THE SACRED MOUNTAIN Travellers and Pilgrims at Mount Kailas in Western Tibet, and the Great Universal Symbol of the Sacred Mountain. JOHN SNELLING EAST WEST PUBLICATIONS 1983 1st Edition. 24 x 16 cm. xii + 241 pp + b/w photo plates. Map endpapers. HB/DJ Although now inaccessible to Western travellers, Mount Kailas remains supremely fascinating. For this 22,000 foot mountain, lying on the far side of the main Himalayan range in a remote region of Tibet, is arguably the most sacred in all Asia. It was venerated by the faithful of four great religions (Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Bon-po) and many ardent pilgrims made the long and hazardous pilgrimage to it, the consummation of which was a 32-mile circumambulation along a route replete with monasteries and sites of profound religious significance. Westerners came here too: travellers, explorers, adventurers, priests, sportsmen, scholars, political officers — even a journalist. But only a handful, for not only was Mount Kailas remote and inaccessible, but the Tibetan authorities maintained a strict ban on the entry of all Europeans to their land. Many who ventured to the sacred mountain thus did so furtively, sometimes disguised as Hindu holy men. All met with high adventure. One came unpleasantly unstuck, John Snelling has examined all the narratives of the Western visitors to Mount Kailas, and in so doing has compiled what amounts to a chronicle of the exploration of this part of Tibet. But the religious aspect preoccupies him strongly as well. Why should this uncannily symmetrical peak exert the deep influence upon the spiritual heart of man it clearly does? The author thoroughly explores the dense accumulation of , mythological and religious connotation attached to Mount Kailas in his search for an answer. He also ranges more widely afield and considers some of the world's other sacred mountains. Finally, he attempts to cast some light on the great mystery that the sacred mountain enshrines. But this is not the place to read about Mount Kailas. It deserves the full, rich, entertaining and profound examination that John Snelling has given it in these pages. This is a book for every armchair traveller and for everyone fascinated by the East, its religions, its mystic insights and its staggering physical beauty. Richly illustrated with maps, rare photographs and line drawings, Tfu Sacred Mountain does full justice to its subject.

THE SACRED MOUNTAIN
Travellers and Pilgrims at Mount Kailas in
Western Tibet, and the Great Universal
Symbol of the Sacred Mountain.

JOHN SNELLING

EAST WEST PUBLICATIONS
1983

First Edition.
Although now inaccessible to Western travellers, Mount Kailas remains supremely fascinating. For this 22,000 foot mountain, lying on the far side of the main Himalayan range in a remote region of Tibet, is arguably the most sacred in all Asia. It was venerated by the faithful of four great religions (Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Bon-po) and many ardent pilgrims made the long and hazardous pilgrimage to it, the consummation of which was a 32-mile circumambulation along a route replete with monasteries and sites of profound religious significance.
Westerners came here too: travellers, explorers, adventurers, priests, sportsmen, scholars, political officers — even a journalist. But only a handful, for not only was Mount Kailas remote and inaccessible, but the Tibetan authorities maintained a strict ban on the entry of all Europeans to their land. Many who ventured to the sacred mountain thus did so furtively, sometimes disguised as Hindu holy men. All met with high adventure. One came unpleasantly unstuck,
John Snelling has examined all the narratives of the Western visitors to Mount Kailas, and in so doing has compiled what amounts to a chronicle of the exploration of this part of Tibet.
But the religious aspect preoccupies him strongly as well. Why should this uncannily symmetrical peak exert the deep influence upon the spiritual heart of man it clearly does? The author thoroughly explores the dense accumulation of , mythological and religious connotation attached to Mount Kailas in his search for an answer. He also ranges more widely afield and considers some of the world's other sacred mountains. Finally, he attempts to cast some light on the great mystery that the sacred mountain enshrines.
But this is not the place to read about Mount Kailas. It deserves the full, rich, entertaining and profound examination that John Snelling has given it in these pages.
This is a book for every armchair traveller and for everyone fascinated by the East, its religions, its mystic insights and its staggering physical beauty.
Richly illustrated with maps, rare photographs and line drawings, Tfu Sacred Mountain does full justice to its subject.

24 x 16 cm. xii + 241 pp + b/w photo plates. Map endpapers.

Very good + condition, dust jacket faded on the spine and slightly worn along the top edge. Hint of spotting to page edges, otherwise clean and tidy, binding sound.





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