The Five Ancient Tibetan Rites of Rejuvenation

The Story

For generations, Tibetan monks have practiced a series of age reversing exercises with mystical effects.

In Ancient Secret of the Fountain Of Youth, the Tibetan Rites of Rejuvenation or the Five Tibetan Rites are now available to everyone.

Peter Kelder’s book is an account of his introduction to the rites by a mysterious retired British army officer who learned of the exercises while journeying first through India and then Tibet.

This book is a practical guide for each of the five tibetan rites, which are simple yet profound and powerful body movements.

Taking only minutes a day, the benefits of these exercises include increased energy, weight loss, better memory, new hair growth, pain relief, better digestion, and yes, FEELING YOUNGER.

What are the Five Tibetan Rites?

The Five Tibetan Rites is a system of exercises reported to be more than 2,500 years old which were first publicized by Peter Kelder in a 1939 publication entitled The Eye of Revelation.

Although practically nothing is known about Kelder, one source reports that Kelder was raised as an adopted child in the midwestern United States, and left home while still in his teens in search of adventure.

In the 1930s, Kelder claims to have met, in southern California, a retired British army colonel who shared with him stories of travel and the subsequent discovery of the Five Tibetan Rites.

Originally written as a 32-page booklet, the publication is the result of Kelder’s conversations with the colonel.

The Five Tibetan Rites are said to be a form of Tibetan yoga similar to the more well-known yoga series that originated in India.

The Five Tibetan Rites are also referred to as “The Five Rites”, “The Five Tibetans”, and “The Five Rites of Rejuvenation”.

Legend of the Fountain of Youth

“The first important thing I was taught after entering the Lamasery,” he began, “was this.

The body has seven centers, which, in English, could be called Vortexes (chakras).

These are kind of magnetic centers.

They revolve at great speed in the healthy body, but when slowed down — well, that is just another name for old age, ill-health, and senility.”

There are two of these Vortexes in the brain; one at the base of the throat; another in the right side of the body opposite the liver; one in the sexual center; and one in each knee.

“These spinning centers of activity extend beyond the flesh in the healthy individual, but in the old, weak, senile person they hardly reach the surface, except in the knees.

The quickest way to regain health, youth, and vitality is to start these magnetic centers spinning again.

There are but five practices that will do this.

Any one of them, especially the first, will be helpful, but all five are usually required to get glowing results.

These five exercises are really not exercises at all, in the physical culture sense.

The Lamas think of them as ‘Rites’, and so instead of calling them exercises or practices, we too, shall call them ‘Rites’.”

(Excerpt from “The Eye of Revelation” By Peter Kelder)

"The khorlos are said to be centres of energy that are situated in various parts of the body.

They are often called 'lotus.'

The practices connected with the khorlos belong to the esoteric teaching.

The general aim of the training in which the khorlos play a part is to direct a stream of energy to the higher lotus:

the dabtong (lotus with a thousand petals) which is situated at the top of the head.

The different kinds of exercises in this training aim at utilizing the energy naturally expressed in animal manifestations connected with sex, for the development of intelligent and supernormal powers."

(Excerpt from "With Mystics and Magicians in Tibet" by Alexandra David-Neel)

Benefits of performing the Rites

Some of the reported benefits of performing the Five Tibetan Rites on a regular basis are increased energy, greater flexibility, improved digestion, hair regrowth, muscle toning, weight loss, vision improvement, better memory and longevity.

The Five Tibetan Rites are simple to perform, easy to memorize, and take only minutes a day.

Each rite should be performed gently, yet with deliberate intent. The repetitions should be at a relaxed pace, with a short interval between each repetition.