Theos-Talk Archives (February 1998 Message tt00349)

In a message dated 98-02-23 20:35:20 EST, you write:

<< how can you explain
 the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Pho-Wa in which an adept
 can take over the body (usually a corpse) of another person >>

I've heard of this practice and I can accept the concept of an Adept or high
Yogi taking over a corpse. Here the Aego of the deceased has left the field of
karma for the subjective planes, leaving behind the shell. However, to take
over the body of someone still actively involved in the karmic process of
action and reaction on the physical plane seems to contradict the purpose of
incarnating in the first place.

It was revealed after publication of "The Third Eye" that Lobsang Rampa was in
fact an English plumber named Cyril Henry Hoskins. The explanation given in
"The Rampa Story" is that in 1947 he "transmigrated" into the body of Hoskins
after his own body had been rendered uninhabitable by illness and
mistreatment. Here we have the body of healthy Englisman being taken over by a
lama whose body had become useless. It's interesting to note that Lobsang
Rampa spoke fluent English with a Devonshire accent but couldn't remember a
word of Tibetan.

Lmhem111