A Story Waiting to Pierce You by Peter Kingsley

59).” Sonam Gyatso was recognized by Altan Khan as a tulku and “became the first Tibetan to receive the Mongolian title “Dalai Lama.” (p. Altan Khan was recognized “as the reincarnation of Kublai Khan, belonging in an unbroken line extending back to Genghis Khan himself (p. He takes us back to June 19th, 1578, when the Mongol ruler Altan Khan met with the Tibetan Buddhist monk, Sonam Gyatso. Those of us who are familiar with the concept of the tulku will find Kingsley’s scholarly approach somewhat shocking, since he doesn’t pull any punches.

Kingsley argues, based on the extant texts, that the philosopher Parmenides was also a tulku, an incarnation of Apollo. The symbols of the Greek god Apollo were his bow and golden arrows. He did this by giving Pythagoras the golden arrow which he carried in his hand. 41).” Kingsley claims that the Mongolian shaman Abaris traveled to ancient Greece and recognized Pythagoras as an incarnation of the god Apollo. The word tulku in Mongolian and Tibetan tradition was used “for identifying a great being who out of compassion has decided to become embodied by taking birth in human form (p. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.Peter Kingsley’s book A Story Waiting to Pierce You: Mongolia, Tibet and the Destiny of the Western World (2010) argues forcefully that shamanism is the heart of philosophy and that the concept of incarnation and re-incarnation is central as well. He is the recipient of numerous academic awards and holds honorary professorships or fellowships at universities in Canada, the United Kingdom and United States.

His latest book on Carl Jung brings his work full circle, connecting his researches into the distant past with the crisis of the modern world. He has worked together not only with Native American elders and western spiritual teachers but also with many of the most prominent figures in the fields of classics and anthropology, philosophy and religious studies, ancient civilizations and the history of both healing and science. He is the author of five books which together have exerted the profoundest and most far-reaching influence outside as well as inside academia: Ancient Philosophy, Mystery and Magic (1995) In the Dark Places of Wisdom (1999) Reality (2004) A Story Waiting to Pierce You (2010) and most recently Catafalque (2018). Through his writings as well as lectures he speaks straight to the heart and has helped to transform many people's understanding not only of the past, but of who they are. Peter Kingsley, PhD, is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking work on the origins of western spirituality, philosophy and culture.

A Story Waiting to Pierce You by Peter Kingsley