W. Y. Evans-Wentz (1878–1965)

Author of Tibetan Book of the Dead: Or, The After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, according to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering

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About the Author

W.Y. Evans-Wentz (1878-1965) was best known as the translator of The Tibetan Book of the Dead and the author of several other books on eastern mysticism

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Works by W. Y. Evans-Wentz

The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (1911) 708 copies, 7 reviews

Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines (1958) 309 copies, 5 reviews

The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation: Or the Method of Realizing Nirvana Through Knowing the Mind (Galaxy Books) (1968) 307 copies, 6 reviews

Tibet's Great Yogi Milarepa: A Biography from the Tibetan being the Jetsun-Kahbum or Biographical History of… (1969) 259 copies, 6 reviews

Tibetan Book of the Dead: an Illustrated Edition of the Sacred Text on Death and Rebirth (2008) 37 copies

Cuchama and Sacred Mountains (1981) 25 copies

The Tibetan Book of the Dead: or, The After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, according to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's… 1 copy

The Tibetan Book of the Dead, or the After-Death Experiences on the 'Bardo' Plane, accouding to Lama Kazi… 1 copy

Tibetan Book of the Dead: Or, The After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, according to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's… 1 copy

The Tibetan Book of the Dead, or the After-Death Experiences on the 'Bardo' Plane, accouding to Lama Kazi… 1 copy

Tibetan book of the great liberation 1 copy

මරණය පිළිබද විද්‍යාව හෙවත් තිබ්බත මළපොත 1 copy

ඥාන මාර්ගය 1 copy

La méditation bouddhique. etude de sa théorie et de sa pratique selon l'école du sud. 1 copy

The Tibetan Book of the Dead | W. Y. Evans-Wentz (2023) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Autobiography of a Yogi (1946) — Preface, some editions — 3,163 copies, 48 reviews

Fairies, Pookas, and Changelings: A Complete Guide to the Wild and Wicked Enchanted Realm (2017) — Contributor — 27 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Evans-Wentz, W. Y.
Legal name: Evans-Wentz, Walter Yeeling
Birthdate: 1878-02-02
Date of death: 1965-07-17
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Places of residence: Trenton, New Jersey, USA (birth)
San Diego, California, USA
Education: Stanford University (BA | MA)
Oxford University (Jesus College)
Occupations: anthropologist
Relationships: Dawa-Samdup, Lama Kazi (teacher)

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The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation by W. Y. Evans-Wentz

Certainly an epic, but I cannot vouch for the total honesty of the adventures ascribed to Padme Sambava.

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RonSchulz | 5 other reviews | Jun 24, 2022 |

Tibet's Great Yogi Milarepa: A Biography from the… by W. Y. Evans-Wentz

This book made Buddhism real and personal to me as a teen, hooking me into the practice & eventually to spend 9 months in Nepal. Maybe I never really left or even arrived, but I'm slogging along, singing his songs.

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RonSchulz | 5 other reviews | Jun 24, 2022 |

Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines: Seven Books of… by W. Y. Evans-Wentz

This book, studied in my teens, transformed me into a practicing Buddhist. There have been good-better translations since, but this was the 1st to enter my horizon.

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RonSchulz | 4 other reviews | Jun 24, 2022 |

The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (Library of the… by Walter Evans-Wentz

A voluminous cataloging of oral Celtic folklore at the turn of the century. Contains information on the fairy/deva evolution to some extent but is mainly about beings that would belong to the Elana/Faery race, and in some cases, darker beings from lower planes. Folklore, superstition and spiritual truths are often blended together in mysterious ways and the reader of books such as this one should not take the accounts literally. It can be like detective work. Looking at the clues to find the spiritual truths. What are the allusions and metaphysical meanings? In a sense, it is similar to ferreting out the spiritual truths in fairy tales and religions.… (more)

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FriendsoftheTrees | 6 other reviews | Feb 12, 2021 |

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