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And also correspond to Evola and the Ur groups practices and teachings in Introduction to Magic, such as on creating an etheric double.

Practically every religious tradition has a “counterpart” of magic to it (sometimes more or less officially condemned), as well as accounts of unusual abilities possessed by some of their practitioners. Tibetan Buddhism, again, is no exception.

Prophecies of the founder of Tibetan Buddhism, Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava (c. 8th-9th century A.D.) reputedly include an accurate prediction of the eventual Chinese Communist invasion of Tibet and other eerily specific details occurring at this time. See Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in his book on Guru Rinpoche, “Crazy Wisdom” (Shambhala Publications, 1991, p. 175 - 176):

>Padmasambhava’s ... prophecies actually foretell everything that happened in Tibet, including the corruption. For example, the prophecies tell us that in the end Tibet would be conquered by China, that the Chinese would enter the country in the Year of the Horse, and that they would rush in in the manner of a horse. The Chinese Communists did invade in the Year of the Horse, and they built roads from China to Tibet and all over Tibet and introduced motor vehicles. The prophecies also say something to the effect that in the Year of the Pig, the country would be reduced to the level of a pig, which refers to primitive beliefs, the indoctrination of the Tibetans with foreign ideas.

>Another prophecy of Padmasambhava says that the end of Tibet would occur when the household objects of Tsang, the upper province, would be found in Kongpo, the lower province. In fact, it happened that there was a huge flood in the upper province of Tsang when the top of a glaciated mountain fell into the lake below. The whole of the Brahmaputra River was flooded, and it swept villages and monasteries along in its course. Many of the household articles from these places were found in Kongpo, where the river had carried them. His prophecies also say that another sign of end of Tibet would be the building of a yellow temple at the foot of the Potala Palace, in Lhasa. In fact, the thirteenth Dalai Lama had a vision that the temple of Kalachakra should be built there, and they painted it yellow. Another of Padmasambhava’s prophecies says that at the fourteenth stage, the rainbow of the Potala would disappear. The “fourteenth stage” refers to the time of the present, the fourteenth, Dalai Lama. Of course, the Potala is the winter palace of the Dalai Lama.

Exorcism and the defense against evil spirits is also a concept and practice in some of Tibetan Buddhism as well as surviving Bon animist/shamanic communities, to the extent that the founder, Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava, is said to have gained the respect of the Tibetan Bon locals and their conversion to Buddhism by exorcising or taming the local gods and spirits of Tibet known to afflict and frighten people, or to have otherwise compelled their respect and worship.