Pure Yoga : in its historical context and today /
Karel Werner.
- First edition
- Delhi Motilal Banarsidass publications 2021
- xiv, 334 pages ;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-334).
The book mentioned in the first sentence is likely a scholarly work on the history and development of yoga, as well as an evaluation of contemporary books on the subject. The author, Professor Karel Werner, has a background in philosophy, history, Indology, and Sinology, and is a respected scholar in the field of Indian philosophy and religion. He has published extensively on topics such as Vedism, yoga, Buddhism, and the history of religions, and is currently preparing a new book on "Pure Yoga" in historical context and today. Professor Werner was born in Czechoslovakia in 1925, and after the Soviet invasion of his country in 1968, he emigrated to England, where he taught at the University of Durham for over 20 years. He is now an Honorary Professional Research Associate in the Department of the Study of Religions at SOAS, University of London, and a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.