230 IndexBraid, James, 65, 68
breathing exercises. See prāṇāyāma
Brunton, Paul. See A Search In Secret
India (1934)
Buddha, 36, 38, 40, 42, 150, 151,
185, 194n41
Buddhism, 23, 24, 36, 40, 61,
128, 194n41
Bull, Sara Chapman, 44, 50, 51, 52,
54, 130
Burbank, Luther, 150, 155
cakra, 134, 135, 146
Calcutta, 120
Bikram Choudhury in, 180– 181
Sri Yukteswar in, 93
Yogananda in, 99, 100– 103, 123,
164– 166
Yogis from, 47, 48, 110, 179
California, 46, 47, 106, 116, 181
calisthenics, 7, 47, 49, 129– 133, 136,
142, 147
capitalism, 153, 182
Chandu the Magician, 186– 187
Charlton, Hilda, 112, 113, 202n50
Chicago, 131
Chondu the Mystic, 187– 188
Choudhury, Bikram, 4, 101, 105,
141, 176, 179– 184, 188, 189,
190, 210n1, 210n9. See also
Bikram Yoga
Chowdhury, Nirad Ranjan, 110– 111,
116, 123, 155
Christ, Jesus, 107, 150, 151, 174,
175, 185
Christian Science
and Asian religions, 144
and metaphysical religion, 2, 10, 53,
57, 59, 69, 205n40
and Vivekananda, 44, 81
and Yogananda, 126, 129
Christian Yoga, 47
Christianity, 2
and Autobiography of a Yogi, 157,
174, 175
Muscular, 130
as superior religion, 38, 43
and Yogananda, 99, 104, 114, 151
Christ- like figures, 36, 152, 162
Clarkstown Country Club, 49, 127, 130
colonialism, 3, 6, 14, 15, 26, 29, 46, 59,
179, 194n41, 205n37
comic books, 11, 187, 188
contortion, 8, 55, 132, 147, 185
Coué, Émile, 147– 148, 206n52
Craddock, Ida B., 17, 54
crystal ball, 3, 186Dasgupta, Sailendra Bejoy, 122– 123, 143
Davis, Roy Eugene, 89, 90, 112, 156
De Michelis, Elizabeth, 4, 5, 41,
74, 76, 78
De Vries, Blanche, 49, 54, 148
death- ray, 79, 187
Descartes, René, 63
dhautī, 132
Dhirananda, Swami, 2, 3, 100, 103– 111,
122, 155, 184, 202n31, 203n2
Doctor Manhattan, 186, 188
Doctor Strange, 188, 211n23East- West, 3, 110, 120, 128, 151, 153,
167, 170
Einstein, Albert, 83, 85, 86, 87, 116,
118, 170
electricity
and the human body, 81– 82, 125,
140, 148
in metaphysical language, 59, 68
and spirit, 63, 77
as universal force, 64, 84, 85
elementals, 209n43