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Originally published in 1927 by Harper and Brothers, this book is
the culmination of more than twenty years of Madame Alexandra
David-Neel's intensive study and daring adventure in mysterious
territories of the East. In order to penetrate Tibet and reach
Lhasa, she used her fluency of Tibetan dialects and culture,
disguised herself as a beggar with yak hair extensions and inked
skin and tackled some of the roughest terrain and climate in the
World. With the help of her young companion, Yongden, she willingly
suffered the primitive travel conditions, frequent outbreaks of
disease, the ever-present danger of border control and the military
to reach her goal. The determination and sheer physical fortitude
it took for this woman, delicately reared in Paris and Brussels, is
inspiration for men and women alike. David-Neel is famous for being
the first Western woman to have been received by any Dalai Lama and
as a passionate scholar and explorer of Asia, her's is one of the
most remarkable of all travellers' tales.
Alexandra David-Neel was the first European woman to meet the Dalai
Lama and in 1924 became the first to enter the forbidden Tibetan
capital, Lhasa. She had already spent a decade travelling through
China, living in a cave on the Tibetan border, where she learned
about Buddhism from hermits, mystics and bandits. Magic and Mystery
in Tibet records the mysterious, magical world David-Neel
discovered in Tibet. Among the extraordinary events she describes
are the Tibetan mystics who could live naked in temperatures below
freezing, the psychic sports practiced in Tibet, the lamas who
could run for incredible distances without rest, food or drink and
the monks who could defy gravity.
This is an account of the Madhyamika (Middle Way) school of
Buddhism, a method of mediation and enlightenment that was
developed by the great Indian teacher Nagarjuna. In a collaboration
between the Frenchwoman Alexandra David-Neel and her friend, the
Tibetan lama Aphur Yongden, these teaching are presented clearly
and elegantly, intended for the layman who seeks a way to practice
and experience the realization of oneness with all existence.
Alexandra David-Neel was born in 1868 in Paris. In her youth she
wrote an incendiary anarchist treatise and was an acclaimed opera
singer; then she decided to devote her life to exploration and the
study of world religions, including Buddhist philosophy. She
traveled extensively to in Central Asia and the Far East, where she
learned a number of Asian languages, including Tibetan. In 1914,
she met Lama Yongden, who became her adopted son, teacher, and
companion. In 1923, at the age of fifty-five, she disguised herself
as a pilgrim and journeyed to Tibet, where she was the first
European woman to enter Lhasa, which was closed to foreigners at
the time. In her late seventies, she settled in the south of
France, where she lived until her death at 101 in 1969.
Experiences among lamas, magicians, sages, sorcerers, Bonpa wizards. A true psychic discovery. 32 illus.
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This is a new release of the original 1934 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1959 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1932 edition.
2014 Reprint of 1932 New York Edition. Full facsimile of the
original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software.
Alexandra David-Neel was a Belgian-French explorer, spiritualist,
Buddhist, anarchist and writer, most known for her visit to Lhasa,
Tibet, in 1924, when it was still forbidden to foreigners.
David-Neel wrote over 30 books about Eastern religion, philosophy,
and her travels. Her teachings influenced beat writers Jack Kerouac
and Allen Ginsberg, philosopher Alan Watts, and esotericist
Benjamin Creme. Seeker, adventurer, pilgrim, and scholar,
David-Neel (1868-1969) was the first European woman to explore the
once-forbidden city of Lhasa. This memoir offers an objective
account of the supernatural events she witnessed during the 1920s
among the mystics and hermits of Tibet - including levitation,
telepathy, and the ability to walk on water. Includes all the
photographs from the original edition.
This is a new release of the original 1934 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1932 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1959 edition.
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