Mysteries of tibet

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Product Code: CHA0351

Publishing Year: 2008

Pages: 84

Cover Price: $16.00

Author(s): Jason Williams

Artist(s): Some maps and photos by Jason Williams, Dagger drawing by Patrick Crusiau, Lhasa Map on page 60 licensed for use from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Digital Collections and was originally from "Tibet: a geographical, ethnographical, and historical sketch derived from Chinese sources" by W. Woodville Rockhill. From the "Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland” 1891, Photo of kartika on page 30 used with permission from http://www.exoticindiaart.com]], [[All other images licensed from © Jupiterimages A.K.A. Clipart.com

Setting(s): 1890s, 1920s, Modern, Delta Green

Format: MULA Monograph

Table of Contents

• Map of Tibet & Potala Palace photo
• Forward
• Introduction to the Mysteries of Tibet
• History of Tibet
• Call of Cthulhu Version of Tibet – and the Connection to Earth’s Dreamlands
• Fungi from Yuggoth
o Sonic Mi-Go Devices
o Lifting Horns
o Stone Shattering Drums
o Matter Dissolving Horns
• Early History
• Chronology of Events
• Geography of Tibet
• People of Tibet
• Tibetan Aristocracy
• Tibetan Government
• Typical Houses
• Typical Village
• Tibetan Monasteries
• List of Dalai Lamas
• Fighting Monks of the Sera Monastery
• Mani Stones and Chortens
• Tibetan Religious Symbols
• Immured Monks
• Tibetan Monk Spells
o Bliss
o Empty Mind
o Immovability
o Levitation
o Looking Inward
o Restorative Meditation
o Trance Running
o Warmth of Mind
• Tulpa Creation
• Tibetan Book of the Dead
• Bön – Pre-Buddhist Shamanism
• Tibetan Sky Burials – Jhator
• 108 – Sacred Number of Tibetan Buddhism
• Madam Blavatsky Information
• Common Charms purchased from Bön Sorcerers
o Charms against bullets and weapons
o Charms for protection against clawing animals
o Charms against plagues
o Charms against injury by demons
o Charms against dog bites
• Tibetan Mythology and Monsters
o ‘Grol-Ma – the Giant Ogress of Ra-Sa – Manifestation of Shub-Niggurath
o Garuda Bird – Giant Relative of the Byakhee
o Grey Lama – Avatar of Nyarlathotep
o Khandromas/Dakinis
o Yeti – Abominable Snowmen
• Persons of Note
o Thubten Gyatso
o Sir Francis E. Younghusband
o Heinrich Harrer
o Alexandra Davi-Néel
• Famous Expeditions
o Missionaries
o Pundits
o Sven Hedin
o Younghusband Expedition
o Crosby Expedition
o Joseph F. Rock
o 1939 German SS Mission to Tibet
o ST Circus – CIA Operation in Tibet
• Travelling to Tibet
o Modern Travel – Beijing-Tibet Train
o Altitude Sickness
o Yak Wrangling
o Documents, Visas, and Entry Permits
o Caravans
o Tibetan Mastiff
• Weather Conditions
• Villagers and Nomads
o Nomadic and Bandit Tribes
• Tibetan Occupations
• Tibetan Holy Lakes
• Lhasa
• Justice in Tibet
• Tibetan Weapons
• Tibetan Calendar
• Tibetan Festivals
• Tibetan Names
• Tibetan Food
• Tibetan Writing
• Tibetan Words and Phrases
• Tibetan Skills
• Scenario – Legacy of the Guru
• Glossary
• Index
• Bibliography

Front Cover Text

Mysteries of Tibet - A Study of the Religion, People, and Mythology of Tibet

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