Like a tree universally spread: Sri Sabhapati Swami and Śivarājayoga
Introduction -- 1. Hagiographies and Old Diary Leaves -- 2. A Vast Forest of Printed Words -- 3. Seeds of a Cosmological Religion -- 4. Breathing into Śivarājayoga -- 5. Singing Mantras and Visualizing Flowers -- 6. Dissecting the Nature of Śivarājayoga -- Epilogue: Parts of a Universal Tree -- Prim...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
[2023]
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford studies in western esotericism series
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Capāpati Cuvāmikaḷ 1828-1923
/ Yoga
B Tamil Nadu / Śiva / Yoga / Occultism / History 1850-1950 |
| Further subjects: | B
Capāpati Cuvāmikaḷ
B Śivarājayoga |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Cantú, Keith E., 1988-: Like a tree universally spread. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2023. - 9780197665497 |
| Summary: | Introduction -- 1. Hagiographies and Old Diary Leaves -- 2. A Vast Forest of Printed Words -- 3. Seeds of a Cosmological Religion -- 4. Breathing into Śivarājayoga -- 5. Singing Mantras and Visualizing Flowers -- 6. Dissecting the Nature of Śivarājayoga -- Epilogue: Parts of a Universal Tree -- Primary and Secondary References -- Appendix One: A Translation of t2 (in mcvts) Excerpt of t2 (English Translation) Excerpt of t2 (Original Tamil) -- Appendix Two: Lexicon of Common Terms and Variants --Appendix Three: A Passage on the “Pole” of Śivarājayoga. "This book reconstructs the tantalizing tale of Sri Sabhapati Swami (ca. 1828-1923/4), today a little-known swami who was originally from Tamil Nadu in southern India, and historically contextualizes a fascinating type of yoga that Sabhapati claimed would lead to an experience of being "like a tree universally spread." The practical method of having this experience, in technical terms called the samadhi or "composure" of sivarajayoga or the "Royal yoga for siva," was published in English and multiple Indic languages and lavishly illustrated in diagrams on subtle and physical bodies. This book is the first book-length treatment on Sabhapati Swami, scholarly or otherwise, and uses critically-edited sources printed in Tamil, Devanagari, and Bengali scripts to reveal the expansion of his literature across South Asia and globally, the vast majority of which has never before been considered in any scholarly work to date. The book shows how intertwined Sabhapati's yoga is with historical Tamil saiva and Siddha movements, including the mythos of the rishi Agastya, and also with Hathayoga and mantra-based ritual. It also takes into account his and his followers' wrestling with the Victorian scientific worldview and their rationalization of Hindu philosophical discourses in the colonial period. Finally, the book demonstrates the extent to which Sabhapati's teachings were integrated into esoteric religious movements such as the Theosophical Society, the Thelema of Aleister Crowley, and New Thought, and suggests that a reappraisal of scholarship on the roots of yoga in these movements is long overdue"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0197665470 |