Eight Lectures on Yoga – Aleister Crowley

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Summary

• Archive: Aleister Crowley was among the first Europeans to study, practice and teach Yoga.

• These lectures set forth some of Crowley’s conclusions after a lifelong philosophical investigation.

• The first series of lectures is entitled ‘Yoga for Yahoos.’ The elements of Yoga are introduced, examined and demystified with a view to extracting the practical essence of Yoga doctrine.

• Yoga is also correlated with astrology and the Qabalah.

• The second series is entitled ‘Yoga for Yellowbellies.’ Here Crowley weaves Yoga into a conceptual framework the encompasses Western philosophy, magick and mathematical physics.