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In Secret Tibet
''In Secret Tibet'' ''(In disguise amongst lamas, robbers, and wise men)'' is a travel book by author Theodore Illion, first published in English in 1937.
==Fantastic tales==
In 1934, the author set out to explore Tibet, dyeing his face with iodine and oil to avoid detection in a country that was closed to foreigners at the time. Theodore Illion wrote three books about the country, ''Darkness over Tibet'' was also published in 1937 and ''The Tibetan Art of Healing'' came out in 1975. ''In Secret Tibet'' primarily focuses on the Tibetan people and their thoughts and customs; Illion enthusiastically relates tales of his encounters with nomads, bandits, lamas, and other holy men.
Perhaps the most incredible chapter relays an encounter where Illion observed a miraculous healer help a traveling passerby who had been struck by a falling stone which:
"..tore savagely down his right arm.. tearing away the skin and inflicting a deep flesh wound at least twenty inches in length.
I am unable to say whether (healer ) actually touched the bleeding wound or whether his hand passed over it about an inch from it. Be that as it may, the bleeding stopped instantly."
One remarkable account given in the book is the author's witnessing of a practitioner of lung-gom-pa. These "flying lamas"〔 were supposedly capable of running with a sustained bouncing motion for several days and nights on end. They had previously been witnessed by Alexandra David-Néel, a French explorer visiting the country in 1924.〔(Lung-gom-pa Runners of Tibet )〕 Illion says that he twice observed the lung-gom-pa at close range, describing how:
"..the hands and feet of the lama swung to and fro like a pendulum. The speed at which they progressed was amazing.. ..he was in a state of trance.. ..judging by careful examination of his footprints, the weight of his body must have been diminished to some extent."〔 — "People who imagine that the flying lamas are numerous in Tibet are mistaken."〕
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