Shambhala: The Fascinating Truth Behind the Myth of Shangri-La

by Victoria LePage

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 083560750X
• ISBN13: 9780835607506
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Quest Books (IL)
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Probably the best overview of the Shambala myth yet

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.

This book is for serious seekers of the truth of Shambhala

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.