Once in Kathmandu, from where the vast majority of excursions to the Himalayas and climbing high peaks, you plunge, on the one hand, into a madman, and on the other, into a blissful world. Here they are - manifestations of the dual nature of the Himalayas. Contrary to the widespread misconception about the unfriendliness of the mountains to all living things, their southern slopes are covered with dense coniferous and deciduous forests, decorated with multi-colored carpets of fragrant beautiful flowers. Slopes are cultivated almost everywhere up to an altitude of 2500 m. On the man-made terraces that surround the mountains with flounces, there are plantations of spices, aromatic tea and coffee, citrus groves. On irrigated land, the Nepalese cultivate rice. And only on the tops of the mountain range, not lower than the level of 5000 m, there are eternal snows.
Snow necklaces change color depending on the position of the sun, appearing before observers either in gold, then in pink, and sometimes in a purple "dress", they are not constant like jokes about blondes. However, the glacier belt, captivating with its beauty, is a serious obstacle on the way to the peaks, which has been considered the haven of the gods since ancient times.
The Nepalese believe that the great god Shiva with his wife and daughter dwells on Mount Gaurishankar, and on Kailash - the patron saint of wealth Kubera and the thunderer Indra, who gives rain and fertilizes the earth.
In Hindu mythology, Kailash symbolizes the masculine principle, and the Manasarovar lake at its foot is the feminine one. This is the highest located freshwater lake in the world, created, according to legend, by the god Brahma. Its waters cleanse from all sins of hundreds of past lives of a person. Surely, many have heard about Shambhala, the most mysterious riddle of the Himalayas. Along with many legends about a mystical country, there is also a philosophical concept of an enlightened state of the soul, the unity of man with God. Scientists in search of Shambhala explore remote corners of mountain ranges, descend into gorges and comb deserts.
Myths of the past give rise to modern legends
So, Hitler mistakenly considered Shambhala a place where all the forces of aggression and power are concentrated. In 1939, the ideologists of Nazism equipped an expedition to the Himalayas, which faced several political tasks, including the search for Shambhala. The results were considered brilliant, and all materials were highly classified.
If you look closely at the landscape of the Himalayas, you will notice how, as if out of nowhere, the outlines of monasteries, temples and stupas erected everywhere appear. From the Kyunglung caves, carved into mountain limestone, where ancient yogis mastered the science of body and mind control, to the majestic temple complexes, the inhabitants of the snowy peaks filled almost all of these structures with a deep spiritual and religious meaning.
Garlands of multicolored prayer flags, which beat in the gusts of the wind, like birds caught in a snare, bring bright colors to the surrounding landscape. As we approach Lhasa, there are more of them - every traveler wants to pay homage to these places. Finally, beyond the pass, a view opens up of the city and the majestic Potala soaring over it - one of the most grandiose buildings in the Himalayas. The Potala Palace is a Buddhist temple complex that was the residence of the Dalai Lamas until the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959. Located at an altitude of 3700 meters. Its name comes from the legendary mountain of the same name, where the bodhisattva Chenresig lives, who is represented on Earth by the Dalai Lama. The Red and White palaces are 115 meters high.
Here, in the high-altitude coolness, under the supervision of strict instructors, future monks were brought up 50 years ago. Maternal joy knew no bounds if the boy was taken from the family to the monastery, since this honor did not fall to everyone. The novices slept on a bare stone floor, covered only with a thin blanket, comprehended the theory and practice of Buddhism, participated in exhausting religious rituals, and ran a household.
Subsequently, they became monks, healers, seers. The high-altitude climate does not indulge in comfort, and the main food is tsampa, a nutritious drink brewed from barley, tea, and seasoned with vegetable oil and salt. Tsampa gives strength, nourishes the brain and pacifies the sexual appetite. This is probably why in these places many monks kept the vow of celibacy without much difficulty.
Much has changed in half a century. The Chinese have built high-rise buildings, supermarkets and luxury hotels, and existing monasteries have become a tourist attraction. Luxury cars and public transport scurry along the multi-lane highways, and those hardened in body and spirit set out to spread the Buddha's teachings around the world.
Unlike Lhasa, the cult complex of 34 Buddhist, Hindu and Jain caves, the crown of which is the Kailash Nath temple, has survived unchanged to this day. In terms of the complexity of the work, this temple, completely carved out of the rock by stonecutters, is compared to the pyramids. The ancient architects cut an 80-meter P-shaped trench into the mountain, and the monolith remaining inside was turned into a carved temple as high as a ten-story building. The entire stone building around the perimeter is covered with ornaments based on the myths of Shiva and his wife Parvati. However, the luxury of Kailash Nath is the exception rather than the rule. The bulk of Buddhist shrines, like stars in the sky, scattered between the mountains, are small temples adjacent to the shacks of local residents.
Electricity, mobile communications and the Internet are unaffordable luxury here.
The Kedarnath settlement, lost in the Himalayas at an altitude of almost 3600 m, is mentioned even in the greatest epic "Mahabharata": it was here that Shiva, having turned into a bull, went underground. Since then, Kedarnath has become a place of mass pilgrimage. Located in the gorge of the Mandakini River, surrounded on all sides by impregnable peaks, Kedarnath, with its small, like toy houses and small temples, keeps its secrets amid eternal mists. And only unpretentious rhododendrons, modestly shining on the mountain slopes, enliven this harsh "Gothic" landscape.
Meeting the sunrise in the mountains fills the whole essence with calmness and serenity, because somehow you naturally enter a state of absolute silence. Being here, on the second day you begin to understand why the locals become contemplators, and their philosophy is based on the desire for Emptiness, which allows you to understand the essence of things regardless of their external manifestation.
The Himalayas have become the citadel of many beliefs and religious schools, which are based on a vast pantheon of gods and are based on the concept of the rebirth of the soul. Buddhism, Hinduism, Tibetan Lamaism, Bon-po - all of them are surprisingly tolerant in these places. They have common shrines, the same paths laid in the mountains, the same bottomless and deep sky above their heads for all. Despite the fact that the Himalayas are inhabited by more than a hundred different peoples, the inhabitants of the snow peaks are similar to each other and make up a group of so-called mountain people, which are fundamentally different from the inhabitants of the plains. In tiny fields, they grow low-maintenance crops and graze livestock. Their dependence on the outside world is reduced only to the need to buy salt and oil for refueling lamps. The Himalayans do not want to descend to the plains, where in the atmosphere of the eternal race for money,
intrigues and passions for petty pleasures, they feel out of place.
The life expectancy of the highlanders often exceeds a hundred years. In the evenings, people gather to read prayers, sing and dance to authentic performances of music from the distant past. The instruments here are the most unusual: the sarod is a kind of shortened version of the sitar; tabla and damaru - types of drums, and the body for the latter is two human skulls; dunkar - a wind instrument from a shell; kanling - a tube made of the human tibia. The canling is considered a ritual instrument, and it is not allowed to play it “just like that”. Wandering sadhus contribute to the mixing and constant "communication" of cultures. Their modest life needs are met by the inhabitants of the village, for whom it is a great joy and honor to receive a saint in their home.
