"In 1891, when she was twenty-three, David-Néel had an unexpected, but most timely windfall. Her English friend, Elisabeth Morgan... left David-Néel a small inheritance... enough to allow David-Néel to travel for more than a year through Ceylon and India. On this first of her major trips to Asia, David-Néel was reunited with Annie Besant, who was now the President of the Theosophical Society, with its headquarters in Adyar, near Madras, in India. During her stay there she studied Sanskrit with them, and then moved on to the holy city of Benares on the Ganges. Here she studied yoga with the famous guru, Swami Bhaskarananda of Varanasi... It was also in India where she first heard Tibetan music, which fascinated her. She was however, compelled to return to Brussels when her money ran out."
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Alexandra David Néel: The Life and Work of an Early Romancer of Tibet, Iván Kovács, Esoteric Quarterly, (Winter 2014)
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