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that Yogananda founded as well as Yogananda’s subsequent mismanagement
of them.- See Satyananda 2004. Yogananda cites much of his account as being translated
from the Bengali edition of Satyananda’s biography. - Satyeswarananda 1983: 217.
- See Mallinson 2006. A more complete account of Kriya Yoga practice is offered in
chapter 4. - Sri Yukteswar’s full monastic name is Swami Sriyukteswar Giri, the “Sri” actu-
ally comprising a portion of his name rather than an honorific, as might be
assumed. He was given the name upon taking his vows due to his habit of
addressing attendants at his ashram with the traditional honorifics Sriyukta
and Srimati rather than their anglicized equivalents (see Satyananda 2004: 53).
Consequently, abbreviating the Swami’s name to simply “Yukteswar,” as is
sometimes done, is technically incorrect. However, for the sake of recognizabil-
ity, I have chosen to render his name as two separate units— Sri Yukteswar— as
Yogananda does. - Satyeswarananda 1985: 44.
- Satyeswarananda 1985: 45.
- A circular group dance based in the mytholog y of Kṛṣṇa- Gopāla, or the god
Krishna in his cowherd form. - Satyeswarananda 1985: 46; Satyananda 2004: 62.
- These events are described in detail in chapter 2 of the Autobiography.
- This presumably refers to the “hardcore” variety of tantra involving sexual rituals
and impure substances. Kriya Yoga is itself a decidedly tantric practice, albeit of the
internalized “softcore” variety. - Satyananda 2004: 169.
- Satyananda 2004: 172.
- See Esdaile 1846. For an exploration of the relationship between Indian and
Western notions of hypnotism, including Esdaile’s own role, see Siegel 2014. - “Sammohan,” when it appears in Hindi or Bengali, tends usually to be translated
as “hypnotism” and associated with vaśya or vaśitva siddhi (the power to subjugate
others to one’s will) among the classical list of the eight primary siddhis. - Ghosh 1980: 122– 23.
- Ghosh 1980: 125– 26.
- Mediumistic possession is not as common in the Indian context as other types, but
does occasionally appear under the name of svasthāveśa, where voluntary or invited
possession by deities and/ or mid- level spirits is effected for the purposes of divina-
tion, especially upon a child (see Smith 2006: 416ff ). - Yogananda 1946: 50.
- Satyananda 2004: 159.
- Not to be confused with Dayananda Saraswati, founder of the Ārya Samāj.
- Ghosh 1980: 156.