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So speaks a character in Two Strange Tales, a pair of novellas in which Westerners are caught up in the uncanny realm of Eastern religion and magic. In "Nights at Serampore," three European scholars, traveling deep in the forests of Bengal, are inexplicably cast into another time and space where they witness the violent murder of a young Hindu wife. In "The Secret of Dr. Honigberger," a respectable Rumanian physician vanishes without a trace after experimenting with yogic techniques in his quest for the legendary invisible world called Shambhala.… (altro)
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These tales, "Nights at Serampore" and "The Secret of Dr. Honigberger," were originally written in 1939-40. Each describes incidents that ultimately everyone not involved in them denies as possible. Yoga and mysticism are involved. The introduction, by the author, who I know of because of his nonfiction work on world religions, explains how these stories came to be translated and where they fit in his many and varied works and how they are really representative of them.
A quote: I have always divided people into two categories: those who understand death as an end to life and the body, and those who conceive it as the beginning of a new, spiritual existence. And I never form an opinion of any man I meet until I have learned his honest belief about death. Otherwise I might be deceived by high intelligence and dazzling charm. [p. 66] ( )
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It may seem presumptuous for an author to write an introduction to the translation of one of his older books, but I do not see how I can otherwise avoid some misunderstanding. [Introduction, p. vii]
Never shall I forget the nights which I spent in the company of Bogdanof and Van Manen in the environs of Calcutta, at Serampore and Titagarh. ["Nights at Serampore," p. 3]
One morning in the autumn of 1934 a messenger brought me a very strange letter, and said that he was to wait for an immediate reply. ["The Secret of Dr. Honigberger," p. 63]
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I am grateful to Professor Coates that, thanks to his enthusiasm, I have had the opportunity to touch on an aspect of my writing which for a long time I have almost kept as a secret. [Intrduction, p. xiii]
When I woke up, the next day, in my kutiar, the sun was high in the sky, and the green waters of the Ganges seemed to me gentle beyond words, incomparably clear and soothing. ["Nights at Serampore," p. 60]
And he continued on his way, without looking around. He walked slowly, like a child whose only worry is that he can't find any of his playmates. ["The Secret of Dr. Honigberger," p. 130]
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this book contains two short stories: "Nights at Serampore" and "The Secret of Dr. Honigberger," both translated into English. The original stories are "Nopti la Serampore" and "Secretul doctorului Honigberger."
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So speaks a character in Two Strange Tales, a pair of novellas in which Westerners are caught up in the uncanny realm of Eastern religion and magic. In "Nights at Serampore," three European scholars, traveling deep in the forests of Bengal, are inexplicably cast into another time and space where they witness the violent murder of a young Hindu wife. In "The Secret of Dr. Honigberger," a respectable Rumanian physician vanishes without a trace after experimenting with yogic techniques in his quest for the legendary invisible world called Shambhala.
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I have always divided people into two categories: those who understand death as an end to life and the body, and those who conceive it as the beginning of a new, spiritual existence. And I never form an opinion of any man I meet until I have learned his honest belief about death. Otherwise I might be deceived by high intelligence and dazzling charm. [p. 66] (