| Men and Gods in Mongolia Contributor(s): Haslund, Henning (Author) |
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ISBN: 1939149436 ISBN-13: 9781939149435 Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Body, Mind & Spirit | Shamanism - Travel | Asia - China - Travel | Asia - Far East |
| Dewey: 915.17 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.23 lbs) 358 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - New Age - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Chinese - Cultural Region - East Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1935 by Kegan Paul of London, this rare and unusual book takes us into the virtually unknown world of Mongolia, a country historically cloaked in secrecy which has only recently opened up to the west. Haslund takes us to the lost city of Karakota in the Gobi desert and meets the Bodgo Gegen, a god-king Mongolia similar to the Dalai Lama of Tibet; Dambin Jansang, the dreaded warlord of the Black Gobi. Most incredibly, he writes about the Hi-mori, an "airhorse" that flies through the sky and carries with it the sacred stone of Chintamani. And there is plenty of just plain adventure: camel caravans; initiation into Shamanic societies; reincarnated warlords; and the violent birth of modern Mongolia. This rare and exciting book is now back in print |
