip? "Shvetadvipa" is an ancient Indian toponym, but the Sanskrit lexeme "shveta" is, in essence, and in sound, completely identical to the Russian word "light". In general, this toponym is translated as - Land of the World. I think there is no need to remind where the chronicle city of Kitezh was located - on Svetloyar. The lexeme "light" is also present here. But "light" is also white. Shvetadvipa is considered to be an island of Light surrounded by water. Here is Belovodye, the invisible city of Kitezh is washed by the waters. Not far from Kitezh, the same Mother Volga flowed, the sacred Ra (Yar?) - the river of antiquity. So you will think that, perhaps, it was no coincidence that the Slavic tribes of Belovodye were called "Iriy" (paradise or Yar?):“To this day, the Belaya River flows down from the Iremel and Avalak mountains (the Irian mountains), which flows into the Kama, and that into the Volga. This is the ancient bed of the Ra-river, flowing, according to legend, from the Irian bitter "(A. Asov." Atlanteans. Aryans. Slavs "). And it was these calculations that inspired the writer P. Melnikov-Pechersky to create a series of wonderful novels "In the Woods" and "On the Mountains". This series began with the same legend about the underwater city of Kitezh, ending in the writer with the words that the city was cleared of tears and suffering of the inhabitants and … became white. Here again, this word "white" is a sure sign that the legend concerns Belovodye. Melnikov-Pechersky for the creation of a series of wonderful novels "In the Woods" and "On the Mountains". This series began with the same legend about the underwater city of Kitezh, ending in the writer with the words that the city was cleared of tears and suffering of the inhabitants and … became white. Here again, this word "white" is a sure sign that the legend concerns Belovodye. Melnikov-Pechersky for the creation of a series of wonderful novels "In the Woods" and "On the Mountains". This series began with the same legend about the underwater city of Kitezh, ending in the writer with the words that the city was cleared of tears and suffering of the inhabitants and … became white. Here again, this word "white" is a sure sign that the legend concerns Belovodye.
Something tells me that the Old Believers were not just looking for Belovodye, but knew perfectly well where it was located, how to look for it and how to keep it from the "infidels." Speculation? But in addition to legends, the Old Believers had a specific book with maps, describing in great detail the path to this blessed land. This book was called The Traveler, and it was almost a "bestseller" in 1840-1850.
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N. Roerich, linking the wide spread of the legend about Belovodye throughout Siberia exclusively with the “northern Buddhist traditions”, also received a “geographic tip”: “From here you will go between the Irtysh and Argun… If you don’t get lost, you’ll come to the salt lakes… And you’ll get to the mountains of Bogogorsha, and from them the road will go even more difficult. If you master it, you will come to Kokushi. And then take the path through Ergor itself, to the snowiest country, and beyond the highest mountains there will be a sacred valley. There it is, the very Belovodye."
Roerich tried to give the following decoding: “Salt lakes are Tsaidam lakes with their dangerous crossings. Bogogorshi, or Bogogorie, is the Burkhan-Buddha mountain range. Kokushi belongs to the Kokushili ridge. And Ergor is the highest Chantang highland in the Trans-Himalayas. " It would seem that this is it, just how! Know how to walk to Belovodye / Shambhala, lead an expedition equipped with the OGPU, since the "gullible" Old Believers have discovered all the secrets, "imbued" with the special spirituality of Nicholas Roerich. But no, everything turned out to be more cunning. Roerich's expedition was "taken", giving a "geographical" lead there, I don't know where. The "trusting" Old Believers turned out to be the real guardians of the Threshold. Believe me, I am not inventing and I am not exaggerating anything, all these vicissitudes of the expedition are described in N. Roerich's travel diaries. “During the expedition,” he writes,-… the caravan guide ties his mouth and nose with a handkerchief. Why? After all, the day is not cold. He explains: “Now some precautions are needed, we are approaching the protected areas of Shambhala. Soon we will meet 'sur', a poisonous gas that guards the border of Shambhala. ' Without a call, without a guide, no one will reach this reserved place. " The expedition guides refuse to go in some directions, having discovered by them only the visible border of Belovodye. And they would rather let themselves be killed, writes Roerich, than lead them forward. Well, there is no surprise in that: the inhabitants of Belovodye did not expect an expedition equipped by the OGPU. Maybe they would have found Roerich himself "fit", maybe they would have allowed him to "stay with them", but the entourage of the Land of Soviets in "Iriy" did not let him: with the good intentions of the NKVD-OGPU, the road was not paved to Belovodye / Shambala, but to hell, "perilous dangers".
