This mythical country, which is mentioned in ancient texts, has been searched for by many travelers and researchers for several centuries. Among those who wanted to find Shambhala were the Bolsheviks. Why did those who promoted atheism and the complete denial of any supernatural forces strive to get to this mysterious land?
What is Shambhala?
According to Buddhist teachings, once upon a time there was a country of Shambhala on Earth, ruled by a powerful wizard. Fearing the invasion of enemies and the ruin of the great state, the head of Shambhala with the help of magic made his patrimony invisible. According to legend, Shambhala is inhabited by tall white people who possess a lot of secret knowledge and magical artifacts.
Some believed that the mythical country was located in another, parallel dimension, therefore, in order to get there, work was necessary first of all on oneself. When a person begins to use certain techniques with ease, Shambhala herself will appear before him. This is what the Dalai Lama said. However, most are inclined to believe that the cherished land is located in Tibet.
Cheka and the occult
Few people know that in the early 1920s, a special department was created in the Cheka, whose employees dealt with issues of occultism, magic and other supernatural and paranormal phenomena. Gleb Bokiy became the head of the department, and Dzerzhinsky himself supervised the activities of the secret laboratory.
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Officially, the new department was engaged in the development of ciphers, the design of all kinds of equipment for conducting reconnaissance operations and the like. However, in addition to this, the employees studied the features of the human brain, telepathy and ways of influencing the masses. Specialist in the history of intelligence services Valeriy Malevaniy claims that "they (Bokiy and other employees) wanted to find ancient technologies in Tibet, nanotechnologies, which were supposedly here on Earth." This is, of course, about Shambhala.
As for the two seemingly different concepts of "occultism" and "communism", the scientist, academician Vladimir Polevanov spoke about this very clearly. “… The communist ideology is practically a religious trend. And there can be no two dominant religions! " - Polevanov said. According to one of the versions, it was to strengthen the positions of the new government in 1925 in search of Shambhala that an expedition headed by Yakov Blumkin was launched.
Expedition to Shambhala
The official goal of the expedition was to help the people of Tibet in the fight against the British imperialists. Yakov Blumkin was fluent in several languages, thanks to which for a long time he was able to pass himself off as a Mongolian lama and gain confidence in the Tibetan elders.
Apparently, the members of the expedition never found Shambhala. However, Blumkin did not return back empty-handed. Despite the fact that most of the documents about this campaign are still classified, some historians claim that Yakov Blumkin collected many legends, traditions and other information about Shambhala, and also discovered several ancient artifacts. Historian and writer Nikolai Subbotin said that Blumkin wrote a report in which he described a device called a vajra that throws fiery arrows.
However, some historians are sure that the expedition to Tibet was just a fiction, the purpose of which was to attract the attention of other countries to the search for Shambhala and thereby eliminate their interference in the affairs of the young republic.
Be that as it may, the life of the leader of the campaign, Yakov Blumkin, was tragic. He was accused of espionage and shot in 1929.
Yulia Popova