When Theos Bernard first arrived in Tibet with a traders' caravan he was welcomed as a God and given unheard-of access to shrines and monasteries, as well as full initiation as a Lama of the Gelugpa sect. He shot over 10,000 ft of film of people, places and secret ceremonies and was given a caravan of 147 yaks loaded with the finest editions of the most important Buddhist scriptures, which he sent back to America. These books now form a precious collection and are divided between Harvard and Yale universities. Theos Bernard became a celebrity scholar and author. Fluent in Tibetan, with a PhD in Oriental Philosophy, he was married twice to two rich heiresses. His adventures were well covered by both the British and American press, for example the "Daily Mail" sent a reporter to Tibet in 1937 to interview him. He was last seen in 1947 en route to a monastery in Ladakh. His friends at the Explorer's Club in New York had three explanations of what happened to him. Some believed he was mistakenly killed by a group of drunken tribesmen. Others that his disappearance was staged to provide a cover for spying on the Russians and Chinese. Still others say that Bernard slipped away when his pack train was attacked and chose to disappear into a life of study and meditation in the monasteries of Tibet. This remarkable book will throw new light on a great traveller, and on his unexplained disappearance.

White Lama: The Life of Tantric Yogi Theos Bernard, Tibet's Lost Emissary to the New World, Douglas Veenhof, Harmony, $27.50

Douglas Veenhof is a former mountain guide and an award-winning journalist. He has been practicing and studying Buddhism and Yoga for nearly forty years.

	Contents: WHITE LAMA: The Life of Tantric Yogi Theos Bernard, Tibet's Lost Emissary to the New World
	Introduction	1
1.	Out of a Clear Sky	7
2.	The Philosopher's Dance	28
3.	The Pageant of India	56
4.	Kalimpong	71
5.	Gyantse	106
6.	Gates of the Forbidden City	138
7.	The Pilgrim's Welcome	152
8.	Living Ritual	178
9.	The Hermit's Blessing	196
10.	The Treasure of Padmasambhava	228
11.	Ambassador of Shangri-La	260
12.	Tibetland	301
13.	Gone to the Other Side	334
	Epilogue	382
	Notes	399
	Acknowledgments	453
	Index	457