Theos Bernard, the white lama Tibet, yoga, and American religious life / Paul G. Hackett.

Author/creator Hackett, Paul G.
Other author Bernard, Theos, 1908-1947
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press,
Descriptionxxii, 494 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011011638
ISBN9780231158862 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0231158866 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780231530378 (electronic)
ISBN0231530374 (electronic)