The practice of yoga promises peace, self-realisation and release, thanks to the power of its ‘mystic’ Indian origins. But what if this is just hype? In Fascist Yoga, Stewart Home sweeps away the half-truths to tell a new origin story of modern postural practice.
Starting with the world’s first modern yogi – a Californian escapologist who added Hindu fairy dust to circus exercises, this history reveals a community full of grifters, occultists and white supremacists, out to exploit and recruit via the medium of exercise.
From Aleister Crowley to Ezra Pound to Heinrich Himmler; cult leaders and brainwashed followers; TV celebrities and fake gurus, the story of yoga has involved some of the strangest currents of humanity with a dangerous understanding of wellness.
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction
1. Was Yoga Invented by Pierre Bernard in California at the Start of the 20th Century?
2. Fascist Yoga
3. Yoga in the UK & USA after the Military Defeat of Fascism: Mail Order Courses, Books, Media Features, Celebrity Endorsements and Yogic Televangelism
4. Frank Rudolph Young, and Yoga for the Aspiring Muscle Man Who Wants a Wife Half His Age
Conclusion
Over de auteur
Stewart Home is a legend of counterculture. He is an artist, filmmaker, pamphleteer, art historian and activist, and the author of countless pulp fictions, including most recently Art School Orgy and She’s My Witch. He regularly performs to audiences across the world and recently started making headstand paintings with the canvas placed above him and brushes held in his toes. He was born and lives in London.
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