Magic and Mystery in Tibet Book

Dover Trade Paperback with 320 pages and 32 b/w illustrations. First published in 1971, an unabridged republication of the English translation originally published by Claude Kendall, N.Y. in 1932. The work originally appeared in French (Plon, Paris) in 1929 as Mystiques et magiciens du Thibet. The present reprint includes all the illustrations from both the 1929 French and 1932 American editions. Tells the story of her experiences in Tibet, among lamas and magicians. It is not a travel book or autobiography, but a study of psychic discovery, a description of the occult and mystical theories and psychic training practices of Tibet. Great sages and sorcerers that she met; of the system of monastic education; the great teachers and their diciples; Tibetan folklore about their spiritual athletes; reincarnation and memory from previous lives; elaborate magical rites to obtain siddhis; the horrible necromantic magic of the pre-Buddhis Bonpa shamans; mental visualization exerciese to create disembodied thought forms (tulpas); visions; phenomena of physical yoga, control of the body heat mechanism; breathing exercises; sending "messages on the wind"; and much similar material.Read More