Yoga by Mircea Eliade, Willard R. Trask, David Gordon White - 9780691279367

YogaImmortality and Freedom\nAuthor(s): Mircea Eliade, Willard R. Trask, David Gordon White\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691279367, 978-0691279367\nSynopsis\nA groundbreaking account of the theory and practice of yoga, from the Vedas to the twentieth century\n\nIn this landmark book, 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. In his introduction, David Gordon White provides invaluable insight into Eliades life and work, highlighting the key moments in his intellectual and spiritual education, as well as the personal experiences that shaped his worldview. Yoga is not only one of Eliades most important books, but also his most personalthe only on.