By the way, Przhevalsky also wrote that the guides deliberately led caravans to hard-to-reach places, just so as not to approach the forbidden terrain. They were not even afraid of the threat of execution. The same thing happened in the era of the legendary Chinese emperors Yao and Shun. They formed and sent land troops and naval fleets in search of the Land of Happiness. But the emissaries of the emperors returned home with nothing. So it turns out that it is impossible to find, by the order of those in power, what one's own soul should strive for. Belovodye accepts only if "if your soul is ready to reach this place through all perilous dangers."
So it seems to me that the guides / guards of the Threshold / guardians of the expedition were deliberately taken away from the expanses of Siberia, Altai and the Urals, they were taken away from the borders of Belovodye. Why do I think so? The thing is that the Urals and Siberia are undoubted biospheric sources of energy (space) charge. According to the theory of V. I. Vernadsky, all the living matter of the planet serves as a source of free energy and has a direct impact on the life of people. So the Urals, Siberia, and, of course, Altai are sources of the most powerful cosmic energy. And it is far from accidental, far from just that, the Russian people, dreaming of a better life, turned their yearning gaze on these expanses. It is about this northern Irin (paradise) that is spoken of in the famous work of the XIV century. "Epistle of Vasily Novgorodsky to Vladyka of Tver Theodore about the earthly paradise." It talks abouthow two lodias of Novgorodians were worn for an agonizingly long time in a storm across the Frozen Sea, and then nailed to the high mountains:
“And vidsha on that mountain … the light is fast … self-shining, as if it is not the power of a person to confess; And I have a lot of duty in that place, but I have not seen the sun … but on those mountains I hear a lot of exultation, and great voices broadcasting”.
And in the semi-apocryphal "Mazurin chronicler" it is indicated that the legendary princes Slovens and Rus, who ruled long before Rurik, "They possessed northern lands throughout Pomorie: … and up to the great Ob River, and up to the mouth of the White Water, and this water is white as milk."
Why am I in favor of these places? I have already written about the White River, the source of which begins at Mount Iremel in the Southern Urals, in other words, the Iriy Mountain. Belovodye is called the Slavic paradise - Iriy.
And Mount Meru, the legendary mountain of Shambhala / Belovodya, can also be found on a real geographic map. Listen to the name of the highest Altai mountain - Belukha. And such a coincidence is not at all an accident. After all, Russia of Kitezh and Belovodye are connected by heavenly, I am not afraid of pathos, by divine ties. And this is felt especially sharply in Siberia, in Altai. Listen carefully: Rakhman's keys … These warm, life-giving keys have such a powerful energy that shamans put their dwellings on their banks. Who said they don’t take these mysterious keys from the underground tunnels of Belovodye ?! And who said that they did not receive their name in honor of the White Brothers, in Russian legends long since called Rahmans ?! Remember, "The Word about Rahmans":
"Alexander [the Macedonian], seeing their wonderful and inaccessible to other people life … marveled at the mysterious wisdom of these people … many of them live up to one hundred and fifty years thanks to the great purity …"!
But back to the foot of Mount Belukha. Somewhere, somewhere, but here there is definitely something supernatural. Some special energies of other, cosmic dimensions. In some places, it is enough to bring a piece of wood to the rock, and it … flares up by itself! After that, how can one remain an unbeliever of Thomas, not believe in Russian legends ?! It is also noteworthy that N. K. Roerich, who was being led away from the true Belovodye (or led away by the members of the opeush expedition), brought the names of Siberia closer to the sacred name of the mountain (Su) measure. In his travel diaries for 1926, one can find the following entry: “The blacksmith forges human destiny on the Siver mountains. Svyatogor's coffin on the Siverny mountains. Siver mountains - Sumyr, Subyr, Sumbyr, Siberia - Sumeru. All the same center from the four oceans. In Altai, on the right bank of the Katun, there is a mountain, its meaning is equated to the world mountain Sumeru …"
The beluga whale delighted Roerich not only by its height (4506 m). He was struck by the legend that inside Belukha there is an ancient gallery, through which one can climb to the top of the mountain. The last keepers of this intimate secret were … Russian Old Believers, with whom Roerich communicated. So, in truth, Roerich's phrase: "Altai is not only the pearl of Siberia, but also the pearl of all Asia" - can be called prophetic. But that's not all about Belukha. The local population calls her … Ak-Sumer, and the great Russian thinker N. F. Fedorov considered Altai as an integral link in the general chain of great civilizations of the distant past - from Egypt and Mesopotamia to India and China. And something tells me (let's call it intuition) that this link was right … original. There was also a sacred master at the Belukha mountain - Altai-eezi. He could warn people about the impending danger:for example, through summer changes in the configuration of glaciers and snow cover on mountain tops. So much, very much says that somewhere here you should look for Belovodye.
