“We now have no option but to end war forever because with the nuclear bombs and armament today, we can destroy all life... it's up to us. We have to do it. We have to make the decision.”

The State of the World 2010, public lecture in New York City, USA, (July 2010)

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artist, author, esotericist 1922–2016

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