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medium, Spiritualist, 58, 68– 70, 73, 98,
107, 116, 198n18, 199n33
Mesmer, Fraz Anton, 64– 65, 67, 82,
84, 145
Mesmerism, 9. See also hypnotism and
magnetism
and ether, 64, 82
after Franz Anton Mesmer, 65– 70
and metaphysical religion, 59, 13, 144,
205n401
origins of, 64
and Yogananda, 97, 98, 112
and Yogis, 45
metaphysical religion, 2, 4, 10, 58– 60
and health, 131, 140, 145– 153, 189
and Indian categories, 70, 74, 144, 146
and Mesmerism, 64– 68
and Vivekananda, 44– 45, 81
and women, 51, 52
and Yogananda, 18– 19, 87, 145– 153
metaphysics, 4, 57, 59– 68
and ether, 9, 59– 68, 79, 83– 84
as explanation for superpowers, 32–
33, 57, 156
and Nikola Tesla, 79– 80
and Theosophy, 72, 74– 75
and Vivekananda, 76– 79, 80– 82
and Yogananda, 85– 87, 170– 175
Miami scandal, 66, 106– 108, 121
mind
dualism with body, 62
and physical culture, 137– 140,
145– 148, 160
powers of, 34, 79– 87, 187
role within metaphysical religions,
10, 57– 59
and Yogis, 45– 56, 152
mind cure, 57, 69, 129, 131, 140– 145
Mozumdar, A. K., 47
Mt. Washington, 89, 105– 106, 108– 111,
120, 150

mūlādhāra granthi, 135

mūlaprakṛti, 61, 77

Müller, Jørgen Peter, 137– 140

Mysore, 142, 189

nābhi mudrā, 134, 135

naturopathy, 131

New Age, 10, 18, 58, 83, 88, 144, 153

New Thought

and metaphysical religion, 10, 53, 57,

59, 67, 69, 131, 144

and William Walker Atkinson, 39

and Yogananda, 18, 126, 139, 141,

144– 145, 153, 174

and Yogis, 2, 47, 188

Newton, Isaac, 63– 64, 78

Nyāya- Vaiśeṣika, 61, 197n9

occultism, 10, 74– 75, 77– 78, 205n40.

See also esotericism

Olcott, Henry Steel, 69– 71

Oman, John Campbell, 20– 21,

29– 30, 38– 39

oṃkāra kriyā, 134, 204n24

Omnipotent Oom. See Bernard,

Pierre Arnold

Open Source Yoga Unity, 182

Orient(al), 36, 38, 155, 156

as costume, 32– 33, 49, 132

and sexuality, 16

as source of wisdom, 58, 60, 70– 71, 119

Yogis as, 2, 7– 8, 50, 52, 178, 181

Oriental Monk, 13– 14

Orientalism, 3, 5, 8, 13– 15, 21, 53, 74,

186, 188

Ostoja, Roman, 12, 116, 118– 119, 155,

200n71, 202n58

Paramananda, Swami, 2, 5, 109

paramukta, 175

Payot, Jules, 139– 140, 206n52