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A Course in Yoga Philosophy

By URIEL BUCHANAN

(Disciple of Swami Vivekananda, Ghandi, etc.)

Published in 12 booklets (paper bound). Entire course $1.50

Each book contains one complete lesson, with a set of test questions for the student's use --- fixing in his mind the salient points of the oriental truths and practices presented, and testing his mastery thereof. Here are the contents of the first six lessons. The last six are still more advanced:

THE FIRST LESSON explains what the Vedanta Philosophy is, what the Yogis of India teach, and the object of the practice of Yoga; shows where physical and spiritual vibrations are born and analyzes the five mental states that must be attained in the mastery of Yoga. As a part of this lesson the student is requested to enter into the solemn Form of Consecration, which is a preliminary to the teachings offered.

THE SECOND LESSON contains an explanation of Yoga Philosophy and its eight stages. The student is in this lesson instructed in the use and meaning of certain occult terms which must be mastered for the better understanding of the truths presented now and later in the course --- for instance, what is meant by the astral body, also the astral light, karma, magic, etc., etc. The student is in this lesson given an insight into the attainment sought through Yoga practices, and is assisted to prepare himself for further advancement.

In THE THIRD LESSON the student is given Yoga drills and practices for the transmutation of the lower elements into the higher, and a special prayer is prepared for him. Terrestial magnetism is studied and a daily drill given for the development thereof, after which the student is for the first time given the Yoga rules to follow.

In THE FOURTH LESSON the subject of odylic force is entered upon, and the training of the will to free it from bondage --- all as prelude to the hypostatic union, the union of the Ego, the divine in Man, with the great Over-soul. This lesson contains special drills for concentration of will.

LESSON FIVE considers the seven elements --- four purely material; ether, the semi-material; and aura and spirit, the invisible. In this connection are considered the four atmospheres. Then the student studies the seven planes of consciousness corresponding to the seven elements, and afterwards the four stages of intuition. The lesson closes with five special exercises in Yoga breathing.

LESSON SIX considers the operation of the creative force in its dual manifestation --- the positive and negative --- electric and magnetic --- centrifugal and centripetal; the two currents of Tatwas, and enumerates and explains the five Tatwas. After which we study the seven creative principles. The physiological changes in the brain cells as the result of moral, mental and spiritual development are outlined and emphasized.

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