Sherpas (Tib., People from the East) stand apart from other Himalayan ethnic groups. Many centuries ago they came from Tibet and settled in the region of Mount Chomolungma, the Khumbhu valley, which became their second homeland. The heart of Khumbhu is the village of Namche Bazar, the largest locality Sherpas. Cheerful Sherpas found their vocation in the conquest of peaks, which is taboo for other local peoples, since, according to their beliefs, the mountains belong to the gods, and only to them. It is said that those who were born here have three lungs in their chest. Since childhood, Sherpas graze herds near glaciers at an altitude of 5000 meters throughout the summer. With their parents, they walk through the passes that inspire fear even for the most courageous Europeans.
It is not surprising that it was the Sherpa guide Norgay Tenzing who led the expedition of New Zealander Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1953 to the summit of Chomolungma (Tib., Divine). The Nepalese name of the mountain is Sagarmatha (Mother of the Gods). She is also known under another Tibetan name Chomo-Kankar (Queen of snowy whiteness). Until 1850, Europeans called the summit simply - Peak 15, after which it was included in the catalogs as Everest - in honor of the head of the English topographic expedition, George Everest. About 500 people try to climb the Roof of the World every year. For all the time, only 3 thousand people managed to do this, almost 200 climbers died.
Today Chomolungma, according to some famous climbers, has turned "into a place of pilgrimage for tourists, adventurers and simply not quite healthy people hungry for glory."
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In 1962, the German magazine Vegetarian Universe published a note about the mysterious 716 tablets with letters from Tibet. They were similar to gramophone discs 30cm in diameter and 8mm thick with a hole in the center and a double spiral groove. The tablets were carved from granite and contained hieroglyphs on their surfaces.
This mystery of Tibet became famous in the following way. In 1937-1938. in the Qinghai province on the border of Tibet and China on the Bayan-Kara-Ula ridge, a group of archaeologists explored an inaccessible area. Suddenly they found a rock-lu in which blackened niches, which turned out to be burial places. Of the many secrets of Tibet, this mystery stands out. Scientists faced a serious problem when they discovered the remains of buried people, whose height did not exceed 130 centimeters. Their bodies had disproportionately large skulls and slender limbs. Archaeologists could not find a single inscription on the walls of the crypts - only a series of drawings resembling constellations, the Sun and the Moon, connected by dotted dots the size of a pea and mysterious stone discs with incomprehensible hieroglyphs.
Initially, it was assumed that these are burials of extinct species of monkeys, and the discs and drawings belong to a later culture. But this thought was clearly ridiculous. How did the monkeys bury their relatives in strict order? In addition, when the top layer was removed from the discs, it turned out that they contained a high percentage of cobalt and other metals. And when examining the disc on an oscilloscope, a special rhythm of oscillations appeared. This indicated that these disks may have once been "charged" or served as a conductor of electricity. However, the questions did not end there.
In 1962, a partial translation of hieroglyphs from granite discs was carried out. According to the deciphered hieroglyphs, this amazing secret Tibet had an extraterrestrial origin, since an alien spaceship crashed in the Bayan-Kara-Ula mountains 12 thousand years ago! Here is an excerpt from the translation: “The Drops descended to earth from behind the clouds in their air ships. Ten times the men, women and children of the local Kham tribe hid in caves until sunrise. Finally they understood: this time the drops came in peace. " It follows from the text that humanoids have more than once arrived in Bayan-Kara-Ula, and their appearance was not always peaceful. However, as one would expect, this story was soon refuted, since the professor who made this discovery allegedly did not exist.
This second life unsolved mystery received in 1974. The Austrian journalist Peter Crassa, who studied the mysteries of history associated with aliens from space, once met engineer Ernst Wegerer, who in 1974 visited China with his wife and saw what looked like granite discs.
The Wegerer couple drove through one of the oldest cities China - the city of Xi'an. There is the Bagno Museum, built on the site of the village where archaeologists have unearthed a Stone Age settlement. While examining the exposition of the museum, the guests from Austria suddenly froze when they saw two disks with holes in the middle in the glass window. On their surface, in addition to concentric circles, spiral grooves were seen extending from the center. When asked if it was possible to photograph these exhibits, the woman, the director of the museum, did not mind. However, when asked to tell about the origin of the disks, she reacted with some delay. In her opinion, the items are of cult significance and are made of clay, since only ceramic items are exhibited in the museum. But the discs clearly did not resemble ceramics. Vegerer asked permission to hold them in his hands. The disks turned out to be weighty. According to the engineer, the material from which they were made was a greenish-gray stone and had the hardness of granite. The director did not know how these items got to the museum.
In the spring of 1994, Peter Crassa visited China and the Banpo Museum, but he did not find the granite discs captured twenty years ago by the engineer Vegerer. For some reason, the headmistress was recalled from here, and her current fate is unknown. The director of the museum, Professor Wang Zhijun, explained that the discs were removed from the exposition, and no one saw them again. When asked where they are now, the professor replied: “The exhibits you are interested in do not exist, and, being recognized as foreign components of the exposition, they were moved (?)” How can a non-existent exhibit be moved? Someone wanted not to divulge this secret of Tibet.
Naturally Crassus was not satisfied with such a strange answer, and he continued to ask questions about the Bayan-Khara-Ula disks. Finally, the Chinese took the guests to the museum's office and showed them a Chinese textbook on archeology. Leafing through the pages covered with hieroglyphs, one of the owners of the study showed a drawing. It depicted a disc with holes in the center, from which arcuate grooves extend along the edges. This disc was similar to the one shot by Vegerer and fully corresponded to the descriptions of Bayan-Khara-Ula discs!
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"Secrets of Tibet"
"Secrets of Tibet"
After returning from the third expedition, Ernst Schaefer was engaged not only in hardware intrigues, but also in rather unusual research. Let's dwell on them in more detail.
Among the materials brought to Germany from Tibet, there was a huge collection of unique plants and crops. Upon arrival, they were sorted and detailed. In 1943, Ernst Schaefer, in a summary report, set tasks for further experiments with the Tibetan flora:
Our aspirations have always been associated with the goal of collecting everything that could be useful for our own people. The fifteen hundred barley crop specimens mentioned here, which are mostly the result of primitive selection, can have a number of very important hereditary factors - for example, drought resistance or frost resistance.
Thus, Ernst Schaefer also understood Tibet as an enclave of the plant world, which ideally adapted to the hostile high-mountain environment. From the point of view of agronomy, the crossing of Tibetan cultures with European ones was not only logical, but also very profitable. Inoculation of special properties to European cereals, according to the concept, was to make them more unpretentious and increase yields.
