For thousands of years, stories have been told about an inaccessible garden paradise hidden among the icy peaks and secluded valleys of the Himalayas. Called by some Shangri-la, this mythical kingdom, where the pure at heart live forever among jewel lakes, wish-fulfilling trees, and speaking stones, has fired the imagination of both actual explorers and mystical travelers to the inner realms. In this fascinating look behind the myth, Victoria LePage traces the links between this legendary Utopia and the mythologies of the world. Shambhala, LePage argues persuasively, is "real" and may be becoming more so as human beings as a species learn increasingly to perceive dimensions of reality that have been concealed for millennia.
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22 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
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This book is for serious seekers of the truth of Shambhala,
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There are no coincidences in life. I believe that all we read, we read for a purpose of which we are generally not aware and messages to us are interlaced within. The question becomes, 'Do we recognize the messages?' And if you are blessed with the 'coincidences' that I have experienced in leading up to this book, or decipher the messages there for you, it's rewards can propel you far in your pursuit of the understanding of life and your place in it. As the title suggests, the book is fascinating. And if you believe in or have a fascination with Eastern philosophy and/or religion, this book will heighten that fascination. For me it has been an amazing personal and life-altering journey. This isn't to say that everyone will experience the same. But I can only hope that all who read it have a comparable experience. Shambhala does indeed exist and the sooner 'society' realizes it, the sooner we can all change the disasterous course that the world seems headed towards.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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Probably the best overview of the Shambala myth yet,
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This review is from: Shambhala: The Fascinating Truth behind the Myth of Shangri-la (Paperback)
The author has taken a great deal of trouble to research out what myths lie behind Shambala, and to point in some very interesting directions. However, do not confuse this book as having anything to do with the book by Chogyam Trungpa with a similar title.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Everything is (too) Relative,
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This review is from: Shambhala: The Fascinating Truth behind the Myth of Shangri-la (Paperback)
"Shambhala" is great fodder for fantasy, and provides an interesting overview of the many, many religious and folk myths about this hidden kingdom, but it does not provide much real analysis of the empirical evidence. Critical thinkers will soon be skimming to the end and pursing the index before hanging on every word of the text. LePage methodically identifies each and every sociological, religious, spiritual, etc. thread that could relate to Shambalha, but assumes, without much support, that every other mythical kingdom somehow relates to Shambhala, sort of like Joseph Campbell, but with less reason. Fun for fantasy and speculation, but not enough to sustain a spiritual diet.
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