Magic and Mystery in Tibet: Discovering the Spiritual Beliefs, Traditions and Customs of the Tibetan Buddhist Lamas - An Autobiography 新疆 in hopes that we might

in hopes that we might eventually reach that moment of transcendent joy

in January 1959

First published in 1962

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Magic and Mystery in Tibet: Discovering the Spiritual Beliefs, Traditions and Customs of the Tibetan Buddhist Lamas - An Autobiography 新疆 in hopes that we mightAlexandra David Neel was among the first Westerners to extensively explore Tibet. In these memoirs she tells of her encounters there; the people and their culture, and fervently Buddhist society. The author's early years, wherein her enthusiasm for travel and curiosity of faraway cultures grew, are excluded from these pages. Rather we begin with David Neel's first trip to Tibet, and her initial impressions of the country. The friends she makes, and