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«The Final Appeal to Mankind» by Nicolai Levashov

this century, in 1929, when Nicolas Roerich delivered the Third Appeal from the
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Coalition of the civilizations—it was simply ignored.
There are billions of civilizations in space. Some are still at the early stages of their

evolution, while others like our Earth civilization, have yet to emerge; there are also
those who have already reached high levels in their development. This is a normal and
natural process. Our own civilization will shortly have to undergo its birth into the
cosmos. If we succeed, we shall reach a qualitatively new and advanced level of
development. Using only the power of thought, man will be able to influence the

planet’s ecology, modify the weather, abort natural disasters and heal the wounds
inflicted upon nature by our senseless acts. We shall be capable of truly understanding
ourselves and our abilities.

Time travel to the past and future and space travel over billions of light years will not
seem, as some believe, “miraculous or delusional.” Rather, in times to come, if and
when we are willing to accept the new knowledge required to elevate us to the next

level of understanding of natural law, these things will be as commonplace as air travel
is today.

If the human race refuses to adopt this new knowledge, Earth’s emerging civilization
will remain stillborn, destroying itself before it fully develops. I know that for many
this assertion will appear outrageous and will stir up angry protestations. They will say,
“Our civilization has achieved such tremendous success everywhere! Man has walked

in space, traveled to the moon, and soon will reach Mars, etc. Science, culture, and art
are rapidly developing, especially in the last hundred years! Currently we have an
information revolution!”

The Final Appeal to Mankind may strike some readers as harsh and absolute. But try
to listen and understand before jumping to conclusions. As Jesus exhorts, “He that hath
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ears, let him listen.” It is an exercise in futility to offer food to a starving man if he
refuses to eat: He will die of starvation no matter what you offer him. The new
knowledge and the willingness to share it are available to the peoples of the Earth, but
it will not save them if even at the brink of disaster they refuse to accept what is offered.
If this should happen, regrettably our only recourse would be to patch up what can be
salvaged and prolong the time left for Earthmen to come to a final decision before they
die. So you who are still asleep, wake up before that sleep becomes eternal! In Jesus’

day there was still time to postpone awakening; this is no longer the case. We have run
out of time! The human race has reached a critical point in its history, a real, tangible
“doomsday.” This is not some empty abstraction, another “end of the world” story that
has been repeatedly foretold in the course of our history yet never came to pass. Most

6 See “The Third Appeal to Mankind’’ following this introduction.
7 New Testament, Matthew Chapter 11, verse 15. King James Version.

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