Secrets of the Silk Road : Finding the Lost Sacred Books of the Gobi

by Andrews, Larry

• ISBN13: 9780976763123
• ISBN10: 0976763125
• Edition: Illus.
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-01
• Publisher: St Lynns Pr

Summary

Along this captivating journey, Larry Andrews encounters a strange amulet, Hindu holy men, Buddhist monks, ancient sacred books and a hidden monastery at the edge of the Gobi Desert. A series of bizarre clues ultimately leads the author to the desert where he undergoes an intense period of spiritual reconditioning, returning home a changed man-a happy man-and a man with the sacred books and diaries of his incredible adventure in Central Asia. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Before	p. xv
In the Footsteps of Pilgrims
The Stranger	p. 3
Bodh Gaya	p. 17
The First Door	p. 31
Samarkand	p. 47
The Secret Face of Islam	p. 59
Gilgamesh	p. 65
Whoever Enters Never Returns
The Beginnings	p. 83
On the Nature of Truth	p. 93
The Moment Between the Winds	p. 99
Culling the Past and Beckoning the Future	p. 105
The Fortress of the Guardians	p. 115
The Two Sentinels	p. 123
An Ultimatum	p. 129
The Leap of No Return	p. 137
The Eight Precious Jewels
The Supreme Lie	p. 145
The Science of the Shaman	p. 153
Choosing Reality	p. 161
The Form of Life	p. 169
The Jewels of Redemption	p. 177
The Nature of Power
The Desert Wanderer	p. 191
Soham	p. 203
The Fundamental Harmonic	p. 209
The Shield of Power	p. 217
The End of the Beginnings	p. 227
The Stance of Innocence	p. 231
After	p. 239
Glossary
Acknowledgements
About the Author
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