Sinister Yogis /

Since the 1960s, yoga has become a billion-dollar industry in the West, attracting housewives and hipsters, New Agers and the old-aged. But our modern conception of yoga derives much from nineteenth-century European spirituality, and the true story of yoga's origins in South Asia is far richer,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: White, David Gordon (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2010]
Temas:
Religion.
RELIGION / General.
yoga, religion, religious studies, academic, scholarly, 1960s, history, historical, contemporary, modern, 20th century, industry, money, finance, wealth, popular, culture, cultural, western, eastern, hipster, new age, old aged, housewife, accessible, spirituality, spiritual, true story, south asia, practice, literature, supernatural, myth, power, sexuality, teacher.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Tales of Sinister Yogis
  • 2. Ceci n'est pas un Yogi
  • 3. Embodied Ascent, Meditation, and Yogic Suicide
  • 4. The Science of Entering Another Body
  • 5. Yogi Gods
  • 6. Mughal, Modern, and Postmodern Yogis
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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