The hidden kings of Shambhala

[stefanie_bean]

silent_lorelei, who is an expert on godhoodery, writes:

5) The Tibetans, who continue to make the world more awesome through wacky perceptions of it, believe in a race of spirit-kings who rule the world from the sidelines without most temporal rulers knowing anything about it. They reside in a magical kingdom that has never been found called Shambhala - more recognizable to those of us in the West as the corrupted name Shangri-La.

6) In fact, these guys totally have the history and disposition of Shambhala and its kings down to an exact science. Each king apparently rules for exactly 100 years before making way for his successor. For those who are wondering, we're currently in the reign of King Aniruddha until the year 2027.

7) They're also very helpful about providing the exact year of the end of the world (2354 AD). This will come about because an evil earthly king will finally discover Shambhala and lay siege to it. He won't win, because the spirit-kings have such mad spiritual powers that they can defeat things like guns and bombs (not lying, the Tibetans are very good about keeping their myths updated), but the world will end in the struggle and Shambhala's victory will usher in a new age of peace for the next thousand years.

8) The Tibetans also have a dude named Gesar, who is so possessed of giant brass balls that he has his own epic. He's supposedly hanging out in Shambhala, King Arthur-style, waiting to awaken and emerge in time to save Buddhism in its our of greatest need. Like a boss.

Man, that is so half the plot of LOST. Well, not the exact details like 100-year reigns, but the general points still hold.

Oh, just for fun - in this episode Hurley wears a yellow shirt with a crown embroidered on the breast pocket. And Reyes in Old French means "king."

Comments

[silent-lorelei.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, you're fine! I'd rather it be corrected than not. :)

Yeah, I think I may just move it on up the ol' Netflix queue. The fan community is a little scary-looking (the major reason I didn't pick it up when it was actually airing, since there were a lot of people gushing about it all over the place and I was oversaturated), but it sounds like it could be a lot of fun.