“Gems and wrought gold, never sold – brought for me to behold them; Tales of far magic unrolled – to me only he told them, With the light, ...
Showing posts with label Tibet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tibet. Show all posts
1904 - Tibet's Marriage with Modernity
I recently finished reading Edmund Candler’s The Unveiling of Lhasa (Thomas Nelson, 1905). What follows are my first impressions and refle...
Language & Landscape in West China & Tibet
The Paper Road: Archive and Experience in the Botanical Exploration of West China and Tibet By Erik Mueggler (University of California Pres...
Sex & Death - Tantric Buddhism in Tibet
This exhibition is so good I had to visit it twice. It is a rare treat indeed to see so many truly exquisite Tibetan artworks brought toget...
Betrayal in the High Himalaya - Sikkim & Tibet
I recently attended the launch events of two newly published books relating to the Himalayas. Although the two books focus on different cou...