Jiří Vízner Libri

Eine der grundlegenden Arbeiten über Yoga, die sich auf die Atemtechnik konzentriert. Prana ist die Gesamtheit aller Energie, die den Menschen belebt, wobei der sichtbarste Ausdruck - auf den am leichtesten Einfluss genommen werden kann - der Atem ist. Daher konzentriert sich der Hathayogin vollständig auf das Atmen, um alle potenziell in ihm vorhandenen Energien zu kontrollieren und so eine vollkommene Harmonie mit dem Universum, in dem er lebt, zu erreichen.

Výbor statí známého západoevropského odborníka čtenáři umožňuje získat další teoretické poznatky o józe a pochopit ji hlouběji.

Insieme panindiano di tecniche spirituali, simbolo e summa di una cultura radicalmente diversa da quella occidentale, lo Yoga è divenuto uno dei miti della nostra epoca, punto di fuga verso una riacquisizione di valori spirituali che paiono dimenticati da una civiltà, come la nostra, pragmatica, accelerata e tecnologica. Mircea Eliade, insigne storico delle religioni, ha affrontato concretamente, di persona, l'itinerario yoga verso la liberazione. Quest'opera, frutto di un lungo soggiorno in India, si propone di offrire una sintesi ricca, ma accessibile anche ai non specialisti, dello Yoga classico e delle dottrine, dei metodi e del simbolismo yoga espressi nel buddhismo, nel tantrismo, nell'alchimia, nel folklore e nella devozione popolare.

The author's purpose is to interpret, and to ease, an encounter which history has made inevitable. But Professor Eliade is too good a scholar, and it too wise in his judgment, to fall into syncretist fallacies. He has no argument to offer other than that which is implicit in a penetrating and sympathetic scrutiny of the mythologies that vivify ancient communities and tell us so much of the perennial meaning and destiny of man...

Known only for the virtues of its sexual practice, ancient Tantric ideology is a universal and wide-reaching ideology virtually ignored in the West. In Tantra: The Cult of the Feminine, one of Europe's foremost Tantric authors and teachers, Andre Van Lysebeth, gives readers a balanced, well-informed, modern examination of the secret teachings and symbolism of Tantra. Espousing no dogma, Tantra involves a search for reality that contradicts neither science nor religion. For Tantra, all of the myriad energy forms in the universe -- gravity, nuclear cohesion, electromagnetism -- exist throughout the cosmos. "Scientifically speaking, the universe is a gigantic continuum ranging from sub-atomic to astronomical dimensions. Tantrists have perceived this unity for over thirty-five centuries," points out van Lysebeth in his introduction. Originally published in 1992, Tantra has become the classic text on the subject, the source for serious students. Eight full-color illustrations and 36 line drawings complement a comprehensive and contemporary explanation of Tantra, complete with meditations. Andre does a remarkable job of bringing ancient theories into the modern world.