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to wonder how much influence he might ave had upon the impressionable teenage Dalai Lama when he was his tutor in the 1940s. In 1999, both Heinrich Harrer and Hugh Richardson responded to my enquiries about Rampa, his sources and their "exposé" of him. Both were still very opposed to Rampa and his books and elieved that he had copied other authors and invented much of his material. However, Richardson did concede that Rampa had correctly reproduced the Prophecy in The Third Eye from the Waddell original (Lhasa and Its Mysteries), while Harrer wrote that "[a]ll he copied was correct, but not his visions". Criticisms by Richardson, Harrer, Pallis and Snellgrove ensured that The Third Eye and subsequent Rampa books would never be endorsed as authentic autobiographical documents by the Tibetan and Buddhist establishments. But is it so simple to dis- miss the highly detailed accounts of life in Tibet and China? Even Rampa's most stri- dent critics grudgingly acknowledged that much of his information was correct, although they justified this by accusing him of plagiarism. ANTEDILUVIAN CIVILISATIONS The hidden history of Tibet and, indeed, the world, was revealed in great detail by Rampa in such books as The Third Eye (1956), Doctor from Lhasa (1958), Cave of the Ancients (1963), The Hermit (1972), As It Was (1976) and Tibetan Sage (1980). It was engraved in strange symbols upon the wall of a cave beneath the Potala and pre- T. Lobsang Rampa relaxing at home. He reportedly could communicate telepathically with his cats. (Source: http://users.uniserve.com/~dharris/Rampa/Album/photographs.htm) served in hidden repositories throughout Tibet. This history was known only to an elite circle of lamas and abandoned the Earth to its fate. Very few people survived the who had passed through secret stages of initiation. cataclysms on land and sea, as huge tsunamis covered many cities Rampa and his Guide journeyed deep inside the Potala built by the super-race. Hundreds of volcanoes belched lava an mountain, through long caverns and secret doors, until they came —_ poisonous gases, blanketing the sky with black clouds. When the to a strange star chart engraved upon the walls of a cave. His uproar died down and the clouds dispersed, the survivors were Guide pointed to the symbols "of giants and machines so strange horrified to see that the Sun seemed to be receding, and it now as to be utterly beyond my comprehension" (The Third Eye, p. 90) moved from east to west, rather than from west to east as it ha and began a lecture which Rampa transcribed in the chapter "When before. The Moon, which appeared in the sky as a product of the the Earth was Young" of the book Doctor from Lhasa (originally collision, caused huge tides to rise and inundate the coastlines. titled Medical Lama). It was a story of truly epic proportions Eventually the Earth settled down into its new orbit and the covering millions of years. Many aeons ago, the Earth revolved —_ days became twice as long. Ice ages developed, while pockets of much closer to the Sun and in the opposite direction. A twin planet humanity clung to life in various regions of the world. As the revolved nearby. As the days were much shorter, the people centuries passed, they settled down into villages. Once again, seemed to live for hundreds of years; and as the force of gravity civilisation began to develop. Using the records left by the super- was much weaker, people and animals grew to large proportions. race which were now appearing from the crumbling lava rocks, The humans were supervised by a group of benevolent great technological advances were made, cities were built an extraterrestrials, the "Gardeners of the Earth", who swept across vehicles sailed across the skies. the skies in their gleaming vehicles, the "chariots of the gods". Once more, different factions quarrelled and, unfortunately These physical and intellectual giants eventually fought once more, lethal weapons were deployed. Biological and nuclear horrendous wars amongst themselves, causing devastation to the warfare devastated whole races of people. A few wise priests, Earth colony. One group let off a super-bomb which knocked the _ fearing for the future, engraved their history upon golden plates Earth out of its orbit and towards a collision course with the twin _and set up time capsules in a few isolated areas upon the Earth. planet. Before the collision, the supermen forgot their quarrels As they had feared, a new super-weapon was exploded into the and abandoned the Earth to its fate. Very few people survived the cataclysms on land and sea, as huge tsunamis covered many cities built by the super-race. Hundreds of volcanoes belched lava and poisonous gases, blanketing the sky with black clouds. When the uproar died down and the clouds dispersed, the survivors were horrified to see that the Sun seemed to be receding, and it now moved from east to west, rather than from west to east as it had before. The Moon, which appeared in the sky as a product of the collision, caused huge tides to rise and inundate the coastlines. Eventually the Earth settled down into its new orbit and the days became twice as long. Ice ages developed, while pockets of humanity clung to life in various regions of the world. As the centuries passed, they settled down into villages. Once again, civilisation began to develop. Using the records left by the super- race which were now appearing from the crumbling lava rocks, great technological advances were made, cities were built and vehicles sailed across the skies. Once more, different factions quarrelled and, unfortunately once more, lethal weapons were deployed. Biological and nuclear warfare devastated whole races of people. A few wise priests, fearing for the future, engraved their history upon golden plates and set up time capsules in a few isolated areas upon the Earth. As they had feared, a new super-weapon was exploded into the NEXUS = 51 FEBRUARY — MARCH 2006 www.nexusmagazine.com