“The Ancient Fountain of Youth” 1939 book by Peter Kelder
It was the year 1930 in Southern California.
A young gentleman named Peter Kelder was taking a leisurely stroll, when a sudden shower broke out. He ran for cover to a nearby Travelers Club.
There, randomly, he sat at the table of a retired British army officer, known as Colonel Bradford.
The Colonel was a wrinkled, stooping man in his late sixties, drained of physical energy, unable to walk without the help of a strong cane.
Yet despite their differences, the pair soon became friends – and regularly met to discuss the Colonel’s many varied travels.
Of all of his topics, Colonel Bradford preferred to talk about India.
In particular, one story attracted him more than any other…
In almost every Indian district he’d visited, he’d been told about an ancient monastery deep in the heart of Tibet, where Lamas had discovered “The Fountain of Youth.”
Peter Kelder later wrote of this place: “Old men had visited and mysteriously regained health and strength, vigor and virility shortly after entering a certain monastery; but where this particular place was none seemed exactly to know.”
Colonel Bradford decided to leave – and find that monastery for himself.
The Colonel occasionally wrote to Kelder with updates of his progress. He eventually reported that he had found the monastery. But then the scent ran dry, and Kelder heard nothing more.
Until four years later, when Colonel Bradford stepped into his office…
… COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED.
His hair was a rich brown once again. His complexion was smooth and fresh. He no longer walked with a stoop. He was energetic, and strong, and virile, and HAPPY.
Asked how old he looked, most people guessed 38.
HE WAS 72.
The secret, he said, was all down to FIVE RITUALS he uncovered inside that lost Tibetan monastery, deep in the Himalayan Mountains…
