▁February ▁ 1 9 1 5 ▁to ▁Carlo ▁Pal am id ess i , ▁Senior ▁Officer ▁of ▁the ▁Army ▁and ▁the ▁poet ▁Lu ig ia ▁Tag li ata , ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁T omm aso ▁Pal am id ess i ▁moved ▁to ▁Sic ily . ▁Since ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁child ▁he ▁studied ▁astronom y , ▁ast ro log y , ▁bot any , ▁medicine ▁and ▁religion ▁and ▁as ▁an ▁ad oles cent ▁he ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁Tri pol i ▁and ▁Tun is ▁to ▁deep en ▁his ▁knowledge ▁of ▁Islam ic ▁S uf ism . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 3 3 , ▁when ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁Tur in , ▁he ▁applied ▁himself ▁to ▁int ensive ▁research ▁into ▁ast ro log y , ▁al ch emy ▁and ▁T ant ric ▁y oga , ▁ex tras ens ory ▁experiences , ▁fav oured ▁by ▁his ▁medium istic ▁pre dis position , ▁Egypt ology ▁and ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁hier og lyph s ▁- ▁the ▁latter ▁carried ▁out ▁in ▁collaboration ▁with ▁the ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Egypt ian ▁Museum ▁of ▁Tur in , ▁Ern esto ▁Sc am uz zi . ▁He ▁also ▁has ▁out - of - body ▁experiences , ▁bil oc ations ▁and ▁rem emb ran ces ▁of ▁his ▁past ▁lives . ▁ ▁His ▁publications ▁about ▁T ant ric ▁y oga ▁include : ▁The ▁Occ ult ▁Pow ers ▁of ▁Man ▁and ▁the ▁Ind o - T ib et an ▁T ant ric ▁Y oga , ▁Sex ual ▁Te chni que ▁of ▁T ant ric