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Alexandra David-Neel

Magic and Mystery in Tibet

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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.
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314 printed pages
Original publication
2018
Publication year
2018
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  • Milyausha Basharovahas quoted5 years ago
    The "consciousness" of the "I," or according to another definition" the will to live."
  • Milyausha Basharovahas quoted5 years ago
    "He who knows how to go about it could live comfortably even in hell," is a very popular saying in Tibet.
  • Milyausha Basharovahas quoted5 years ago
    However, in Tibet, as elsewhere, the views of the philosophers are only understood by the elite. The masses, although they repeat the orthodox creed: "all aggregates are impermanent; no 'ego' exists in the person, nor in anything," remain attached to the more simple belief in an undefined entity travelling from world to world, assuming various forms.

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