Thursday, November 18, 2010
SIR FRANCIS YOUNGHUSBAND
Sir Francis Younghusband was the one responsible in part for the opening up of Tibet in modern times....which was part of 'THE GREAT GAME' when nations competed to control or colonize nations....and he was the one that the late Gurdjieff 'discussed' in some of his writings in which he never 'forgave' the deaths of some in Tibet and especially a special LAMA by the troops led by Younghusband during the invasion of Tibet and also the effect it had on the DALAI LAMA, no doubt, which influences are still operating in this 21st century...... Younghusband, like many eccentric British Officers and military men, had a fascination for India and certain mystical practices and wrote the book,MODERN MYSTICS and a few others.....Like Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, and J>F.C. Fuller...who also involved themselves in various occult and esoteric groups and activities,which are interesting to read about if one has the time and can obtain their books,etc.
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Of course, the players in the GREAT GAME, the British & the Russians and also the Germans and a few others 'opened up' TIBET which was also influenced by China and India and Mongolia,etc. with China now in control of what it often considered part of its empire. This history along with other Central Asian histories is little understood by most US citizens for obvious reasons, save for a few who have taken a different look now and then.
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