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Karl Baier (University of Vienna)
Yoga and Alchemy within Fin-de-siècle Occultism
Medicine and Yoga in South and Inner Asia: Body Cultivation, Therapeutic Intervention and the Sowa Rigpa Industry.
University of Vienna
1st - 3rd August, 2017
Yoga and Alchemy within fin de siècle Occultism
In this paper I will investigate the astonishing relationship between interpretations and practices of yoga among German speaking occultists – especially within in the Habsburg Monarchy – and their new interest in alchemical theories and experiments. In particular, my analysis is based on a close reading of the writings of members of this milieu like Carl Kellner, Franz Hartmann, Gustav Meyrink and Herbert Silberer. Special interest is paid to the theoretical frame that allows them to connect yoga and alchemy.
Karl Baier (University of Vienna)
Yoga and Alchemy within Fin-de-siècle Occultism
Medicine and Yoga in South and Inner Asia: Body Cultivation, Therapeutic Intervention and the Sowa Rigpa Industry.
University of Vienna
1st - 3rd August, 2017
Yoga and Alchemy within fin de siècle Occultism
In this paper I will investigate the astonishing relationship between interpretations and practices of yoga among German speaking occultists – especially within in the Habsburg Monarchy – and their new interest in alchemical theories and experiments. In particular, my analysis is based on a close reading of the writings of members of this milieu like Carl Kellner, Franz Hartmann, Gustav Meyrink and Herbert Silberer. Special interest is paid to the theoretical frame that allows them to connect yoga and alchemy.
