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Reproduction of the original: The Ninth Vibration and Other Stories by L. Adams Beck
Inside these pages can be found the teachings and lore of such notable figures as Buddha, Shankara, Confucius, Lao-Tsu, Mencius and many others. The Story of Oriental Philosophy offers readers insight into such Eastern scriptures as the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the teachings of Zen, and Indian sacred writing.
Lily Adams Beck studied the occult knowledge throughout her life and with this books she gives back some of her insights to the reader. What she writes was very visionary at her time, especially when she talks about the other dimensions and planes.
Lily Adams Beck, née Elizabeth Louisa Moresby (1862 in Queenstown, Cork, Ireland - 3 January 1931 in Kyoto, Japan) was a British writer of short-stories, novels, biographies and esoteric books, under the names of L. Adams Beck, E. Barrington and Louis Moresby, and sometimes other variations: Lily Adams Beck, Elizabeth Louisa Beck, Eliza Louisa Moresby Beck and Lily Moresby Adams. She began her writing career for The Atlantic Monthly, Asia, and the Japanese Gassho, publishing short-stories. These were gathered into collections since 1922. She was 60 years old by the time she started to publishing her novels, which commonly had an oriental setting. Her stories collected in The Openers of the Gate (1930) feature an occult detective inspired by the "John Silence" stories of Algernon Blackwood.
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Lily Adams Beck, née Elizabeth Louisa Moresby (1862 in Queenstown, Cork, Ireland - 3 January 1931 in Kyoto, Japan) was a British writer of short-stories, novels, biographies and esoteric books, under the names of L. Adams Beck, E. Barrington and Louis Moresby, and sometimes other variations: Lily Adams Beck, Elizabeth Louisa Beck, Eliza Louisa Moresby Beck and Lily Moresby Adams. She began her writing career for The Atlantic Monthly, Asia, and the Japanese Gassho, publishing short-stories. These were gathered into collections since 1922. She was 60 years old by the time she started to publishing her novels, which commonly had an oriental setting. Her stories collected in The Openers of the Gate (1930) feature an occult detective inspired by the "John Silence" stories of Algernon Blackwood.
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L. Adams Beck is actually a British born novelist who became a best selling Canadian female fantast writer. Born Elizabeth Louisa Moresby on January 3rd 1862 she travelled widely throughout Egypt and then the East; India, China, Tibet and Japan. By 1919, and approaching sixty, she had settled in Victoria, British Columbia. She had begun to write a few year earlier being published in The Atlantic Monthly and the Japanese periodical Gassho. Her novels and stories almost always have an Oriental theme. She was a popular author and considering that her writing career was to last only a decade or so was prolific. She also wrote under various other names including; Elizabeth Louisa Beck, Eliza Louisa Moresby Beck and Lily Moresby Adams. Here we publish her collection of short stories The Ninth Vibration. Elizabeth Louisa Moresby died on January 3rd 1931 in Kyoto Japan.
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"The Ladies": A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by L. Adams (Lily Adams) Beck is a rare manuscript, the original residing in some of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, typed out and formatted to perfection, allowing new generations to enjoy the work. Publishers of the Valley's mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life.