Kunglig förening : Den teosofiska raja yoga-pedagogiken och det tidiga 1900-talets yogareception
(2021) In AURA - Tidsskrift for akademiske studier av nyreligiøsitet 12. p.25-40- Abstract
- Research on the early 20th century European and American reception of yoga have revealed the significance of esoteric movements like the Theosophical Societyin creating the modern, global phenomenon of yoga. Alongside interpretations ofyoga as primarily a form of meditation which were common in the literature and,sometimes practice, of movements like Theosophy or Thelema there exist anotherphenomenon labeled yoga that have received less attention. A system of pedagogy called raja yoga was for several decades among the foremost preoccupations ofone of the main global Theosophical movements, the Universal Brotherhood. Under its leader Katherine Tingley, the Universal Brotherhood strove to develop andpopularize raja yoga as the solution to... (More)
- Research on the early 20th century European and American reception of yoga have revealed the significance of esoteric movements like the Theosophical Societyin creating the modern, global phenomenon of yoga. Alongside interpretations ofyoga as primarily a form of meditation which were common in the literature and,sometimes practice, of movements like Theosophy or Thelema there exist anotherphenomenon labeled yoga that have received less attention. A system of pedagogy called raja yoga was for several decades among the foremost preoccupations ofone of the main global Theosophical movements, the Universal Brotherhood. Under its leader Katherine Tingley, the Universal Brotherhood strove to develop andpopularize raja yoga as the solution to the social and spiritual problems of humanity. Focusing on Swedish raja yoga literature of the Universal Brotherhood, thisarticle will explore how Swedish writers imagined and argued for this system ofeducation and spiritual development. Furthermore, the article will investigate some of the complicated connections between this form of pedagogy and the broadertrends of the early 20th century European reception of yoga. (Less)
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- author
- Nilsson, Johan LU
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- publishing date
- 2021
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- yoga, Raja yoga, pedagogik, Katherine Tingley, Universella Broderskapet, teosofi, religionshistoria
- in
- AURA - Tidsskrift for akademiske studier av nyreligiøsitet
- volume
- 12
- pages
- 16 pages
- ISSN
- 2703-8122
- DOI
- 10.31265/aura.535
- language
- Swedish
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- yes
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- 6d1eddab-861b-4343-8890-7068c1ae9b95
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- 2022-01-31 14:28:00
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