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The Third Eye Of Dr. Lobsang Rampa (opens the original)
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Bunkum & Ballyhoo enters the word of 20th century mysticism, with the 1956 release of The Third Eye , the immensely successful autobiography of the Tibetan Lama, T. Lobsang Rampa, giving an unprecedented look at the customs, culture, and ritual practices of a land almost inaccessible to the west, and with a storied reputation for the mystical and magical. But this is Bunkum & Ballyhoo, so not all is as it seems. Who was Lobsang Rampa, really? What part did an owl have to play in all of this, and
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