There are several more ancient testimonies confirming the correctness of my version. And the first of them can be called "Proskinitariy" by Arseny Sukhanov, a churchman, diplomat and writer. The book is unique, and in connection with the question of the geography of Belovodye, it is simply priceless. We read in Sukhanov:
“And the city is supposedly on an island. From the Belago Sea, the city wall stands near the water itself; sometimes there is a passage along the coast, and sometimes there is no … frequent towers … But there is no gate from the Belago Sea; and ships do not stick to the other side, and there is no building, and there are no people on the other side … ", “Above that city, the mountain velmi is high and steep, and from that mountain you can fill that city with earth with a rampart”, "Inside the city, in the whole city, life was underground, under the chambers, wonderfully arranged."
It would seem that it is impossible to write more clearly: Belovodye is located in the north, not far from the White Sea. But the "cunning" interpreters of sacred texts firmly decided that this is not so, and that's it! That the White Sea means Marble, and that this wonderful city from Proskinitaria is located near Tsargrad-Constantinople, or maybe there is Constantinople, but Arseny Sukhanov, ancient and dark, for some reason does not know about it. Stubbornness multiplied by illiteracy grieves. Something I remember from the history of the world, that Constantinople, aka Constantinople, aka Istanbul, was a commercial and populous city, and it did all kinds of sea trade. It seems that Arseny Sukhanov ends up in another Constantinople, where there are no passages to sea ships, where it is not crowded in the vicinity, and they live like a "white-eyed oddball" underground. Probably,nevertheless, one should abandon the enviable version with the Sea of Marmara, which with fright turned for a moment into White, and admit that Arseny Sukhanov did not nail his shield, or rather, "Proskinitariy", to the gates of Tsar Grad.
However, this in no way excludes the possibility that he really described another Constantinople … Arkaim. Yes, the same one! Because in the "Veda of the Slavs" the ancient name of this city is clearly given: Kaila-grad, which means the Royal City. What Sukhanov probably knew perfectly well.
I have in stock one more stunning evidence of the Siberian-northern geography of Belovodye - "Painting to the Chinese state and Lobinsky and other states" by Ivan Petlin, the head of one such northern expedition in 1618, translator, expert in Chinese and Mongolian languages. Here is an amazing route to Belovodye. Judge for yourself: the "Chinese" city of Yar (!) - Tue (Tule -?) - White city. And whatever you want to do with me, but I am unlikely to be convinced by the scant information of the commentators of this text that Yar is the Mongolian name of Huailai, and the White City is Changping! I, of course, do not speak Mongolian, but I can believe in the existence of Yar on Svetloyar, on the Ra-river, but in real China - no, in China and Kitezh - please! Petlin gives amazing information about the White City:
“And the city is made of stone, white as snow, that's why Bel-Gorod will say … And in their temples they have images … gilded from head to foot with gold leaf … the images are painted in tricky fashion.”
A Russian man of the beginning of the 17th century, an Orthodox Christian, nowhere else, who has not yet sipped the rotten water of atheism and other faith, would never have gone to a non-Christian, much less a Chinese (for him antichrist) temple, but, even having entered, he did not to admit that in writing, diligently describing the "image". But the temples of Belovodye, the streets of Yarsk (Svetloyarsk?) City, he would really begin to describe carefully and with love, feeling that “you will enter the row, you will become like manna,” that is, you will be honored to taste the manna from heaven. For Petlin, Belovodye, in his own words, is "another state" located on the "Great Ob".
From the book: “Russian Atlantis. Is Russia the cradle of civilization?"