WITH MYSTICS
AND MAGICIANS
IN TIBETALEXANDRA
DAVID-NEELWith an Introduction by
Dr. A. D'ARSONVAL
PENGUIN BOOKS
London
English edition, first published 1931 First published in Penguin Books 1936 Reprinted March 1937 Reprinted September 1937 MADE AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN FOR PENGUIN BOOKS LIMITED
BY FURNELL AND SONS, LTD., PAULTRON (SOMERSET) AND LONDON
CONTENTS
PAGE Introduction by Dr. A. D'Arsonval v Author's Preface vii CHAPTER I. Tibet and the Lamas 9 II. A Guest of the Lamas 50 III. A Famous Tibetan Monastery 88 IV. Dealing with Ghosts and Demons 124 V. Disciples of Yore and their Contemporary Emulators 155 VI. Psychic Sports 183 VII. Mystic Theories and Spiritual Training 221 VIII. Psychic Phenomena in Tibet - How Tibetans Explain Them 261