Tibetan tale 

Tibetan Tale of Love and Magic is essentially the life story of a Tibetan highwayman around the beginning of this century, which he told to Alexandra David-Neel, prompted by the peculiar circumstances of their meeting. Garab, the here, was not only an almost archetypal highwayman. but was involved in a very extraordinary and passionate love affair with a beautiful young woman whom he believed to be an incarnate demon. Their adventures took them right acme: Tibet through the wildest and most inaccessible regions and brought them into contact with some terrible but fascinating Tibetan magicians, who were trying to achieve immortality by extracting the vital energy of others by sacrificing their victims in the proceed. Their extraordinary secret practices were unknown not only in Europe but also to most initiates in hast. Although written innovel form, as the author explain ' in her preface. this is ‘a true story which have been lived‘, Her straightforward reportage is both factual and fantastic and synonymous with the Tibetan magic. 

True Story Told in Novel Form, the life story of a Tibetan highwayman around the beginning of the twentieth century. - from Amzon 

Paperback
Publisher: Rupa & Co. (India); 3rd edition (2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 8171673384
ISBN-13: 978-8171673384
Package Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches