INDIA MOSAIC Mark Channing 1936 1st Ed Black Magic Ceylon Buddha Madras Guru

Description: Antique Vintage Collectible - Rare Scarce Book Historical Books- A Beautiful Wonderful Find and a Must have addition to your Collection!Please No Missouri Sales due to Sales Tax Criteria INDIA MOSAIC Author: Mark Channing' Illustrations: Map of India Publisher: J. P. Lippincott - Philadelphia and London Copyright Date: 1937 Assuming to be a First Edition Pages: T Content - About the BookClassic Americana Historical Vintage Book - .. This is not a political book, nor is it an autobiography. Many books have portrayed India in one or other of her manifold aspects: she has been represented as beautiful, mystical, primitive; as a mighty political or social problem; and even as an example of abhorred degradation. India herself has judged some of these books favourably, and others adversely. In the latter case it was held that the writers lacked what a learned Indian once described to me as “the three essentials to understanding the Indian mind: spiritual sympathy, some knowledge of Indian literature and philosophy, and a minimum residence of twenty years. ... If its author has lacked these, even a good book on India can be no more than a snapshot— a faithful presentation of outward appearances.” Life in cantonments is the same throughout India—a ‘sealed pattern’ Indian military existence. The British officer of the Indian Army stationed, say, in the United Provinces sees, does, and is surrounded by the same things that are seen, done, and lived among by his brother serving in the Punjab; and, minor social and ethnological differences apart, this similarity obtains from official babyhood to pensioned maturity. We all cut our military milk teeth with the same small pains, and eat the same sweets and sours. We all scribble ourselves into debt with chits and face the same language examinations to pay them off. I do not believe there ever existed a subaltern who did not keep a dog or do, or who did not at least love dogs. We each of us had our pony— or even ponies— and loved them. too. Finally, there was the great brotherhood of the same sports. The soul of India lies deep. To get to it one has to break the spell cast by that narrow circle of circumstances. In India Mosaic I have attempted to give glimpses of the progressive moulding by Indian influences of a young and very Western mind which began by disliking India and all things Indian, and ended by loving what it had hated. It may have been my good fortune to get nearer to the heart of the age-old spiritual teachings than some others have done, for I had the advantage of learning them from a teacher to whom India herself rendered that beautiful reverence she gives always to the spiritually enlightened. Those teachings, and those teachings alone, are the………. of India Mosaic. The rest is but a setting made for them. Believe there ever existed a subaltern who did not keep a dog or do^, or who did not at least love dogs. We each of us had our pony— or even ponies— and loved them. too. Finally, there was the great brotherhood of the same sports. The soul of India lies deep. To get to it one has to break the spell cast by that narrow circle of circumstances. In India Mosaic I have attempted to give glimpses of the progressive moulding by Indian influences of a young and very Western mind which began by disliking India and all things Indian, and ended by loving what it had hated. It may have been my good fortune to get nearer to the heart of the age-old spiritual teachings than some others have done, for I had the advantage of learning them from a teacher to whom India herself rendered that beautiful reverence she gives always to the spiritually enlightened. Those teachings, and those teachings alone, are the raisond’itre of India Mosaic. The rest is but a setting made for them. Looking back over twenty incredibly short years of soldiering in Hindustan, I find that much that then happened seems unreal, as if it were a tale of alien adventures read long ago. Perhaps the Hindu is right and life is only mayo— illusion. Yet the thrill of being in hotly sniped camps, the clear singing of the bugles when they answer the cavalry trumpets at dawn, the CONTENTS MADRAS - A Herald Unheard; The Old Order; The Curtain Rises; The Social Animal; The Depths and the Heights; I Drive Furiously; A Story Is Told; A Farewell to Madras; CEYLON - The Land of the Buddha; TRICHINOPOLY - The Great Perhaps; Black Magic; Fanaticism; A Trichinopoly Idyll; BANGALORE - Bangalore Brings the Uncanny; The Spirit and the Flesh; The Lady OF THE Miniature; Unfavourable Stars BAREILLY - A Journey Northward; Salute to Ganesh; Adieu, FrogI; The Art of Sociability; Spotted Death; The British Officer in India; My Babu Friend; Dead Wood; Relaxation; AGRA AND DELHI - Agra of the Tomb; Two Great Old People; The District Superintendent; THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER - A Ghost Walks; A Day’s Work; Active Service; KASHMIR - The Girl I Bought - The Guru - Wisdom Speaks - An Interruption - I Start Yoga - Ave— Atque ValeI - Epilogue Map of India ... Book Condition Color Boards: Very Good boards, dark tan colored boards, brown colored embossed lettering, nice, outer boards for the Age, see photos. Clean and Tight, uneven cut opening page edges, dark colored top page edges, Corners / Outer Boards: Slight bumped corners, slight scuffing and rubbing, overall nice condition for the age of the book, see photos Binding: Overall tight binding for the age Pages: Overall appears to be clean good "collectible" condition. Shipping & Payment100% Satisfaction Guaranteed - If you are unhappy for any reason, just let me know and we will work it out. Sometimes, grading and describing books will vary by person. I would appreciate it if you would please contact me before leaving neutral or negative feedback so we can work out We ship via USPS Media Mail with opportunity to upgrade to expedited shipping. US and International Shipping available. We ship out orders multiple times a week. 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