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An Introduction to Yoga
Annie Besant
It explains yoga as 'the rational application of the laws of the unfolding of consciousness, self-applied in an individual case' and as a science, not dreamy drifting. It surveys the schools of yoga, the obstacles, the capacities and the methods, taking Patanjali's Yoga Sutras as its basis. One of the first Western treatises on yoga as a mental rather than merely postural discipline.
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- 1An Introduction to Yoga1′
- 2BY ANNIE BESANT, President of the Theosophical Society.1′
- 3Foreword1′
- 4Lecture I THE NATURE OF YOGA1′
- 5The Meaning of the Universe2′
- 6The Unfolding of Consciousness3′
- 7The Oneness of the Self1′
- 8The Quickening of the Process of Self-unfoldment2′
- 9Yoga Is a Science4′
- 10Man a Duality4′
- 11States of Mind3′
- 12Samadhi3′
- 13The Literature of Yoga4′
- 14Some Definitions2′
- 15God Without and God Within2′
- 16Changes of Consciousness and Vibrations of Matter3′
- 17Mind1′
- 18Stages of Mind3′
- 19Inward and Outward-Turned Consciousness1′
- 20The Cloud2′
- 21Lecture II SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT3′
- 22Its Relation to Indian Philosophies17′
- 23Mind3′
- 24The Mental Body3′
- 25Mind and Self3′
- 26Lecture III YOGA AS SCIENCE1′
- 27Methods of Yoga2′
- 28To the Self by the Self4′
- 29To the Self Through the Not-self2′
- 30Yoga and Morality6′
- 31Composition of States of the Mind5′
- 32Pleasure and Pain10′
- 33Lecture IV YOGA AS PRACTICE1′
- 34Inhibition of States of Mind5′
- 35Meditation With and Without Seed6′
- 36The Use of Mantras1′
- 37Attention3′
- 38Obstacles to Yoga1′
- 39Capacities of Yoga6′
- 40Forthgoing and Returning7′
- 41Purification of Bodies3′
- 42Dwellers on the Threshold6′
- 43Preparation for Yoga1′
- 44The End2′