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The Secret of Dr. Honigberger (Romanian: Secretul doctorului Honigberger) is a 1940 novella by the Romanian writer Mircea Eliade. It centres on the search for a 19th-century physician named Johann Martin Honigberger , who disappeared in India while searching for the invisible kingdom Shambhala , as well as his early 20th-century ...
31 de oct. de 2015 · The Secret of Dr. Honigberger is a 1940 novella by the Romanian writer Mircea Eliade. It centres on the search for a 19th-century physician named Johann Martin Honigberger, who...
Johann Martin Honigberger (10 March 1795 – 18 December 1869) was an Imperial Austrian physician and traveller. He travelled through Asia to India and wrote a book on his experiences in the East. A novel based on his life, written by Mircea Eliade in 1940, The Secret of Dr. Honigberger, became popular.
Medianoche en Serampor; El secreto del doctor Honigberger. Mircea Eliade, Joaquim Jordà (Translator) 4.19. 1,773 ratings47 reviews. La importante obra narrativa de Mircea Eliade, marcada por el signo de lo fantástico, es mucho menos conocida por el lector español que su ingente labor en el ámbito de la historia de las religiones y el orientalismo.
Honigberger had spent more than half of his long life in the Orient. At one time, he became the Court physician, pharmacist, head of the Armory, and admiral for Maharajah Ranjit-Singh of Lahore. Many times he gathered considerable fortunes and then lost them. A big-time adventurer, Honigberger had never been a crook, though.
“The Secret of Dr. Honigberger” is filled with details of esoteric yoga practice, such as lucid dreaming, the third eye, the spirit body, levitation, and so forth. Honigberger’s goal was to reach “ Shambala = Agarttha = the invisible realm ” ( Eliade 90).
The Secret of Dr. Honigberger (Romanian: Secretul doctorului Honigberger) is a 1940 novella by the Romanian writer Mircea Eliade. It centres on the search for a 19th-century physician named Johann Martin Honigberger, who disappeared in India while searching for the invisible kingdom Shambhala, as well as his early 20th-century biographer who ...
