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Review title: Seduction to Hybris
Product review: What Mr. Yogananda basicly says is that he is God, and that through the powers of yoga he is almighty. Well, he better is, otherwise he is not more than a mere psychopath.Also, what he tells us about yoga is quite one-sided. For instance, he seems to be rather asexual. He doesn't say anything about tantra or Shiva yoga, a form of yoga the famous orientalist and hindu Alain Daniélou preferred ("Yoga. Method of Reintegration" or "Shiva and Dionysus"). What is striking is that the demonic aspects of yoga are completly left out. But you do open yourself up to demons if you practise yoga, as the brahman R.R. Maharaj ("Escape into the Light") has shown. Yoganandas approach seems to be specifically tailored for an scientifically oriented western audience. The spiritual dangers of yoga are totally surpessed.During my research on Indian culture I came across the classic "Christ of the Indian Road" by E. Stanley Jones. This is the book I liked best. I found it extremly sound.
