{"product_id":"yoga-immortality-and-freedom-bollingen-series-vol-lvi","title":"Yoga: Immortality and Freedom (Bollingen Series  Vol. LVI)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this landmark book the renowned scholar of religion Mircea Eliade lays the groundwork for a Western understanding of Yoga  exploring how its guiding principle  that of freedom  involves remaining in the world without letting oneself be exhausted by such \"conditionings\" as time and history. Drawing on years of study and experience in India  Eliade provides a comprehensive survey of Yoga in theory and practice from its earliest foreshadowings in the Vedas through the twentieth century. The subjects discussed include Patajali  author of the Yoga-sutras; yogic techniques  such as concentration \"on a Single Point \" postures  and respiratory discipline; and Yoga in relation to Brahmanism  Buddhism  Tantrism  Oriental alchemy  mystical erotism  and shamanism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44959874744373,"sku":"ByrdShop_0691017646","price":28.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780691017648.jpg?v=1770377441","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/yoga-immortality-and-freedom-bollingen-series-vol-lvi","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}