Shambhala within the Soviet intelligence service, as well as rival efforts of the Soviet Foreign Commissariat that sent its own expedition to Tibet in 1924. French Buddhist Alexandra David-Néel associated Shambhala with Balkh in present-day Afghanistan, also offering the Persian "Sham-i-Bala", "elevated candle" as an etymology of its name. In a similar vein, the Gurdjieffian J. G. Bennett published speculation that Shambalha was "Shams-i-Balkh", a Bactrian sun temple. Shambhala may have been the inspiration for Shangri-La, a paradise on Earth hidden in a Tibetan valley, which features in the 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" by British author James Hilton. Shambhala In Hinduism
Paradise Lost in popular culture man, the betrayal from God and Adam and Eve's Exile, and the entirety of Cain and Abel) and "Paradise Lost", as well as original ideas. "Paradise Lost" was performed on stage in Stratford Festival in 2018 starting Lucy Peacock as the devil and Amelia Sargisson as Eve. Paradise Lost in popular culture "Paradise Lost" has had a profound impact on writers, artists and illustrators, and, in the twentieth century, filmmakers. A 41 15-minute episode production by Adrian Mitchell was broadcast in 1992 on BBC Radio 4, with Denis Quilley as Milton, Ian McDiarmid as Satan, Linus Roache as Adam, Robert