Theos-Talk Archives (August 2001 Message tt00083)

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From: Frank Reitemeyer <ringding@blinx.de>
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Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: Theos-World Adepts and churches


> Frank:
> 4.) Read Chapter 7 of Alexandra David-Neel's book "Le sortilege du
> mystere", Paris, Plon 1972 (don't know whether an English transl.
exists, I
> have of course a German ed.), were she describes an adventurous
ceremony by
> a clairvoyant, famous occultist and eager author of books about the
aura and
> astral travels named Larsen and who had entrance to the most
important
> secrets of the universe. Reading this report will make you rofl.
>
> Dennis:
> Mme. David-Neel was a Theosophist, and stayed at Theosophy hostels
> whenever she could.
> I don't read French, so I don't know what that title would translate
> into.
> Dover Publications has two of Mme. D-N's books in print.
> www.doverpublications.com
> INITIATIONS AND INITIATES IN TIBET, and MAGIC AND MYSTERY IN TIBET.
> They are very interesting accounts of her travels in Tibet in the
> early 1900s.
> There is also a biography of Mme. David-Neel, from Shambhala
> Publications, which may be out of print by now.
>
> Frank:
> The title should be something like "Spellbound by the Mysteries". I
did a
> search at amazon.com but did not find any entry on that book, so it
seems if
> there is no English version until now.
> BTW, it would be interesting to know why Mme. David-Neel used the
name
> Larsen as a blind for Leadbeater. Does Larsen sound in anyway
ambiguous in
> French or English?


Dennis:
There is nothing in English that would corespond to Leadbeater except
the first letter. It is news to me that she referred to Leadbeater. I
don't have all her books in English.

Her biography (in English) is ALEXANDRA DAVID-NEEL Portrait of an
Adventurer, by Ruth Middleton, Shambhala 1989, ISBN 0-87773-413-5.

There is no index in that biography, but the Bibliography lists {in
French) 27 titles, including the one you cited above.

It lists Biographies {in French}
Chalon, Jean. Le Lumineux destin d'Alexandra David-Neel. Paris:
Libraire Plon, 1985

Peyronnet, Marie-Madeleine. Dix aus avec Alexandra David-Neel. Paris:
Librairie Plon, 1973.

It lists English Translation titles,

Buddhism, Its Doctrines and Its Methods New York: St. Martin's Press
1978

Initiations and Initiates in Tibet Berkley Shambhala Publications,
1970 (I have it in a Dover reprint)

Magic and Mystery in Tibet. 1932. Reprint. New York: Dover
Publications, 1971

My Journey to Lhasa 1927. Reprint. Boston: Beacon Press, 1986

The Power of Nothingness Boston: Houghton Miffin Co., 1982

The Secret Oral Teachings in Tibetan Buddhist Sects, San Francisco:
City Lights Books, 1967

The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling. Transl. Alexandra David-Neel and
Lama Yongden. 1934. Reprint. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1987.

Dennis