Sinister yogis
By: David Gordon White.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780226895130
Subjects: Yogis -- India -- History; Yoga
Description: Here, White shows that even those yogis who aren't downright villainous bear little resemblance to Western assumptions about them. By turns rollicking and sophisticated, this book tears down the image of Yogis as detached, contemplative teachers finally placing them in their proper context.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Tales of sinister yogis; title: Ceci n'est pas un yogi; title: Embodied ascent, meditation, and yogic suicide; title: The science of entering another body; title: Yogi gods; title: Mughal, modern, and postmodern yogis.