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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 …
Yoga: Immortality and Freedom
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 …
Tantra in Practice
As David White explains in the Introduction to Tantra in Practice, Tantra is an Asian body of beliefs and practices that seeks to channel the divine energy that grounds the …
Yoga in Practice
Yoga is a body of practice that spans two millennia and transcends the boundaries of any single religion, geographic region, or teaching lineage. In fact, over the centuries there …
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
A brilliant cross-cultural Arabic interpretation of a key text of yoga philosophyThe Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is the foundational text of yoga philosophy to this day and is still …
Yoga in Practice
Primary texts in yoga, from ancient times to todayYoga is a body of practice that spans two millennia and transcends the boundaries of any single religion, geographic region, or …
Kiss of the Yogini
For those who wonder what relation actual Tantric practices bear to the "e;Tantric sex"e; currently being marketed so successfully in the West, David Gordon White has a …
Myths of the Dog-Man
"An impressive and important cross-cultural study that has vast implications for history, religion, anthropology, folklore, and other fields. . . . Remarkably wide-ranging and …
Daemons Are Forever
A richly illustrated tapestry of interwoven studies spanning some six thousand years of history, Daemons Are Forever is at once a record of archaic contacts and transactions …
The Alchemical Body – Siddha Traditions in Medieval India
Preface Note on Transliteration Abbreviations 1: Indian Paths to Immortality 2: Categories of Indian Thought: The Universe by Numbers 3: The Prehistory of Tantric Alchemy 4: …
Kiss of the Yogini
With "Kiss of the Yogini", David Gordon White sweeps away centuries of misunderstandings and misrepresentations, returning to original texts, images, and ritual practices to …
Ashes of Immortality
This work attempts to see the satis - the Hindu custom of women sacrificing themselves on the funeral pyres of their husbands - through Hindu eyes, providing an experiential and …