Somewhere, beyond Tibet, lies a paradise of universal wisdom and ineffable peace known as Shambhala. Called by some Shangri-la, this mythical kingdom of jewel lakes, wish-fulfilling trees, and speaking stones has fired the imagination of both actual explorers and travelers to the inner realms. This fascinating look behind the myth shows Shambhala to be a "real" place, always accessible to the pure of heart.

Zinaida Aleksandrovna Mirkina - izvestnyĭ poet, perevodchik, issle-dovatel', esseist. Skazki Zinaidy Mirkinoĭ napisany i dli͡a deteĭ, i dli͡a vzroslykh. Nekotorye poni͡atny dazhe samym malen'kim, no govori͡at chto-to takoye, o chem i i veroslyye ne vsegda zadumyvalis'. V ztikh skazkakh otrazilas' zhizn' avtora i zhizn' yeye druzeĭ; no inogda novye slushateli vdrug nakhodi͡at v skazke svoye sobstvennoye, o chem skazochnit͡sa i ne dumala....

He is a man with phenomenal abilities, who is subject to what is not subject to others. She is an ordinary girl with great ambitions, who is very disappointed in reality. He always remains in the shadows. She goes crazy with loneliness. His vicious, vain desire to feel like God will lead to a worldwide scandal. Its linear, predictable future will take a sharp turn for the monstrous truth. His life will be deprived of independence and freedom. Her...