In the book Lost Horizon, the monks in the monastery of Shangri-La knew all about the people on the plane crash, just like Ben knows all about Jack and the rest of the survivors. It's revealed that they've been doing some research about the main character, Conway, because they think he can fulfill a very particular role in Shangri-La. The High Lama is dying, and they need someone to take his place.
Conway and the High Lama sit down and have very long discussion about philosophy, religion, and the future of the human race. The High Lama reveals to Conway that the reason why they brought the plane, crashed it, was to get Conway to Shangri-La and take over this important role.
I think in tonight's show, "Cabin Fever," Jacob will say the same thing to Locke. That he was brought to the island to take his place...
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Good points! Too bad that we didn't get to meet Jacob yet, we should have known. TPTB will probably leave that for the finale. :-(
Hey, in case you haven't seen this yet, I just got a book called: "Dreamwold Tibet, Western Illusions". It's a big (maybe 8X11 or 12) book, beautiful cover, profusely illustrated, about the Western world's interpretations and misconceptions about Tibet and it's people. There are very interesting sections about first contacts by Europeans, how the Nazi's got fixated on Tibet, and how early caucasian "mystics" fooled everyone by making up a bunch of phoney spiritual bunk about Lamas and priests, just to sell their fake esoteric books, that we still mistakenly think are attributes of Tibetans today. It also talks about Tibet and Shangri-La in literature, movies, advertising, etc. It's an awesome book. I got my copy from Amazon.
By the way, nice cap image on your post. :-)
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