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1. TheAfricanOriginsofHathaYoga:AnditsAncient
   Mystical Teaching

Thesubjectofthispresentvolume,TheAncientEgyptianOriginsofYogaPostures,formed

onesubjectinthelargerworks,AfricanOriginsofCivilizationReligion,YogaMysticism

andEthicsPhilosophyandtheBookEgyptandIndiaisthesectionofthebookAfricanOri-

ginsofCivilization.ThoseworkscontainthecollectionofallcorrelationsbetweenAncient

EgyptandIndia.Thisvolumealsocontainssomeadditionalinformationnotcontainedinthe

previouswork.Itwasfeltthatthissubjectneededtobediscussedmoredirectly,beingtreated

inonevolume,asopposedtobeingcontainedinthelargerworkalongwithothersubjects,

becauseevenintheearly21stcentury,theideapersiststhattheYogaandspecifically,Yoga

Postures,wereinventedanddevelopedonlyinIndia.TheAncientEgyptianswerepeoples

originallyfromAfricawhowere,inancienttimes,colonistsinIndia.Thereforeitisnosur-

prisethatmanyIndiantraditionsincludingreligiousandYogic,wouldbefoundearlierin

AncientEgypt.Yetthereisampleevidencefromancientwritingsandperhapsmoreimport-

antly,iconographicalevidencesfromtheAncientEgyptiansthemselvesandtheIndians

themselvesthatprovetheconnectionbetweenAncientEgyptandIndiaaswellastheexist-

enceofadisciplineofYogaPosturesinAncientEgyptlongbeforeitspracticeinIndia.This

handyvolumehasbeendesignedtobeaccessibletoyoungadultsandallotherswhowould

liketohaveaneasyreferencewithdocumentationonthisimportantsubject.Thisisanim-

portantsubjectbecausetheframeofreferencewithwhichwelookataculturedepends

stronglyonourconceptionsaboutitsorigins.Inthiscase,ifwelookattheAncientEgyptians

asAsiaticpeopleswewouldtreatthemandtheircultureinoneway.IfweseethemasAfric-

answenotonlyseetheminadifferentlightbutwealsomustascribeAfricawithaglorious

legacythatmatchesanyothercultureinhumanhistory.Wewouldalsolookattheculture