Theos Bernard, the white lama Tibet, yoga, and American religious life /

Hackett, Paul G.

Theos Bernard, the white lama Tibet, yoga, and American religious life / [Texte imprimé] : Paul G. Hackett - New York : Columbia University Press, cop. 2012 - 1 vol. (XXII-494 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm

Bibliogr. p. [475]-486

LIfe in the desert -- New York and New Mexico -- Two parallel paths (I) -- Two parallel paths (II) -- On holy ground -- Pretense and pretext: studies in India -- A well-trodden path : studies in Darjeeling and Sikkim -- Tibet, tantrikas, and the hero of Chaksam Ferry -- "The clipper ship of the imagination" -- Yoga on Fifth Avenue -- Tibetland and the penthouse of the gods -- To climb the highest mountains -- The aftermath -- Postscript: the view from Ki , sixty years later

978-0-231-15886-2

Yogis--United States--Biography Scholars--United States--Biography United States--Religion--1901-1945

294.3923092