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In this landmark book, first published in English in 1958, renowned scholar of religion Mircea Eliade lays the groundwork for a Western understanding of Yoga. Drawing on years of study and experience in India, Eliade provides a comprehensive survey of Yoga in theory and practice from its earliest antecedents in the Vedas through the twentieth century.
A new introduction by David Gordon White provides invaluable insight into Eliade's life and work, highlighting the key moments in Eliade's academic and spiritual education, as well as the personal experiences that shaped his worldview. Yoga is not only one of Eliade's most important books, it is also his most personal—the only one to analyze a religious tradition that he had truly lived.
A study of yoga techniques and their alignment to the different philosophical and religious traditions of India.
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Angela Locke
reviewed Yoga: Immortality and Freedom on May 02, 2010 Yoga: Immortality and Freedom
As David Gordon White eloquently points out in his indispensable introduction, Eliade's early masterpiece was far ahead of the curve; so much so that it is strongest when he sticks to the material he knows first hand. And so his exposition of Samkhya and Raja Yoga which he knew intimately from the Sanskrit material is truly marvelous and stands hardly rivaled to this day. When he wanders further afield the thinness of the available bibliography becomes evident. The chapters on Buddhism and Tantra are quite insufficient and are often inaccurate.
Be that as it may, this marvelous book remains a masterpiece decades after it was written. Eliade's name is synonymous with erudition and this book is one of the cornerstones of his formidable corpus. Highly recommended to anyone interested in Patanjali, Indian philosophy, or comparative religions.
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