Alexandra David-Neel - Magic and Mystery in Tibet - 1965

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'Alexandra David - Neel is the only European woman to have been honored with the rank of a Lama. She speaks
and writes all of the Tibetan dialects fluently, and is a practising Buddhist. Having become, as she explains, a complete Asiatic, and being recognized as such by the people among whom she has lived, she has gained the complete
confidence of the most important Lamas of the country. Her knowledge of Tibet and its people comes to her, therefore, at first hand. She reveals here how Tibetan mystics acquire the ability to live naked, in zero temperatures by generating a protective body heat similar to that produced by the bee; how they can run incredible distances without rest, food or drink; how they can talk to each other over vast distances without elements off any kind by a strange sort of telepathy; how they learn to float in air and walk on water; how they bring corpses back to life; and how they can actually create animate objects by thinking them into existence.'

"Dit boek: linnen band, stofomslag, 320 pp. Conditie boek: goed, stofomslag matig. Uitgegeven in 1965 (eerste druk 1929).
Inhoud: Tibet and the Lama's, A guest of the Lama's, a famous Tibetan monastery, Dealing with ghosts and demons, Disciples of Yore and their contemporary emulators, Psychic sports, Mystic theories and spiritual training, Psychic phenomena in Tibet -how Tibetans explain them.

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'Alexandra David - Neel is the only European woman to have been honored with the rank of a Lama. She speaks
and writes all of the Tibetan dialects fluently, and is a practising Buddhist. Having become, as she explains, a complete Asiatic, and being recognized as such by the people among whom she has lived, she has gained the complete
confidence of the most important Lamas of the country. Her knowledge of Tibet and its people comes to her, therefore, at first hand. She reveals here how Tibetan mystics acquire the ability to live naked, in zero temperatures by generating a protective body heat similar to that produced by the bee; how they can run incredible distances without rest, food or drink; how they can talk to each other over vast distances without elements off any kind by a strange sort of telepathy; how they learn to float in air and walk on water; how they bring corpses back to life; and how they can actually create animate objects by thinking them into existence.'

"Dit boek: linnen band, stofomslag, 320 pp. Conditie boek: goed, stofomslag matig. Uitgegeven in 1965 (eerste druk 1929).
Inhoud: Tibet and the Lama's, A guest of the Lama's, a famous Tibetan monastery, Dealing with ghosts and demons, Disciples of Yore and their contemporary emulators, Psychic sports, Mystic theories and spiritual training, Psychic phenomena in Tibet -how Tibetans explain them.

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Details

Number of books
1
Subject
Esotericism, Religion, Travels
Book title
Magic and Mystery in Tibet
Author/ Illustrator
Alexandra David-Neel
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1965
Height
21 cm
Edition
Reprint
Width
14 cm
Language
English
Original language
Yes
Publisher
University Press
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Extras
Dust jacket
Number of pages
320
The NetherlandsVerified
1424
Objects sold
100%
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