Some articles using the search term ‘yoga’ at Counterpunch, interesting if sometimes too critical. A leftist view is entirely apt, but the dogmas of historical materialism won’t h… Source: Yoga versus ‘raja yoga’… – 1848+: The End(s) of History

I have been associated with the New Age movement since the mid-seventies of the last century and the only thing I know at this point is that the whole game was a waste of time, got sabotaged by occult operators in the background and that all the gurus who appeared ended up problematical. One of … Continue reading Was Ramana Maharsi a fascist? puking up (neo-) Advaita gibberish…the Vedic fraud as to the history of the yogas…

It may be that as the New Age movement and its gurus pass away a new yoga will arise in a new tradition. The advaita has become a sick joke. There is a simple way to concoct one as a trial passage: invoke the old tradition beyond classical yogas, the assumption that raja yoga (which … Continue reading Creating a real path for the future, …

By comparing white supremacy in the U.S. to the caste system in India, her new book at once illuminates and collapses a complex history. Source: Isabel Wilkerson’s World-Historical Theory of Race and Caste | The New Yorker This already classic study is relevant to this blog with its critique of the legacy of caste in India, … Continue reading Isabel Wilkerson’s World-Historical Theory of Race and Caste | The New Yorker

Guruism via Hinduism has a long tradition which probably sources in the Neolithic and had died many deaths. The figure Danielou, despite a number of problems, has some useful accounts of this ‘primordial Shaivism’. We have no idea what the original(s) was/were. In addition the legacy is influenced/mediated/ by the much later sufi sources with … Continue reading Problems with new age gurus and paths ( a long list growing longer day by day)

I hope to read the Kindle version of this book soon but I am wary here of the confusions over secularism. So without having read the book I will caution those who approach this to be wary of defini… Source: Stephen Batchelor on After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age – YouTube – … Continue reading Is buddhism doomed?

https://www.academia.edu/5838643/The_Value_of_E_J_Gold_Unearthing_the_Real_Mr_G?email_work_card=view-paper This paper has been kicking around for a while but I would caution most attempts to explicate EJ Gold. New agers have suffered a lot from Gurdjieff and Gold and the lies disinformation and exploitation are cleverly concealed from the general public. The issue of the occult enters but no one can deal with … Continue reading Gold? and Bannon the new ager (???) and Trump’s hidden doppelgangers..

This is a useful attempt at critique but in the end it is itself puzzling. The critic has no real standard by which to judge. He cites Guenon as a yardstick. Unbelievable. The critique is itself puzzling. It ought to be dead easy to critique this figure but attempts fumble the ball. Pious upholders of … Continue reading the Animal House verdict: puke in your face…so who was puking?….Osho counterfeit guru: google link – The Gurdjieff Con

This grotesque book points/hints at the danger of the Gurdjieff/Gold circle with its hidden infestation of ‘djinn’ magic and the demonology inflicted on ‘disciples’ long after they have disconnected from a public sphere or group. It is not clear what that means! Many of these formerlies are ‘food’, go insane, and find all their spiritual … Continue reading the djinn racket…//Secret Talks with Mr. G.: To a Specially Formed Group as Recollected By His Pupils: E. J. Gold: 9780895560018: Amazon.com: Books

The critique of yoga is par for the course here, but in comparison to our critique of sufism/gurdjieff the critique of ‘hatha yoga’ is almost brand trivia. And there is a possibility of doing it right, possibly. Big deal, do the asanas, then move on to Raja Yoga, another possibly mechanized ‘no longer a method’ … Continue reading Experiencing your birth right, ‘self-consciousness’…