LEADER 04571nam 2200685 450 001 9910459704403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-53037-4 024 7 $a10.7312/hack15886 035 $a(CKB)3710000000274903 035 $a(EBL)895176 035 $a(OCoLC)823248416 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000804217 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11464888 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000804217 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10814279 035 $a(PQKB)10269606 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000087894 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC895176 035 $a(DE-B1597)458917 035 $a(OCoLC)818854315 035 $a(OCoLC)979683183 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231530378 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL895176 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10956747 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL684304 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6803135 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6803135 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000274903 100 $a20141028h20122012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTheos Bernard, the white lama $eTibet, yoga, and American religious life /$fPaul G. Hackett 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d2012. 210 4$dİ2012 215 $a1 online resource (519 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-15886-6 311 $a0-231-15887-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgment -- $tOne. Life in the Desert -- $tTwo. New York and New Mexico -- $tThree. Two Parallel Paths (I) -- $tFour. Two Parallel Paths (II) -- $tFive. On Holy Ground -- $tSix. Pretense and Pretext -- $tSeven. A Well-Trodden Path -- $tEight. Tibet, Tantrikas, and the Hero of Chaksam Ferry -- $tNine. "The Clipper Ship of the Imagination" -- $tTen. Yoga on Fifth Avenue -- $tEleven. Tibetland and the Penthouse of the Gods -- $tTwelve. To Climb the Highest Mountains -- $tThirteen. The Aftermath -- $tFourteen. Postscript: The View from Ki, Sixty Years Later -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 1937, Theos Casimir Bernard (1908-1947), the self-proclaimed "White Lama," became the third American in history to reach Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet. During his stay, he amassed the largest collection of Tibetan texts, art, and artifacts in the Western hemisphere at that time. He also documented, in both still photography and 16mm film, the age-old civilization of Tibet on the eve of its destruction by Chinese Communists. Based on thousands of primary sources and rare archival materials, Theos Bernard, the White Lama recounts the real story behind the purported adventures of this iconic figure and his role in the growth of America's religious counterculture. Over the course of his brief life, Bernard met, associated, and corresponded with the major social, political, and cultural leaders of his day, from the Regent and high politicians of Tibet to saints, scholars, and diplomats of British India, from Charles Lindbergh and Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Gandhi and Nehru. Although hailed as a brilliant pioneer by the media, Bernard also had his flaws. He was an entrepreneur propelled by grandiose schemes, a handsome man who shamelessly used his looks to bounce from rich wife to rich wife in support of his activities, and a master manipulator who concocted his own interpretation of Eastern wisdom to suit his ends. Bernard had a bright future before him, but disappeared in India during the communal violence of the 1947 Partition, never to be seen again.Through diaries, interviews, and previously unstudied documents, Paul G. Hackett shares Bernard's compelling life story, along with his efforts to awaken America's religious counterculture to the unfolding events in India, the Himalayas, and Tibet. Hackett concludes with a detailed geographical and cultural trace of Bernard's Indian and Tibetan journeys, which shed rare light on the explorer's mysterious disappearance. 606 $aYogis$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aScholars$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$xReligion$y1901-1945 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aYogis 615 0$aScholars 676 $a294.3/923092 700 $aHackett$b Paul G.$0116436 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459704403321 996 $aTheos Bernard, the white lama$92480333 997 $aUNINA