Tabla de Contenidos: “…A dream of Aristotle -- The rise of Islam -- Translation -- The lonely alchemist -- The house of wisdom -- Big science -- Numbers -- Algebra -- The philosopher -- The medic -- The physicist -- The prince and the pauper -- Andalusia -- The Marāgha Revolution -- Decline and Renaissance -- Science and Islam today -- Timeline : then Islamic world from antiquity to the beginning of the modern period.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Structure of Psychic Experience -- The Subconscious -- Part II Techniques for Autonomy -- Concentration "on a Single Point" -- Yogic Postures(asana)and Respiratoryn Discipline (pranayama) -- Excursus:Pranayama in Extra-Indian Asceticism -- -Yogic Concentration and Meditation -- The Role of Isvara -- Enstasis and Hypnosis -- Samadhi " with Support" -- The Siddhis or"Miraculous Powers" -- -Samadhi "without Support"and Final Liberation -- Reintegration and Freedom -- Part III Yoga and Brahmanism -- Ascetics and Ecstatics in the Vedas -- Tapas and Yoga -- "Ritual Interiorization" -- Symbolism and Gnosis in the Upanisads -- Immortality and Liberation -- Yoga in the Maitri Upanisads -- -The Samnyasa Upanisads -- The Yogic Upanisads -- " Brahmanized" Magic and Yoga: the Rgvidhana -- "Good" and "Evil" Ascetics and Contemplatives -- Part IV The Triumph of Yoga -- Yoga and Hinduism -- Yoga in the Mahabharata -- Yoga and Samkhya in the Mahabharata -- Yoga Techniques in the Mahabharata -- Yogic Folklore in the Mahabharata -- The Message of the Bhagavad Gita -- Krsna's Example -- "Acts" and "Sacrifices" -- Yoga Technique in the Bhagavad Gita -- Part V Yoga Techniques in Buddhism -- The Road to Nirvana and the Symbolism of Initiation -- The Jhanas and the Samapattis -- Yogins and Metaphysicians -- The "Miraculous Powers" -- Knowledge of Previous Existences -- The Paribbajakas -- Makkhali Gosala and the Ajivikas -- Metaphysical Knowledge and Mystical Experience -- Part VI Yoga and Tantrism -- Appoximations -- Iconography, Visualization, Nyasa, Mudras -- Mantras, Dharanis -- Excursus: Dhikr -- Mandala -- Praise of the Body:Hatha Yoga -- The Nadia: Ida, Pingala, Susumna -- The Cakras -- Kundalini -- "International Language" -- Mystical Erotism -- Maithuna -- The "Conjunction of Opposites" -- Part VII Yoga and Alchemy -- Legnds of Yogins as Alchemists -- Tantrism, Hatha Yoga, and Alchemy -- Chinese Alchemy -- Alchemy as a Spiritual Tecnique -- Part VIII Yoga and Aboriginal India -- The Roads to Freedom -- Aghoris, Kapalikas -- Gorakhnath and the Eighty-four Siddhas -- Matsyen-dranath and the Myth of "Transmission of the Doctrine" -- Shamanistic Magic and the Quest for Immortality -- Yoga and Shamanism -- Ascent to Heaven -- Mystical Flight -- "Magical Heat" -- "Inner Light" -- Similarities and Differences -- Coalescence and Degradation: Yoga and Popular Religions -- The Dravidian Heritage, Munda, Proto-Munda -- Harappa, Mohenjo-daro -- Part IX Conclusions -- Additional Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Samkhya Texts and Bibliographies -- Patanjali and the Texts of Classic Yoga -- On the Materialists -- The Self and Psychomental Experience -- The Three Gunas -- Logic and Theory of Knowledge in Samkhya-Yoga -- Samkhya and the Critique of the Existence of God -- Samkhya and Buddhism -- Samkhya's Critique of Buddhism -- Chapter 2 -- The Obstacles to Concentration -- On the Asanas -- On Yogic Concentration -- Samadhi -- The Siddhis, "Miraculous Powers" Chapter 3 -- The Vratyas and the Ecstatics of Vedic Times -- The Five Breaths -- Tapas and Diksa -- Hinduization of Autochthonous Religion -- The Upanisads -- "Mystical Sounds" -- Lists of Ascetics -- Chapter 4 -- The Mahabharata -- Samkhya in the Moksadharma -- The Art of Entering Another's Body -- The Bhagavad Gita -- The Pancaratras -- Chapter 5 -- Yoga and Buddhism -- Buddhist Samadhi and the Jhanas -- Non-Buddhist Dhyana and Buddhist Pseudo Dhyana -- Paths and Stages of Meditation -- Siddhis and Abhijnas -- Paribbajakas, Ajivikas -- Chapter 6 -- On the Literature of Tantrism -- On Tantrism and Iconography -- On the Ascetic Practices and the Yoga of the Jainists -- On the Mudras -- Mantras and Dharanis -- Dhikr -- Mandala -- On the Literature of Hatha Yoga -- Cakras, Adharas, etc. -- On the "International Language" -- "By the same acts." -- Retention of Breath and Arrest of Semen in China -- Sahajiya and Visnuism -- Chapter 7 -- Alchemists, Yogins, and "Magical Flight" -- Nagarjuna as Alchemist -- On Indian Alchemy -- Chinese ALchemy -- Metallurgy and Alchemy -- Chapter 8 -- On the Aghoris, the Kapalikas, and the Cult of Skulls -- On the "Orgies" of the Vallabhacaryas -- Gorakhnath, Matsyendranath, and the Eighty-four Siddhas -- The Burial of Ascetics -- Yogins and Fakirs -- On Late Buddhism and Crypto-Buddhism -- Yoginis, Dakinis, Yaksas, Durga -- The Dravidian Contribution -- Snakes, Dragons, Nagas -- Munda, Proto-Munda -- Harappa and Mohenjo-daro -- Chapter 9 -- Dissemination of Yogic Techniques and Cultural Contact between India and the World.…”
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