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...born of Greek parents in Alexandropol, Russia in 1872. But Alexandropol was too confining. Young Gurdjieff ranged into Persia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Tibet. On these journeys, Gurdjieff sat at the feet of fakirs, dervishes, "holy men" and temple dancers, sopping up unwritten lore. By 1915 he was creating a minor stir in Moscow with an oriental ballet troupe and proclaiming himself master of a "system" of "esoteric knowledge...
After the first report, the legend of the Snowmen was unheard of for nearly 16 years. Then another roving Englishman found the tracks of a barefooted "man," high in the valley of the upper Salween, the "Black River of Tibet." Soon afterward another high-altitude Himalayan traveler came across a similar line of tracks. He persuaded his sulky porters to follow them in the direction the toes pointed. Even the terrified Tibetans felt fairly safe: they knew that if a man followed an Abominable Snowman's tracks with the toes pointing forward, he was only going where the Snowman...
When Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, Stagg was in Leh, the ancient capital of Tibet. He quickly went to London to join his regiment, the "Devil's Own" (Inns of Court) Squadron, which was recruited chiefly among lawyers, but he was too old for active service. The Foreign Office sent him instead to Havana as Honorary Attache, under Sir George Ogilvie-Forbes. He was in Cuba for a year and spent the rest of the war in Bogata, assigned to "confidential operations...
...monastery. Several priests have travelled far into the Orient to give medical and spiritual help. Father Morse, for instance, served in China until he was forced to leave to two times; once by the Japanese, and again by the Chinese Communists. At present, he lives on the Indian-Tibet border, offering his life and knowledge to the people in that area. In Japan, the three Japanese fathers took, in refugees during the last war and helped to provide food and clothing to the homeless. Bishop Spence Burton '03 is serving in Nassau...
Although the worried Indian army is strengthening its own frontier posts, Prime Minister Nehru is determined not to be worried by this growing Red threat on his back porch. His official stand: since Red China has promised to respect India's "cultural, commercial and political interests" in Tibet, there is nothing to be alarmed about...