The Third Eye: Encyclopedia II - The Third Eye - Plot

The Third Eye - Plot

The Third Eye's story begins in Tibet during the reign of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. Tuesday Lobsang Rampa, the son of a Lhasa aristocrat, takes up theological studies and is soon recognised for his prodigious abilities. As he enters adolescence, the young Rampa undertakes increasingly challenging feats until he is recognised as a crucial asset to the future of an independent Tibet. Tibet's Lamas had foretold a future in which China would attempt to reassert its authority, and Rampa is operated upon to help him preserve his country: a third eye is drilled in his forehead, allowing him to see human auras and to determine peoples' hidden motivations.

With his third eye, Rampa could then serve as an aide in the Dalai Lama's court as a spy on visitors to the court as they were being received. The visitors upon whom Rampa spies include Sir Charles Alfred Bell, deemed by Rampa as naive but benevolent. In contrast, Rampa is certain that Chinese visitors are essentially nefarious and are soon to attempt to bring conquest and destruction to Tibet. Tibet must then prepare for an invasion, with Rampa serving as an agent in the fashion of a James Bond secret agent story. Rampa has many more adventures throughout the book and its two sequels, The Doctor from Lhasa and The Rampa Story.

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