Him out of himself." This enabled me to take over. On the 13th of June 1949, he had a slight accidept which resulted in consussion and which "knocked "To make the change-over easier he altered his address a number of times and lost contact with all friendsĪnd relations. In February, 1946, he changed his name by legal Deed Poll. In the latter part of 1947, I was able to by telepathy send impressions to a I know that I have a special task to do, and I became aware that it would be necessary to come to England for "The actual change-over occurred on the 13th of June, 1949, but the way had to be prepared some time before He gave his willing consent, being glad to escape from life on this earth in view of my urgent need. What was originally the body of a Western man, and I occupy it to the permanent and total exclusion of the former "THE THIRD EYE is absolutely true and all that write in that book is fact. The spirit of a Tibetan lama had, however entered his body, under unusualĬircumstances. No - he had indeed never been to Tibet, in his present body. Lobsang Rampa 's side of the story was revealed. The reason was soon to come in the furore over the book which took place in London when some Tibetan scholarsĬhallenged the authenticity of Rampa and averred he was not a Tibetan and had never been to Tibet. Help wondering how an Easterner could have mastered the English language so vivaciously. We read the book from cover to cover one night, every bit as fascinated as everybody else.
THE THIRD EYE, by Tuesday Lobsang Rampa was not only a recounting of his initiations and monastaryĭoings, but it also proved to be a highly lively account of everyday Tibetan life. Neophyte to lamahood, and had eventually attained a certain occult faculty which comprised the title of the book. The book was autobiographic and told the strange and inspiring story of a Tibetan monk who had progressed from Imagination of two nations as the general public read the most fascinating book on Tibet ever published. Neverĭid they, nor Doubleday and Company the New York publishers, forsee that the book would suddenly capture the "In 1956, London publishers Secker and Warburg brought out what they thought was a very good occult book.