The SS leadership expected from Schaefer the appearance of frost-resistant and fast-growing "miracle varieties" of barley and wheat. Their cultivation would make it possible to begin the "Germanization" of Eastern Europe, which was to be built up with the same type of agricultural settlements. Himmler demanded that the cross-breeding of different crops allowed German peasants to obtain several harvests a year. However, it was not only about the colonization of the East. The Reichsfuehrer consoled himself with the vain thought that under his patronage the food problem of Germany would be solved, to which Adolf Hitler himself attached special, almost mystical significance. It was the SS who were supposed to bring the grain supply of the Third Reich to a fundamentally new level.
In the spring of 1942, Heinrich Himmler ordered Ernst Schaefer as head of the Ahnenerbe department to prepare for the formation of the Wild Plant Varieties Institute. However, it quickly became clear that this project was difficult to implement. In those days, the above-described confrontation with the leadership of the Filchner Foundation had a strong influence on the work of Schaefer's "Asian" department. The emergence of a new institute threatened with no less problems, only this time botanists could act against the SS scientists. After lengthy negotiations and consultations, it was decided to confine itself to the organization of a special institution operating under the Berlin Society of Kaiser Wilhelm. The new structure, which was proudly called the Institute for the Study of Plant Cultures, was led by professor of botany Fritz von Wettstein. Himmler had to come to terms with the adjustment of grandiose plans, since the professor was directly subordinate to the powerful Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture.
Realizing that it was futile to enter into another political conflict, Ernst Schaefer tried to avoid competitive situations with nerds. In October 1942, he began negotiations with representatives of the Reich Ministry of Agriculture, the Berlin Kaiser Wilhelm Society and the new institute, which was to be located in Tuttenhof. It was then that it was made clear to him that instead of an institute, he could only rely on the research department of wild plant crops within the Ahnenerbe. Moreover, the emphasis in the forthcoming work was again made on the eastern regions, and priority was given to the Caucasus. How the planned cooperation of all these structures with Ahnenerbe was to be carried out in practice remains unclear. One gets the impression that he simply did not exist: Schaefer calmly handed over samples of the crops he collected to Tuttenhof and never met either von Wettstein or representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture. When, at the end of November 1942, the SS General Directorate announced that the Reichsfuehrer, together with the Berlin Kaiser Wilhelm Society, was planning to create "the Institute of Grain Breeding, which is extremely important for the entire German economy," Schaefer's name did not even appear on the staff lists. The famous botanist Heinz Brucher became the head of the institute.
Another project by Ernst Schaefer was related to horse breeding. Even during the second expedition, he very carefully studied the horses living in the wild. After the outbreak of war with the Soviet Union, the Tibetologist had the opportunity to try himself in the role of a zoologist-breeder: it was necessary to develop a new breed of horses that is not susceptible to the harsh Russian winters.
Not a lot of material has survived on this topic. Most of them came out of the walls of the Institute of Military Scientific Targeted Research, created under the "Ahnenerbe". Some documents were addressed to the Main Economic and Economic Directorate of the SS, commanded by Oswald Pohl. At the same time, Ernst Schaefer maintained contacts with Rudolf Brandt, who helped him select the necessary scientists and specialists.
Selection experiments were undertaken in 1942-1943. At the same time, Schaefer relied on Mongolian horses and Przewalski's horses. Where the breeding work was carried out, it is possible to establish only approximately, but it is known that it was about the occupied eastern territories. In 1944, in conditions of retreat German army to the west, Ernst Schaefer decided to transfer all horses to the stud farm in Poznan. From there they were to go to Hungary, where three special enterprises had already been prepared.
Another major project of Ernst Schaefer was the film released on the basis of the third expedition. During the trip, Ernst Krause filmed almost every step with a portable movie camera. Immediately after returning, the idea arose to create a documentary from the footage (more than 50 hours) that would increase public interest in Tibet.
In the fall of 1939, the film materials were transferred to the Berlin company "Tobis Film" for development and processing. Schaefer was interested in the quick release of the film on the screens, if only for mercantile and financial reasons, but the tape had to be censored beforehand.
The entire subsequent history of the creation of the film can be traced to the correspondence between Ernst Schaefer and Rudolf Brandt, chief of the personal staff of the Reichsfuehrer SS. From the very beginning it was clear to them that there was no way to keep the work on the film materials secret. As a result, Brandt warned Helmut Schreiber, head of Tobis Film, that there should not be a single official mention of the film until the Reichsfuehrer SS personally gave the order to hold the premiere. Not only Schreiber's work was to be kept secret: at the end of January 1940, Himmler issued a directive requiring him to personally agree on the text of all publications and reports on the Tibetan expedition. As a result, during the development of the project of the Sven Gedin Institute, information about the third Tibetan expedition of Ernst Schaefer was limited to general declarations and statements about its sensationalism. However, in all publications, a lack of factual material was felt. In some places, it was mentioned in passing that the members of the expedition were planning to prepare a film, but no one could say anything about the date or the approximate content. Schaefer had to behave very carefully, as he was constantly invited to various radio programs, offered to give interviews, asked to write an article or read a report. After consulting with Himmler, the Tibetan scholar in almost all of these cases refused all tempting offers.
It is clear that such a ban hurt the scientist's pride. So, for example, the Brussels Encyclopedic Society in the spring of 1940 invited Ernst Schaefer to make a report on the expedition and planned future research. Schäfer immediately informed the SS Reichsfuehrer of the proposal. Despite the fact that there was no official ban on reading reports abroad, Himmler asked the researcher to say sick and politely decline the invitation. As a result, Rudolf Brandt transmitted the following information to Brussels:
Unfortunately, at present time dr Schaefer suffers from a serious eye disease, for the treatment of which he was sent to a Munich clinic. For this reason, the preparation of the report is temporarily impossible.
To make it more plausible, the Tibetologist had to find some kind of eye disease widespread in the East. Even in this situation, Heinrich Himmler wanted everything to look realistic. As a result, to Schaefer's great regret, the general public never learned about the essence of his research. Perhaps, at such moments, Schaefer regretted that he was under the patronage of the Reichsfuehrer SS.
Despite the strictest prohibition to provide any information about the upcoming documentary, in the spring of 1940 there was a leak. An article appeared in one of the Hamburg newspapers, in which it was reported that a film was being edited at the Tobis Film studio, dedicated to the Tibetan SS expedition led by Ernst Schaefer. Himmler was furious. On March 12, 1940, he wrote to Schaefer and again demanded secrecy.
It was at this time that a large-scale military operation was being prepared in Tibet. Keeping secret the fact of the preparation of the film acquired a military-tactical significance, becoming a precautionary measure against the actions of British intelligence.
Ernst Schaefer refused to take responsibility for the information leak. Then Himmler forbade Helmut Schreiber to make the film: he feared that other leaks could occur. Rudolph Brandt sent a notice to Tobis Film that the information about the Tibetan film is classified, so the film company is responsible for taking precautions. In response, Schreiber broke down and clarified the situation. It turns out that the information came to the newspaper after a report in a narrow circle that Schaefer did in Hamburg. The Tibetologist received a severe reprimand.
