Like a Tree Universally Spread: Sri Sabhapati Swami and Sivarajayoga

ISBN-13: 9780197665473 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 496 str.

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Recenzje

A work of exceptional scholarship, this carefully crafted exploration of Sabhapati Swami's life and work demonstrates deft historical and linguistical detective-work. Cant'u provides a transparent map of this Swami's previously under-appreciated reach and influence, an exemplary model for future explorations of vernacular transmissions of yoga. Sabhapati's legacy has both 'deep roots and far out branches' relevant to anyone interested in the development of yoga traditions as well as processes of knowledge transmission.

O autorze

Keith Edward Cant'u is a Research Affiliate at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School and a Visiting Assistant Professor at St. Lawrence University. He has previously held roles as a postdoctoral Visiting Fellow at Friedrich-Alexander-Universit"at Erlangen-N"urnberg, in the DFG-funded project "CAS-E: Alternative Rationalities and Esoteric Practices from a Global Perspective," Assistant Professor (Postdoc/Research Associate) at the Jagiellonian University, and was also a teaching assistant at University of California, Santa Barbara, where he received his doctoral degree in 2021. His previous publications include the chapter "Sri Sabhapati Swami: Forgotten Yogi of Western Esotericism" and (as co-editor) City of Mirrors: Songs of Lālan Sāi, published with OUP's South Asia Series in 2017.