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elements, material
Indian, 61– 62, 77, 197n10, 171
Western, 62– 63
Yogananda’s model of, 88, 171– 172,
209n41, 174
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 35, 40, 47, 89
Encinitas, 105, 123, 202n50
Energization Exercises, 129, 136,
139–143, 145, 147, 150
energ y
within the body, 17, 81, 130, 134– 135,
140, 145– 146, 148
cosmic, 10, 59, 69, 76, 78, 145
as light, 83, 85, 86– 88
and will, 66, 140
esotericism, 7, 10, 58– 60, 130– 131. See
also occultism
and Bengali Renaissance, 74
and bodily practice, 93, 119
and Theosophy, 71, 78
and Vivekananda, 76, 78
and Yogananda, 125– 126, 133, 135
ether, 59– 62, 72– 73, 77– 80, 82– 88. See
also ākāśa and astral
luminiferous, 56, 63, 68, 78,
83, 198n18
and the subtle body, 48, 68,
70, 209n40
Western theories of, 62– 64, 77,
79, 197n13
and Yogananda, 85, 88, 173, 200n76
Evans, Warren Felt, 144
evolution, spiritual, 49, 58, 72, 148,
177, 178
and biological, 211n21, 150– 152,
170, 186
fakir, 13
in Autobiography of a Yogi,
159, 194n13
as different from Yogi, 45, 75– 76, 131
as magician, 32– 34, 72
in popular media, 22, 192n20
in pre- modern India, 21, 26, 27– 28, 39
Farmer, Sarah Jane, 51, 52, 54
feats of strength, 2, 90, 113, 160, 180, 185
fitness, 41– 42, 128– 130, 133
freakery, 29, 132– 133, 185Gandha Baba, 156, 160– 162
Gherwal, Rishi Singh, 2, 47
Ghosh, Bishnu Charan, 4, 101, 137,
180–181, 185, 210n8
and Bikram Choudhury,
180– 181, 183
and physical culture, 121– 122, 137,
141– 143, 205n31
Ghosh, Sananda Lal, 96, 98
Giri Bala, 161– 162
God, 58
and meditation, 148
as metaphysical category, 88, 171, 175
and Yogananda, 103, 162, 164,
166, 169
Yogi’s connection to, 2, 27, 152
and the Yogi’s powers, 116, 119, 146,
151, 160, 161, 166, 177
Greeks, ancient, 197n13, 62, 78
guṇas, 24, 76
g ymnastics, 7
European, 129, 205n37
and health reform, 130
and women, 55, 130
yoga described as, 7, 52, 132– 133
and Yogananda, 147
g ymnosophists, 26Haddock, Frank Channing, 139– 140,
144, 148, 206n52
Hari Rama, Yogi, 47, 143– 144
harmonial spirituality, 129, 130,
144, 196n2