In June 1940, Ernst Schaefer sent Rudolf Brandt the first report on the activities of the Ahnenerbe department he headed. In it, the Tibetologist described in detail the work on the film, as well as the principles of interaction between his department and Tobis Film. At that time, the film lacked only synchronous sound and background music. In general, a full-length popular science film was obtained from the material presented. Not without a sense of pride, Schaefer quoted Helmut Schreiber as saying that it was "not just a good film, but an achievement, the best German film." The Tibetologist also reported that the film would be ready for distribution in October 1940. To start its demonstration, only the permission of the Reichsfuehrer SS was required. In addition, Schaefer emphasized that it would be nice to prepare a special propaganda article on the Tibetan film.
Schaefer believed that the screening of the film would stimulate a wave of public interest in Central Asia, and this, in turn, would become a prerequisite for more active funding of his department within Ahnenerbe and support for other initiatives. Helmut Schreiber was interested in the box office, which, if presented correctly, could collect this film. But the directive from Himmler dashed the hopes of both. The SS chief once again forbade drawing the attention of state bodies and the European public to the problems of Tibet.
After studying the report, Brandt again drew Schaefer's attention to the preservation of complete secrecy:
Please make sure that neither from your pen, nor from the pen of any participant in your expedition, articles and materials appear that have not been agreed with the Reichsfuehrer SS. The Reichsfuehrer SS considers it unacceptable for our enemies to be able to establish a connection between Dr. Schaefer's trip to Tibet and the possibility of a repetition of the expedition to the region for military purposes. For this reason, the film cannot appear at the box office any time soon. <… > As soon as the Reichsfuehrer considers that the time has come, he will immediately take advantage of your suggestions for organizing the advertising of the film. Until this moment, you should not spread about the film either among your acquaintances or among newspaper workers. <… > The Reichsfupep is looking forward to the private screening that you have to do for him after the tape has been edited.
Such a "closed film screening" really took place. On June 10, 1942, the prepared material was shown to the Reichsfuehrer in the circle of his close friends. Fun fact - the demonstration took place in the sacred for the SS Quedlinburg castle, where the remains of Henry I the Bird-catcher are supposedly buried. But we remember that Heinrich Himmler considered himself the reincarnation of this German king.
The film "Secrets of Tibet" nevertheless became an event, but much later, when it passed through the Center for Popular Science Films of the Imperial Ministry of Propaganda. In December 1942, Minister Joseph Goebbels was the first to get acquainted with the 105-minute film version of the film and gave it a very high rating. The premiere was to take place on January 16, 1943, in the presence of Sven Gedin, arriving for the opening of the institute named after him.
One of the employees of Ahnenerbe, who worked in Schaefer's department, shared his impressions with a friend:
The film made a splash no less than the Schaefer expedition itself. The tape is magnificent, in some places I was breathless with delight. It is understandable why, for political reasons, it has not yet been shown to the general public. In connection with the opening of the Institute for Asian Studies, this film was officially shown for the first time. I perceived it not as a popular science, but as a full-length feature film. Distinguished foreign guests are also impressed. Everyone honored Sven Gedin. Then a big press conference was given at the Ministry of Propaganda for the foreign press. An extensively conceived advertising campaign for the film kicks off shortly. Photo reports or past reports of the expedition appear in almost all newspapers. All newspapers, even tabloids, write about Tibet.
Indeed, the film was widely reported in German newspapers. At the same time, there were often reprints of past essays by Ernst Schaefer, in which he talked about the cultural and everyday life of Tibet. In total, there were about three hundred articles, not counting small notes, about the film "Secrets of Tibet", but none of them even mentioned the Department of Central Asia and Expeditions, let alone "Ahnenerbe".
Schaefer himself got involved in the advertising of the film. He attached great importance to the fact that his name and the names of the participants in the Tibetan expedition appeared as often as possible in the pages of newspapers. With Himmler's permission, Schaeffer drew up a detailed plan for how, in his opinion, the film should be organized. In particular, he listed the cities in which, on the eve of the screening of the film, he should make short reports. In some cases, it could be replaced by other members of the Tibetan expedition. The premiere of the film in the capitals of the German states "was to be held in close cooperation with all structures of the SS." Schaefer constantly focused on the "political and propaganda significance of the film", which was supposed to help cover the financial costs of his department in "Ahnenerbe". But first of all, he wanted the "Secrets of Tibet" to be shown in cities that were university centers.
As expected, the appearance of the film on wide screens significantly contributed to the growth of German public interest in Tibet. For the first time, the German public was invited to see the real footage from the life of a country lost in the mountains somewhere between India and China. And due to the fact that the release of the film "Secrets of Tibet" coincided with the Battle of Stalingrad, it also performed a significant psychotherapeutic function: the National Socialist propaganda needed an excuse to once again confirm the achievements of the "glorious Germans". And even if in this case they were not soldiers, but scientists - in the situation of an impending national catastrophe, the difference between them did not matter much.
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Distance between Mexican pyramids and Easter Island, as well as between the Egyptian and Tibetan pyramids are exactly the same. All this suggests that someone from above took part in the construction of the world pyramid system.
The main purpose of the erected pyramids is to link space with our planet. Scientists were able to prove this by drawing an axis on the map from Easter Island in the opposite direction and at the same time got to the mountains of Tibet, Kailash. And if you draw a meridian from Mount Kailash in the direction of the Egyptian pyramids, then you will again find yourself on Easter Island.
The secrets of Tibet have not yet been fully disclosed. Take Mount Kailash, for example. This mountain peak is recognized as the main Pyramid of Tibet. Kailash differs from other mountains in its layered structure.
As you know, the Tibetan group of pyramids is recognized as the largest on Globe... They are located in strict dependence on the four cardinal points.
The Tibetan pyramids are in stark contrast to other mountain sculptures in the world. Their main difference lies in the peculiar stone structures located among the pyramids and having a concave or flat surface.
Such surfaces are usually called "mirrors". An ancient Tibetan legend says that there was a time when the sons of the Gods descended from heaven to Earth. The Sons were endowed with the amazing power of the five elements, which helped them quickly build a gigantic city. According to Eastern religions, it was in this city that the North Pole was located before the Flood.
According to legend, Mount Kailash was also erected using the power of five elements: water, air, fire, wind and earth. Therefore, it is considered the holiest place on the planet.
The energy of Tibet is something inaccessible and inaccessible for comprehension by the human mind. Take, for example, the famous "Death Valley" located at an altitude of 5680 meters. It can only be crossed by a sacred road. Once you leave the sacred path, you will immediately fall under the influence of tantric power.
Stone mirrors also guard the Valley of Death. They are able to change the course of time for wanderers so that they can turn into deep old people in a short period of time.
