Never feeling quite at home here on the earth plane, our souls stir uprestless feelings from within, ever pushing us forward on a life questfor the illusive Shambhalla or what the Western World call El Dorado orShangri La.Shambhalla is a paradise where our own dreams can come true. Mostlaugh the idea of the mythological kingdom of Shambhalla off as a fairytale or myth, but there are others, myself included, that consider thepossibility that this idea of paradise may actually exist. This magical kingdom will only reveal itself to believers, pure in heart.What does this mean? It means that the reader must shed all their pasttraditional beliefs and open their minds and hearts to the possibilitiesof the invisible worlds beyond our senses of reality . The Western Worldhas been conditioned to ’see first, then believe’, but in the ’ Search forShambhala’ you must believe first. The Golden Age is upon us now. The secrets and prophecies of Shambhala will open our eyes to what is ahead for us. These secretsand prophecies shall constitute the theme behind my latest book, ‘InSearch of Shambhala’. Mary Sutherland

Chapter OneProphesies of Shambhalla

Shambhalla is part of our soul's memory , thus it is imbedded in ourcollective consciousness. Through the Ages, around the world, storieshave been passed down about this mythological kingdom. The mythical paradise of Shamballa, sometimes thought to be in aparallel world or dimension , is a land of a thousand names. The Hinduscall it "Paradesha" or "Aryavarsha", the land from which the Vedascame from; the Buddhists "Shambala"; the Chinese know it as " Hsi Tien", the Western Paradise of Hsi Wang Mu, the Royal Mother of theWest; the Russians knew it as "Belovodye" and "Janaidar", theChristians and the Jews the "Garden of Eden". In the esoteric literatureit has become known as "Shangri-La", "Agarttha" or "the Land of theLiving".It has the name of "Forbidden Land"; "the Land of WhiteWaters"; the "Land of Radiant Spirits"; the "Land of Living Fire"; the"Land of the Living Gods" and the "Land of Wonders".It is regarded by most esoteric traditions as the true center of theplanet, as the world's spiritual powerhouse and the heartland of abrotherhood of adepts. Call it what you will, but let it be described asthe home for immortals; a place where the Will of God is known; acelestrial kingdom that holds our very destiny. It is our past. It is ourfuture and exists in our present .What is above so shall it be below. Just as we are dual in nature so isour beautiful Shamballa. It exists in our physical realm, in our spiritualrealm and hidden in a parallel dimension. .Shambhalla is known by the Celtics as the mystical “Avalon”, hidden inthe mists of illusion. Once our home, now mostly forgotten except inour dreams, our soul still goes there for healing and revitalization. It isa land without time, full of power and mystery, offering enlightenmentto the traveler that is fortunate enough to enter its gates.