Exploitation of the Shambhala Legend for Control of Mongolia

[Bekah]

Sorry if this has been sent prior - I checked the archives but may  
have missed it.  (It is similar, same author, as one listed on the  
PynchonWiki)

Exploitation of the Shambhala Legend for Control of Mongolia
http://tinyurl.com/yoqqt5
is
http://www.berzinarchives.com/cms/en/archives/advanced/kalachakra/ 
shambhala/exploitation_shambala_legend_mongolia.html#n15


The Hungarian scholar Alexander Csoma de Köros, writing in 1833,  
provided the first geographic account of "a fabulous country in the  
north...situated between 45' and 50' north latitude".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shambhala
Sounds like somewhere east of Wulumuqi  (Üruüqui)  -
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ürümqi
or
Google maps with the name "Wulumuqi" (China)
Bogda Peak is just east of Üruüqui,  in Tibet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogda_Peak

Wanna go?
http://www.grandworld-tours.net/English/Trekking%20Tour.htm
(check tour #s 7 and 17)

Odessa - see Wulumuqi, China  (look that up in Google maps!  - it's  
there with that name)  or in Wiki under Urumqui

Anyway, this means that a balloon in the east could be nicely visible  
for awhile after dark - if the weather is clear and the balloon is  
high enough up (although it might look like a jumbo Venus after  
awhile - but okay - the Chums apparently  have a big and very  
colorful ship which can ascend pretty high).   But the balloon  
doesn't have get high up as it would have to in Chicago or  
somewhere,  because Shambhala is at the 45º - 50º latitude - More  
like Halifax,  Nova Scotia.   (Might not be an appreciable difference  
there.)

Bekah


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