As mentioned above, the secrets of Tibet are hidden in stone mirrors. Scientists still have not been able to find an explanation for the ability of stone mirrors to change the course of time.
Several of these mirrors are located among the pyramids of Tibet. One of them, the largest, is eight hundred meters high. This mirror is called the "Stone Palace of Happiness". According to legend, it is the place of transition to parallel worlds.
If you follow the logic, you will notice that the energy of Tibet is hidden precisely in these stone mirror sculptures. All this is perfectly confirmed by the story told about the mirrors by Kailash.
From his words, it turns out that all of humanity has its own great spatial mirror - the sky overhead. If the sky is destined to curl up in a scroll in order to destroy the "bad time", all of humanity will begin to age rapidly.
The mysterious land of Shambhala, into which only "those whose Thoughts are Impeccably Pure" had the opportunity to get, to this day excites the imagination of man and attracts researchers. The sages of antiquity argued that the search for Shambhala has a beneficial effect on the karma of anyone living, and for a conscious and constant striving for the heights of Shambhala, a person is rewarded during his lifetime
... The teaching of Shambhala is so sacred and high that even an insignificant grain of knowledge from Shambhala is in itself blessed and can radically change human life.
Mysterious Asian Shambhala (Tib. Sham - BHA - LA, Shambhala, translated from Skt. "Source of Happiness"), like Atlantis of the Greek sage Plato, gave rise to many conflicting opinions and controversies both in academia and among readers. They tried to find the legendary Shambhala in Himalayan mountains, in Afghanistan and in the Gobi Desert. The first news of Shambhala in Europe appeared in 1627 - it was written about it in the letters of the Jesuit missionaries Stephen Casell and John Cabral. During their visit to Bhutan, they learned about the existence of the country of Shambhala, located on the territory "Which is designated on the European Maps as Great Tartary." This served as the basis for the hypothesis that this northern Shambhala could be located in the center of the southern part of Central Asia.
At the beginning of the 19th century, the Hungarian Tibetan scholar C. de Keres came to the conclusion that the legend of Shambhala reflects the existence of Buddhist centers in Central Asia in the first centuries of our era, which were destroyed by the Arab conquerors in the 7th century. He even determined their coordinates - between 45 and 50 degrees north latitude beyond the Yaksart River (Syrdarya.
At the end of the 19th century, the founder of the Theosophical Society, Helena Blavatskaya, mentions Shambhala in her writings, who gave the following definition: “Shambhala is an extremely mysterious place due to its connection with the future. modern Muradabad is identified with Shambhala in Rohilkanda (northwestern provinces of India), while occultism places it in the Himalayas. " However, in the book "The Secret Doctrine" Blavatsky defines the location of Shambhala in another place - in the Gobi.
Historian - orientalist b. Kuznetsov, after deciphering the ancient Tibetan map, substantiated the hypothesis of the identification of Shambhala with Iran. His teacher, historian L. Gumilev, linked the birth of the legend of Shambhala with stories about their homeland of Syrian merchants who came to Tibet.
And the Third Reich was engaged in searches for Shambhala at the state level. The idea of a dominant race endowed with mystical powers and supernatural powers was quite attractive to Adolf Hitler. He organized the Third Reich expeditions to Tibet, which followed one after another almost continuously until 1943. The German scholars Escard and Karl Haushoffer, who became the ideological inspirers of the spiritual society "Thule", were based on an ancient legend testifying that 30 or 40 centuries ago there existed in the Gobi highly developed civilization... It was the surviving representatives of the Gobi civilization, who migrated to the kingdom of Shambhala, and were the main race of humanity, the ancestors of the Aryans.
Attempts were made to penetrate Tibet and the leadership of the Soviet Ogpu in 1921-1922, 1923-1925. The main purpose of the expeditions was to establish contact with the spiritual ruler of Tibet, the Dalai Lama, to resist the British invasion and to consolidate influence in the region.
The real Himalayan kingdom of Shambhala in the north of India (near the Sita River, surrounded by 8 snowy mountains resembling lotus petals) existed, according to historical chronicles, up to the 15th - 16th centuries. In Tibetan historical writings and in the extensive literature on the Buddhist Kalachakra system, mention is constantly made of Shambhala. There she appears as a Himalayan principality or kingdom. In the kingdom of Shambhala, which was ruled by kings - priests, kalachakra was proclaimed the state religion and then from there it spread to India and Tibet. "To Help the Inhabitants of 96 Regions of His Country, the King of Shambhala Suchandra Went to India and Asked for the Teaching of Kalachakra from the Buddha." In the folk legends of Tibet and the Himalayas, Shambhala is a kind of paradise on earth; it is a country of powerful mahatmas, or great masters who control the destinies of humanity.
With the passage of time, Shambhala began to be identified in Buddhism with the "Pure Land", in which all true Buddhists strive to be reborn. They began to talk about Shambhala as a place that is located in another reality or in another dimension, accessible only to spiritually developed individuals. The doctrine of the spiritual sphere of Shambhala occupies a central place in Kalachakra. The search for the spiritual sphere of Shambhala (a special quality of the spirit) is the ultimate goal of all followers of the Kalachakra, the essence of which can be grasped only through complex meditative practices, having reached an enlightened state of mind. In the modern retelling of the ancient legends of Asia, it is said that sages live in Shambhala, who keep the knowledge that gives man power over the world. Only a select few can get to Shambhala. Numerous searches for Shambhala did not lead to anything, therefore it is generally accepted that it has now become invisible and moved to another world, but the sages of Shambhala still maintain contact with their chosen representatives of humanity. There is also an ancient Tibetan prophecy, according to which the warriors of Shambhala in the future will come to the aid of humanity and become victors in the last battle between the forces of light and darkness on earth.
The spiritual shambhala of Buddhists at the beginning of the 20th century became widely known in Europe, where this topic was further developed. At the beginning of the last century, scientific ideas about the universe were very different from modern ones: people believed in Atlantis, a hollow earth, theosophical and occult ideas existed on a par with scientific ones (Theosophy is a religious and mystical teaching about the unity of the human soul with deity and about the possibility of direct communication with the other world ...
The dissemination of information about Shambhala was facilitated by the publication in 1914 of "The Roads of Shambhala", written in Xviii century Tashi is the third lama, one of the most respected leaders of the spiritual and political life of Tibet, as well as the publication of reports of the Central Asian expedition of 1925-1932 under the leadership of N. Roerich and his essays "the heart of Asia", "shining shambhala". In his expedition diaries N. Roerich writes about the importance of the concept of shambhala for the peoples of Asia. "This is the place where the earthly world comes into contact with the highest state of consciousness. Shambhala is the most sacred word in Asia." N. K. Roerich, based on information received from Tibetan lamas, speaks of the reality of Shambhala, lost somewhere in the Himalayan mountains, to the north of Kailash. But in N. Roerich's works there was nothing concrete, except for poetic words and vague legends without references to their source.
