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A mystery novel, involving sorcery and black magic,
This review is from: The devil's guard (Avon) (Paperback)
Supernatural adventure novel set in Tibet. Jimgrim, Ramsden, Chullunder Ghose and Narayan Singh battle the Black Circle, an organization of evil Tibetan adepts. Published later in Britain as Ramsden. This book introduces the White Lodge/Black Lodge theme. Mark Frost used it in Twin Peaks, and it seems to me that it may also have influenced Lucas' Jedi/Sith concept. I know Lucas read quite a few of the pulps, but I have never seen any mention of Mundy in the list of works he drew upon for Star Wars. Talbot Mundy's The Devil's Guard ia a bit old-fashioned, but this is more than what it seems at first. It starts out as a more or less straightforward British-chaps-in-Asia adventure, with two fellows going off to rescue an erstwhile companion, but it turns into a spiritual adventure into deepest Tibet. (And anyone who watched second-season "Twin Peaks"--this is where the "White Lodge" really comes from...)
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If you want to know how this relates to Twin Peaks, read this...,
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This review is from: The Devil's Guard (Hardcover)
There isn't much in this book that is strictly Twin Peaks, but some interesting points. In the book, The White Lodge is related to electricity as a metaphor. Like electricity was invisible until it was discovered, as is the White Lodge and it can be anywhere. Plus, the book makes a point the Black Lodge is easier to get into than the White Lodge. There is also talk about spirits who eat souls. I found the electricity stuff the most amusing since it plays a big role in Fire Walk With Me.
Other than that, it takes place in Tibet. The lodge references don't occur until the chapter on the Dugpas and after. The Black Lodge isn't referenced very much since the characters are seeking the White Lodge. I can see the philosophy of this book influenced the creators of Twin Peaks, but now that I explained the points to you, you don't really need to buy the book for a few pages of descriptions. The lodges don't do much in the book except are talked about and nothing else relates much to Twin Peaks. I will also note that Crowley used the terms White and Black Brotherhoods and their respective lodges and cults before this novel. I think that is where this author got that from. Crowley could be just as much as an influence on Twin Peaks than anything else! Especially a book like Moonchild. Lynch is also a fan of Captain Beefheart, so he could have gotten the "electricity" thing from their song of the same name. But Crowley wrote in depth about the Black and White Lodges. I would recommend Moonchild over this book, since this is more pulp being an adventure book. The story in the Devil's Guard is ok, not great. Probably why it's never been republished very often! :) If you like Indiana Jones type stuff, it may be right up your alley.
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