Sinclair 1962: 133. Interestingly, later editions of Sinclair’s work feature a short—
and admittedly lukewarm— preface by Einstein. The physicist was a family friend
of the Sinclairs, and even once attended a demonstration by the stage magician
cum mystic Roman Ostoja at their home, so one might choose to read an amount
of familiar indulgence into his testimony. Nevertheless, he concludes that though
Sinclair’s experiments “stand surely far beyond those which a nature investiga-
tor holds to be thinkable,” Sinclair’s character demands that “in no case should
the psychologically interested circles pass over this book heedlessly” (Sinclair
1962: ix).
Yogananda 1951: 134.
Yogananda 1986: 132– 33.
Yogananda 1951: 264.
Yogananda 1951: 235.
Yogananda 1999: 921. Yogananda is quoted as describing akāśa as “the subtle back-
ground against which everything in the universe becomes perceptible... . space
gives dimension to objects; ether separates the images” (Yogananda 1999: 867n).
Yogananda 1951: 42.
Yogananda 1951: 42.
Yogananda 1951: 242.
Yogananda 1951: 237.
Yogananda 1951: 237– 38.
For a traditional reading of the physics of yogic power, see White 1984: 55– 56.
Yogananda 1951: 238.
Yogananda 1951: 279.
Such an advertisement appeared in The Los Angeles Times on January 6, 1925.
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Davis 2006: 28– 29.
Warnack 1932: I9.
For instance, Satyeswarananda quotes on multiple occasions and otherwise refer-
ences Yogananda’s work, most notably when he criticizes the multiple organizations