The aggregate historical evidence makes it possible to conclude that initially the principality or kingdom of Shambhala did not possess any mystical properties, did not stand out in any way among adjacent territories and was preserved in history as the keeper of the Kalachakra comments and the guarantor of the preservation of this Buddhist teaching.
In various written sources, Shambhala is the "Land of the Immortals", "the kingdom of magicians", "the country of great masters", "the secret center of the world", "the oasis of cosmic culture", "the legacy of a vanished civilization", "the hinge of time", "the country of the great white brotherhoods "," the abode of light - a lost paradise on earth "," a world of harmony and perfection, where all human dreams come true "," forbidden territory in the center of the Gobi "," a well-organized community of sages in the heart of Asia. "
Russian scientist - Tibetologist A. and. Klizovsky gave such a universal synthetic definition: “Shambhala is the most sacred word in Asia, in which all the best human expectations and aspirations are embodied.
Shambhala in ancient legends and tales is the holy land of immortals, where physical world unites with the abode of the gods, the world of matter - with the spiritual world, the eternal earth, which cannot be destroyed by either fire or water. It is located on a nectar lake surrounded by eight lotus-like mountains. There people live in happiness and prosperity, there are no poor, diseases and hunger, bread will be born of extraordinary size, a lot of gold, there is no oppression and justice reigns. Plots of this kind are characteristic of all fabulous legends about life in paradise in the remote promised lands (legends about the promised lands, the city of Kitezh, white water, the white island, the sanctuary of the grail.
The original concept of real Shambhala over time was more and more mixed with the mystical. In the publications of the authors of the XX century, superhuman beings appear, directed by an extraterrestrial civilization from the constellation Orion to the earth to Shambhala - to control and accelerate the development of mankind. In the "New Legend" about Shambhala, there are such subjects as: the abode of the mahatmas (creatures "pure in heart" and visible only to the prophets), Himalayan brothers (white brotherhood); the hidden center of the world from where humanity is ruled. Shambhala is associated with the "Treasure of the World" - the chintamani stone - a meteorite with unusually powerful radiation; a center of the highest scientific and technical potential, with devices integrated with the human psyche.
The repetition of the same plots in the myths of peoples significantly distant from each other suggests a conclusion about a single source of this information. Mythical traits " Pure Land"are repeated in the traditions of different cultures and have the same characteristics. At present, the hypothesis about the possible existence in warmer ancient times of the island, which became the prototype of the" Abode of the Gods "-" the land of the living ", whose inhabitants did not know any disease or death, has gained popularity.
In modern times, Tibet has become accessible and the legends, born of its closeness in the recent past, are gradually becoming clearer and are revealing quite real roots of their origin. The legends about Shambhala were also in demand among modern mankind. The understatement and mystery of these myths still awaken interest in reading books on this topic and traveling in search of the legendary country. Perhaps new translations of Tibetan texts or research expeditions in the near future will reveal the secret of earthly Shambhala.
In 1962, the German magazine Vegetarian Universe published a note about the mysterious 716 tablets with letters from Tibet. They were similar to gramophone discs 30cm in diameter and 8mm in thickness with a hole in the center and a double spiral groove. The tablets were carved from granite and contained hieroglyphs on their surfaces.
This secret of Tibet became known in the following way. In 1937-1938. in the Qinghai province on the border of Tibet and China on the Bayan-Kara-Ula ridge, a group of archaeologists explored an inaccessible area. Suddenly they found a rock in which blackened niches, which turned out to be burial places, were blackened. Of the many secrets of Tibet, this mystery stands out. Scientists faced a serious problem when they discovered the remains of buried people, whose height did not exceed 130 centimeters. Their bodies had disproportionately large skulls and slender limbs. Archaeologists could not find a single inscription on the walls of the crypts - only a series of drawings resembling constellations, the Sun and the Moon, connected by dotted dots the size of a pea and mysterious stone discs with incomprehensible hieroglyphs.
Initially, it was assumed that these are burials of extinct species of monkeys, and the discs and drawings belong to a later culture. But this thought was clearly ridiculous. How did the monkeys bury their relatives in strict order? In addition, when the top layer was removed from the discs, it turned out that they contained a high percentage of cobalt and other metals. And when examining the disc on an oscilloscope, a special rhythm of oscillations appeared. This indicated that these disks may have once been "charged" or served as a conductor of electricity. However, the questions did not end there.
In 1962, a partial translation of hieroglyphs from granite discs was carried out. According to the deciphered hieroglyphs, this amazing secret of Tibet had an extraterrestrial origin, since an alien spaceship crashed in the Bayan-Kara-Ula mountains 12 thousand years ago! Here is an excerpt from the translation: “The Drops descended to earth from behind the clouds in their air ships. Ten times, the men, women and children of the local Kham tribe hid in caves until sunrise. Finally they understood: this time the drops came in peace. " It follows from the text that humanoids have more than once arrived in Bayan-Kara-Ula, and their appearance was not always peaceful. However, as one would expect, this story was soon refuted, since the professor who made this discovery allegedly did not exist.
This unsolved mystery received a second life in 1974. Austrian journalist Peter Crassa, who was involved in the mysteries of history associated with aliens from space, once met engineer Ernst Wegerer, who in 1974 visited China with his wife and saw what looked like granite discs.
The Wegerer couple drove through one of the oldest cities in China - the city of Xi'an. There is the Bagno Museum, built on the site of a village where archaeologists have unearthed a Stone Age settlement. While examining the museum's exposition, the guests from Austria suddenly froze when they saw two discs with holes in the middle in a glass window. On their surface, in addition to concentric circles, spiral grooves were seen extending from the center. When asked if it was possible to photograph these exhibits, the woman, the director of the museum, did not mind. However, when asked to tell about the origin of the disks, she reacted with some delay. In her opinion, the items are of cult significance and are made of clay, since only ceramic items are exhibited in the museum. But the discs clearly did not resemble ceramics. Vegerer asked permission to hold them in his hands. The disks turned out to be weighty. According to the engineer, the material from which they were made was a greenish-gray stone and had the hardness of granite. The director did not know how these items got to the museum.
It seems that Russian researchers have found this mystical country
A Russian expedition returned from Tibet, led by a full member of the Russian Geographical Society, Alexander Selvachev. According to legends, somewhere high in the mountains, on the border of China and India, Shambhala is allegedly located - the abode of the gods and the repository of secret knowledge.
The mountain washes away sins
We began our search for Shambhala with mysterious mountain Kailash, - says Alexander Selvachev. - About one and a half billion people - Buddhists, Hindus, Jains and followers of the pagan Bon religion in Tibet itself - consider it the most sacred place on the planet. Supposedly here you can achieve enlightenment and even go to nirvana. The height of the mountain is 6714 meters. At the top of Kailash, the god Shiva himself meditates.
