Initiations and initiates in Tibet – An eye-witness account of Tibetan ritual and magic practice –

“… Alexandra David-Neel’s extraordinary book … was the first – and remains one of the few – accounts of the initiatory practices of Tibetan Buddhism. She herself lived for over 20 years in Lhasa and witnessed magical practices which have no counterpart in the West and which even today are almost beyond belief. In addition, the author writes authoritatively on the meditational techniques and intellectual hierarchy of the Lama priesthood.

The late Alexandra David-Neel was a disciple of a Great Abbot of the  Monastry of the White Conch in Tibet. She died in 1969 aged 102.”