The Mistery of Belicena Villca adjoining Palace as a Winter Residence . He intensely hates the English , whom he considers " representatives of the Demons ”, and has ordered that we be given as much help as possible while we stay in his Country . The second important man is Deb Rajah , who is in charge of the Administration and State affairs , so he must stay in Punakha and put up with the English , whom he hates so much as the Dharma Rajah . Anyway , we have official safe conducts that will allow us to reach Tibet and even move in that country , presenting ourselves as officials and merchants in the service of the Rajah .
– According to what has been said --Von Grossen continued-- we have very little time . We should leave tomorrow if possible . Ernst Schaeffer left Lhasa three weeks ago , following the route to Chamdo , but his progress is slow because he does not want some misunderstanding to spoil his visit to Chang Shambhala : he knows that his movements are permanently watched from the Kampala Tower . His caution becomes more understandable , too , if it ' s considered that he had to stay for a year in Lhasa , in the Palace of the Dalai Lama , until he received the authorization to approach Chang Shambhala : he must still go through the Porche and persuade his Guardians that , indeed , they have the endorsement of the Masters . It is understandable , then , that he tries to avoid mistakes and slowly approaches his infernal destination .
For our part , we must leave as soon as possible because Winter is coming and soon the Himalayan passes will turn into glaciers . However , once in Tibet , we will deviate from the trade route taken by Schaeffer and we will gain time to catch up with him .
Chapter XXII
Karl von Grossen had everything planned to leave immediately when we arrived . However , despite the efforts , the march could not be started until two days later . The day after our arrival I spent it , then , entertained in touring the Monastery and examining the wonderful sculptural work of the Pagoda . There a pleasant event occurred to me that , surprisingly , has affected you , neffe Arturo , more than forty years later ...
As I entered the nave of the carved cyclopean rock , I was suddenly surrounded by a group of Kâulika monks . Until then they had been chanting a mantram in front of a gigantic statue of Shiva dancing over the Dragon Yah : upon noticing my presence they gradually silenced their bijas and then , like the Arabs who kidnapped me in Cairo , they rushed as bewitched beside me . But then I was forewarned for long years I had passed in the Ordensburgs and in the Black Order under the instruction of Konrad Tarstein to ignore what happened to those Initiates . It was the Sign of the Origin , the invisible Sign for me that in the Kâulikas caused the charismatic effect of elevating them spiritually towards the Origin of Itself : that is why they wanted to be near me , to contemplate me , to sustain the perception of the Uncreated . They wanted nothing more than that and that is why I remained immutable in the place , while those Initiates were absent from the unreality of the World and they accessed the Reality of the Spirit .
Thus we remained for a while , in absolute silence : a new court of statues for that gelid pantheon . I understood their language and had tried talking to them , but it was useless because in their mystical state they considered almost a sacrilege to speak to me . After a reasonable time I began to think the way to get rid of them , when I noticed approaching , unusually smiling , the Guru Visaraga . All the monks turned away in his wake and he , taking me by the left arm , got me out of such a difficult situation . Slowly he led me to the courtyard , followed at a regular distance by the hallucinated monks .
In the courtyard were waiting the sadhakas we saw the night before , each supporting the rein of a huge mastiff . They wore a leash around their necks , without a muzzle , from which the aforementioned rein was held , and yet they uttered not a bark : mute , silent as the monks around me , those terrible dogs watched me without blinking . Then the Guru Visaraga spoke . And his words still echo in my ears with strange clarity . – Oh Djowo : You are for us a Shivatulku , that is , a manifestation of Shiva . These dogs that you see here are a gift from our community for whom so clearly exhibits the Sign of Bhairava : the female is called " Kula ", and the male " Akula ".
It was the last gift I had expected to receive from the Kâulikas . I was going to protest but the
Guru allowed no reply : – Vielen dank ! I said only . – Your companion Von Grossen , who shared several months our table , has entrusted us that you
SS Initiates are capable of stopping an enraged mastiff by means of a cry . I nodded : – Indeed --I said-- . Every SS Initiate must demonstrate that he is capable of imposing the Lordship of the Spirit over all the animal creatures of the Earth , as wild as they are .
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