On Thursday February 4th, 2016 The Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon

will present a discussion on the fascinating military and occult career

of Lt.Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (1863-1942) the conqueror

of Tibet (1904) and the author of several books on travel, adventure and

mystical philosophy. Colonel Younghusband was an officer in British

Special forces in India during a cold war between the British and the

Russians for control of the Central Asian highlands north of India in

the latter days of the 19th century. Their covert conflict was called

"The Great Game" and was the stage for high adventure. Rudyard Kipling

novelized "The Great Game" in Kim. In 1904 Lord Curson the Viceroy of

India sent Colonel Younghusband up into Tibet with an invading British

army to flush out the Russians whom Curson was convinced had infiltrated

the mysterious country. After slaughtering the primitive Tibetan army,

Younghusband took Lhasa but could not find a single Cossack, or even a

Russian rifle, However he did stay long enough to have a mystical

experience that transformed him from a ruthless conqueror into a

peaceful mystical philosopher. He retired to England to write books

about his adventures and his visions, which included life on other

planets, a philosophy of free love, a spiritual drama society and an

expedition to climb Mt. Everest. -- If you want to spend an hour with

the Colonel, tune in and we'll hit the trail going up.