238 Indexwill, 118
and Theosophy, 69– 70
and Yogananda, 66– 67, 87– 88,
96– 97, 112
and Yogoda, 133, 137– 140, 143,
145–149, 205n31, 206n52
and superpowers, 80– 82, 84
Williamson, Lola, 18
women, 16, 43– 44, 50, 52– 55, 68, 106,
109, 111, 130, 199n33
World Parliament of Religions, 14, 34,
45, 51, 75
Yoga Sūtras, 21, 38, 61, 190, 193n2
Yogendra, Shri, 46, 127, 152, 205n38
Yo g i
as analytic category, 12– 13, 20
as ascetic, 7– 8, 10, 16, 20– 22,
26, 28–36, 38, 47, 132,
180, 185
descriptions of, 1– 3, 21, 26– 28, 31, 39,
45, 49, 71
films featuring, 54
and immigration, 46– 47
as magician, 8, 10, 26, 28, 31– 34, 38,
47, 49, 161, 187
as mystic, 8, 10, 14, 28– 29, 34– 40, 47,
52, 58, 179, 186– 187, 189
and sexuality, 16– 17, 50– 51, 52,
108– 109
as superhuman, 7– 8, 11– 12, 57– 58
universalization of, 10– 11, 45, 58,
59, 80– 82
versus yoga, 1, 3, 4– 5
as yogin or sādhaka, 24– 26
yoginī, 16
Yogoda, 17, 103, 110, 116, 129, 130, 133,
136– 151, 153, 203n2, 204n9
Yogoda Satsanga, 102, 106, 119– 121
yoni mudrā, 134, 145