Those who wish to achieve enlightenment should go around the mountain. This is called making Cora. The bark removes sins. The whole road is 56 kilometers. And the pass at an altitude of 5700 meters above sea level.
Buddhists love the swastika sign. At each such figure, one should stop and recite mantras.
For enlightenment and the opportunity to fall into nirvana, 96 Kor is not enough - you have to complete 108. The kora on a full moon is counted as three. Bark in the Year of the Horse - over 13.
Of the members of the expedition, Andrei Chernyshev went to perform Cora.
The sacred route starts near the village of Darchan. And after three kilometers the trodden path disappears. On the rocky plateau, you come across the cemeteries of the mahasiddhas (translated from Sanskrit - the great saints). These are people who have committed Kora 108 times, but did not immediately go to nirvana, but took a vow to help others to pass the Kora and achieve enlightenment.
It is impossible to dig graves in Tibet - rocky soil. Burning the dead - no firewood. Therefore, the corpses are either thrown into the river, or cut into pieces and fed to the mountain eagles. And in "cemeteries" only their clothes, nails, hair are left. Sometimes bones.
How does it feel after Cora?
Here even stones are painted with spells ...
Joyful emptiness in the head. Very pleasant lightness. But, perhaps, there is nothing "divine" in this - oxygen starvation simply makes itself felt.
Enlightenment of dogs
Have you seen miracles on Kailash?
I'm not sure if this can be called a miracle. But ... There are a huge number of dogs in the vicinity of Darchen. On the first day of Cora, one of them followed us. I thought he was hungry. And he threw the sandwich. But the dog showed no interest in food. I went further. The next day, others appeared.
Then in Darchan they explained to me that the dogs are also doing Kora. There are even special people who tie a red ribbon to them like a collar. Such dogs are respected and fed. Tibetans believe in transmigration of souls. Today you are a man, but in the next life you become a dog. But he kept all the old sins. Souls that have taken possession of dogs, in fact, make Kora.
... and the pilgrims go to nirvana.
What's on top?
At the very top of Kailash, none of the mortals has ever been, - continues Alexander Selvachev. - "Why?" - I asked the locals. They answered me: "It is impossible." "And if I do climb?" They shrug their shoulders: "You won't live long" ...
No one is forbidden to climb the neighboring mountain - Gurla-Mandhata, which is a kilometer higher (7694 m); it is a hundred kilometers away, and Kailash is clearly visible from it.
It is believed that the male essence of Shiva lives in Kailash, and the female essence in Gurla-Mandhata.
So you can visit the female essence?
It seems to be possible, but for some reason none of the locals have ever been there. And we went ...
The expedition RATT (Russian adventure & travel team) of the Russian Geographical Society included climbers, geologist, archaeologist, translator and operator. In Tibet, the guys had to split into several groups to inspect all the "suspicious" areas.
Here people fly
In 1833, Hungarian Chema de Keresy, in the magazine of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, spoke about the mythical land of Shambhala and its wonders: people who fly and can go without food for years, about caves in the region of Mount Kailash, in which are hidden scientific achievements previous civilizations. Then the "baton" was picked up by the Russian Elena Petrovna Blavatskaya. Carried away by spiritualism and visiting India, Tibet, China, in 1885 she published the book "The Secret Doctrine", where she talked about five races who allegedly lived in Shambhala at different times. She described this country as a real state, where communities of yogi-mahatmas still live, keeping ancient knowledge.
On the legendary Top of the World, the Nazis tried to find a mythical city - the "underground capital" of the Earth. With her help, the Reich dreamed of gaining power over the entire planet.
The secret materials of the SS expeditions, both received as war trophies by the allies in the anti-Hitler coalition, and continuing to be stored in Germany, still remain with seven seals. The governments of Germany, Great Britain and the United States announced that they are supposed to open the secret files only ... in 2044 - that is, 100 years after the expeditions!
Haushofer's Tibetan Secrets
It is no coincidence that the leaders of the Third Reich paid close attention to the study of the occult practice of the East. Adolf Hitler and his closest associate Rudolf Hess called themselves students of the University of Munich professor Karl Haushofer. This was an amazing, outstanding personality.
At the beginning of the 20th century, he became Germany's military attaché in Japan. There Haushofer was initiated into the most mysterious organization of the East - the Order of the "Green Dragon", then underwent special training in the monasteries of the capital of Tibet - Lhasa. During the First World War, Haushofer quickly made a military career, becoming one of the youngest generals in the Wehrmacht. His colleagues were amazed at the fortunate officer's astonishing foresight in planning and analyzing military operations. Everyone was convinced that clairvoyance was characteristic of the general and that this was the result of his study of the occult practice of the East.
It was Karl Haushofer who not only introduced Hitler and Hess to mystical secrets, but later also opened the doors for the Nazis, located in the deep gorges of the Himalayas, of the monasteries of the ancient religion Bon-po (translated as "Black Way"), which for many hundreds of years did not allow Europeans to visit them.
Largely under the influence of Haushofer, the rituals of Tibetan occultism were introduced into the practice of the "black order" of the SS, primarily associated with the technique of psychophysical training according to the Tibetan yoga system. Nazi symbols, including the swastika, also came to Hitlerite Germany from Tibet.
They were again brought by Haushofer, who back in 1904-1912. repeatedly visited Lhasa in search of ancient manuscripts unknown to European scientists containing esoteric texts on occult cosmogenesis. It was these trips that laid the foundation for future expeditions organized by Himmler to the Himalayas.
At the same time, in some Buddhist monasteries, especially Bon-po monasteries, a desire arose to use the interest of Western politicians for their own purposes. One of the many dark rites still performed by the Bon-po priests was ritual murder. The spirit of the deceased was transferred to a specially made small figurine. She was handed over to the enemy, and he, not suspecting anything, took her away with him. The spirit of the sacrificed person could not find comfort and unleashed its anger on the owner of the figurine, causing incurable diseases and painful death in him.
In the early 1920s, a strange Tibetan monk appeared in Berlin, nicknamed "the man in green gloves" in narrow circles. This Indian, surprisingly exactly three times in advance, notified the public through the press about the number of Nazi deputies who will be held in the elections to the Reichstag. He became famous in the highest Nazi circles and regularly hosted Hitler.
It was rumored that this eastern magician possesses the keys that open the door to the kingdom of Agharti (a secret center in the Himalayas, which is the stronghold of the "Higher Unknowns" on Earth and an astral window of communication with extraterrestrial forces). Later, when the Nazis came to power, Hitler and Himmler did not take a single serious political or military step without consulting a Tibetan astrologer. An interesting fact: it is not known whether the mysterious Hindu had a real name or it was a pseudonym, but his name was Fuhrer!
Mystical ties grow stronger
In 1926, colonies of Tibetans and Hindus who professed Bon-po appeared in Berlin and Munich, and a society of "Green Brothers" was opened in Tibet, akin to the occult society "Thule" in Germany. The Nazis also established the closest relationship with the Tibetan lamas.
