The essence of yoga: essays on the development of yogic philosophy from the Vedas to modern times

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Feuerstein and Miller examine the development of yogic thought across the ages finding similarities with the Christian mysticism of Meister Eckhart. Two of their essays included here have long been singled out by indologists for correcting prevalent misconceptions about yoga and providing a framework for many subsequent studies in the field. _The Essence of Yoga_ presents the authors' seminal insights and is an essential reference for the serious yoga student. "_The Essence of Yoga_ pulsates with judicious quotes and diagrams."—(_Library Journal_) "A casual reader will be caught by the applicability of ideas he may have thought were impenetrable; a serious reader will experience excitement at seeing esoteric ideas come alive in etymologies and contextual studies of the Vedas and the Yoga classics."—(_Beyond Reality_) "In Georg Feuerstein we have an extremely important and valuable voice for the perennial philosophy."—(Ken Wilber, author of _The Spectrum of...