He edited his original life story, adding the claim his British body and self had been taken over by Tuesday Lobsang Rampa, a genuine lama in Tibet, and steadfastly continued to refer to himself by that name.īut life could not have been easy for Lobsang Rampa, the man. The information was handed to a British newspaper, which immediately exposed him.ĭespite that setback Rampa went on to carve out a large space for himself, growing his following and publishing more than 20 books along the way. The memoir, published in 1956 at his new home in England, was a hit with readers but condemned by scholars and others familiar with life in Tibet.Ī private detective later revealed his true name was Cyril Hoskin, a man who'd left school at 15 and had never in his life travelled outside the British Isles. And, at the tender age of seven, being sent to a lamasery, where an operation was performed to open a tiny hole in the middle of his forehead, allowing him to see the aura of others, a window into their true selves.Īccording to his account, he fled to Europe after the invasion of his mountain country by China. There he describes his childhood in a prominent family, getting his name Tuesday in the Tibetan tradition based on the day of the week he was born. Rampa, who invented his persona as a Tibetan lama, had earlier become famous with the publication of his memoir The Third Eye. It was one of at least a dozen moves Rampa and his tiny entourage made after fleeing the British Isles in the 1950s to escape "unfavourable publicity and press persecution." There's no question Tuesday Lobsang Rampa was a fascinating character with a huge following.Īnd he may have been running from those critics when he moved to Saint John in 1969. He was a Tibetan lama, a bestselling author, and - to his many critics - a complete fraud.
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