Shambhala herb. Plant names
Trigonella foenum-graecum is native to India. But the amazing adaptability of the legume plant allowed it to spread throughout all areas where the subtropical climate reigns. And this happened at the dawn of civilization. V Ancient egypt the plant was part of the ointments for mummification. In ancient Europe, "Greek straw" was fed to cattle. In the Middle Ages, fenugreek received the status of a medicinal plant. In the Arab world, it was used by women to give the figure an attractive roundness. In Pakistan, the plant was called abish, camel grass. In Armenia, the plant is known as the chaman spice. In Ukraine and Moldova, in the south of Russia, a close relative of shambhala grows - blue fenugreek. It is a short plant with leaves like clover. But the spice shambhala with an intense smell on the territory of the former Soviet Union found only in the republics Central Asia- there it is called "mushroom grass". This species is called hay fenugreek. Such a plant with a height of half a meter and with leaves like clover is used in medicine, cooking and cosmetology.
Video Shambhala. Search between the worlds. Secret territories
Secrets of Tibet. Tibet - the place of the gods
The Tibetan group of pyramids is the largest on the globe. Imagine hundreds of pyramids, which are evenly spaced, in strict mathematical dependence on the four cardinal points, near the main pyramid - the sacred Mount Kailash. The height of this mountain is 6714 meters. All other pyramids of Tibet are striking in their variety and shape, their height is from 100 to 1800 meters. For comparison, the height egyptian pyramid Cheops "only" 146 meters. All the pyramids of the world are similar to each other, but only in Tibet, among the pyramids, there are interesting stone structures, which are called "mirrors" because of their flat or concave surface. An old Tibetan legend tells that once upon a time the Sons of the Gods descended from heaven to Earth.
That was a long time ago. The sons possessed the amazing power of the five elements, with the help of which they built a gigantic city. It was in it, according to Eastern religions, that the North Pole was located before the Flood. In many eastern countries Mount Kailash is considered the holiest place on planet Earth. She and the surrounding mountains were built with the powerful force of the five elements: air, water, earth, wind and fire.
In Tibet, this force is considered as the psychic energy of the Universe, as something inaccessible and inaccessible for comprehension by the human mind! And here, at an altitude of 5680 meters, there is the famous "Death Valley", you can only go through it by a sacred road. If you get off the road, you will find yourself in the zone of action of tantric power. And stone mirrors so change the course of time for those people who got there that in a matter of years they turned into old people.
Agharti
Agartha, or Agartha, or Agartha (which is supposedly translated from Sanskrit as "invulnerable", "inaccessible") is a mythical underground country mentioned in esoteric and occult literature. Sometimes it is interpreted as a semblance of Shambhala: "the mystical center of the sacred tradition located in the East."First mentioned in Louis Jacolliot's Sons of God (1873) and in Saint-Yves d'Alveidre's occult treatise India's Mission in Europe (1910). F. Ossendovsky in the book "And animals, and people, and gods" with reference to the stories of Mongolian lamas leads the legend about an underground country that controls the fate of all mankind. Comparing the stories of Ossendowski and Saint-Yves d'Alveidre (in the work "King of the World"), Rene Guenon came to the conclusion that they have a common source - pseudoscientific ideas about the hollow Earth.
The traditional location of Agartha is considered to be Tibet or the Himalayas. The highest initiates, guardians of tradition, true teachers and rulers of the world live in Agartha. It is impossible for the uninitiated to attain Agartha - it becomes available only to a select few. There are legends about underground passages connecting Agartha with the outside world. F. Ossendovsky and N.K. Roerich fantasized about devices serving its inhabitants for fast movement.
Russian Shambhala. Since ancient times, humanity has been looking for the promised land. First Atlantis, the kingdom of John and other places of power, mystery, mysticism, new knowledge. In the 19th century, mankind found a new object for searches - Shambhala.
For the first time, they heard about Shambhala in Europe from the Jesuits in 1627. These monks walked across Asia, telling the inhabitants about Jesus, but they answered that we have a place where the Great Teachers stay - Shambhala and showed the Jesuits to the north. They searched for the mysterious Shambhala in the Himalayas, the Gobi Desert and the Pamirs, but not in Russia ...
Vyacheslav Shishkov, a well-known Siberian explorer and author of the wonderful book "Gloomy River", wrote down many Siberian legends. Here is one of them: “There is such an outlandish country in the world, it is called Belovodye. And in songs it is sung about her, and in fairy tales it tells. In Siberia, it is, for Siberia, or somewhere else. You have to go through the steppes, mountains, the eternal taiga, everything to sunrise, to the sun, to rule your way, and if you have been given happiness from birth, you will see Belovodye yourself.
The lands in it are fat, the rains are warm, the sun is blessed, wheat grows by itself all year round - neither plow nor sow - apples, watermelons, grapes, and graze in the flowery big grass without end, without counting the herd - take it, own it. And this country does not belong to anyone, in it all will, all truth lives from time immemorial, this country is outlandish. "
Modern isotericists claim that it is in Belovodye that the entrance to the mysterious Shambhala is located. Altai shamans guard the peace of Shambhala. Due to the large number of tourists, shamans often have to restore the energy level of this zone.
The famous artist, traveler and seeker of Shambhala, Nicholas Roerich, glorified Mount Belukha and its unique surroundings in his works. But the main goal of any trip to the Altai mountains is still considered to be the path of self-determination.
Watchmen tell about an unusual stone in the valley of the Jarlu river. They called it the Stone of Power for the fact that it has the strongest energy and is gradually increasing in size. The stone has a mystical aura, so shamans perform rituals near it, and yogis have chosen this place for their meditations. The stone depicts an ancient symbol: a circle, and in its center there are three circles. This pattern can be seen on some icons of the early Christian period. In N. Roerich's painting "Madonna of Oriflam", the Holy Virgin holds in her hands a banner with the image of this sign.
But not only Altai attracted the seekers of the mysterious Shambhala. In Russia, there are many legends and traditions about a certain holy land located in Siberia. This place, like the legendary Kitezh, for centuries remains invisible and inaccessible to the forces of Evil. There is a legend that the Grand Duke of Kiev Vladimir in 979 sent people towards Asia, led by the monk Sergius, to seek the Kingdom of White Waters. A few decades later, in 1043, an elder came to Kiev, claiming that he was a monk Sergius and he managed to fulfill the prince's order, having visited the camp of Miracles or, as it was called, the Country of White Waters. He said that all the members of his squad died on the way, and he managed to reach the wonderful country alone. The monk said that when he was left alone, he managed to find a guide who brought Sergius to “ white lake”, The color of which was given by the salt covering all the water. The guide refused to go further, telling the elder about some "guardians of the snowy peaks", whom everyone feared. Sergius had to continue his journey alone. A few days later, two strangers came out to him, speaking in a language unknown to the monk.
