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1、FOREWORDThisisabookabouttheOccult,andaboutthepowersofMan.Itisasimplebookinthatthereareno“foreignwords,”noSanskrit,nothingofdeadlanguages.TheaveragepersonwantstoKNOWthings,doesnotwanttoguessatwordswhichtheaverageAuthordoesnotunderstandeither!IfanAuthorknowshis
2、jobhecanwriteinEnglishwithouthavingtodisguiselackofknowledgebyuseofaforeignlanguage.Toomanypeoplegetcaughtupinmumbojumbo.ThelawsofLifearesimpleindeed;thereisnoneedatalltodressthemupwithmysticcultsorpseudoreligions.Noristhereneedforanyonetoclaim“divinerevelati
3、ons.”ANYONEcanhavethesame“revelations”iftheyworkforit.NoonereligionholdstheKeysofHeaven,norwillonebeforeverdamnedbecauseheentersachurchwithhishatoninsteadofhisshoesoff.InTibetlamaseryentrancesbeartheinscription“Athousandmonks,athousandreligions.”Believewhatyo
4、uwill,ifitembraces“doasyouwouldbedoneby”youwillGETbywhenthefinalCallcomes.SomesaythatInnerKnowledgecanonlybeobtainedbyjoiningthiscultorthatcult,andpayingasubstantialsubscriptiontoo.TheLawsofLifesay,‘Seek,andyoushallfind.’Thisbookisthefruitofalonglife,training
5、culledfromthegreaterLamaseriesofTibetandfrompowerswhichweregainedbyaverycloseadherencetotheLaws.Thisisknow-ledgetaughtbytheAncientsofold,andiswritteninthePyramidsofEgypt,intheHighTemplesoftheAndes,andthegreatestrepositoryofOccultknowledgeintheworld,theHighlan
6、dsofTibet.T.LOBSANGRAMPACHAPTERONETheeveningwaswarm,deliciously,unusuallywarmforthctimeoftheyear.Gentlyrisingonthewindlessair,thesweetscentofincensegavetranquilitytoourmood.FarawaythesunwassettinginablazeofglorybehindthehighpeaksoftheHimalayas,tintingthesnow-
7、cladmountaintopsabloodredasifinwarningofthebloodWhichwoulddrenchTibetinthedaystocome.LengtheningshadowscreptslowlytowardsthcCityofLhasafromthetwinpeaksofthePotalaandourownChakpori.Belowus,totheright,abelatedcaravanoftradersfromIndiawendedtheirwaytothePargoKal
8、ing,orWesternGate.ThelastofthedevoutpilgrimshurriedwithunseemlyhasteontheircircuitoftheLingkorRoad,asifafraidofbeingovertakenbythevelvetdarknessofthefastapproachingnight.TheKyiChu,orHappy
