Britain’s leading scholar of Western esotericism, Tobias Churton is a world authority on Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Freemasonry, and Rosicrucianism. Appointed Honorary Fellow of Exeter University in 2005, he holds a master’s degree in theology from Brasenose College, Oxford, and is the author of many books, including Gnostic Philosophy and Aleister Crowley in America. He lives in the heart of England.
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Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION Tipping Point for India: Catalyst for Crowley PART ONE Crowley in India ONE Go East, Young Man! Madame Blavatsky and India Theosophy in Ceylon How Indians Became Aryans TWO Fall-Out and Fall-In Allan Bennett Bennett in Ceylon 1900-1901 THREE The Beast in Colombo FOUR To Kandy Yoga - The Essentials FIVE Big Game, Small Games Dambulla, Sigiraya, and Anurādhapura Thomas William Rhys Davids SIX The Aim Is Being: Calcutta Madura Edward Thornton SEVEN Burma--by Train, Boat, and Paddle Steamer The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company Akyab EIGHT Across India Benares NINE K2 TEN Return to Ceylon, via Boleskine ELEVEN The Works: 1901-1904 The Argonauts The Dhammapada Berashith Science and Buddhism TWELVE The Works II: “Ascension Day” and “Pentecost” Pansil Pentecost Done, at Akyab THIRTEEN 1905: Jñāna Yoga The Mahatma Guru Yogi Sabhapaty Swami and His Vedantic Raj Yoga Philosophy Sabhapaty’s System FOURTEEN Kangchenjunga FIFTEEN Moharbhanj SIXTEEN Get Out of Calcutta Quick! SEVENTEEN Return to Burma PART TWO India in Crowley EIGHTEEN Samādhi Lola Daydream NINETEEN I Came from God the World to Save: 1907 TWENTY 777 and Book 4 The Tree of Life Book 4 Āsana • Prān. āyāma and Its Parallel in Speech, Mantrayoga • Yama and Niyama • Pratyāhāra • Dhāran. ā • Dhyāna • Samādhi Summary TWENTY-ONE Sit Down, Shut Up, Get Out! The Guru in Action Yoga for Yahoos and Yellowbellies Yoga and the War TWENTY-TWO The Coiled Splendor The Secret Typescript The Latent Light Culture Independence Notes Bibliography Index
Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION Tipping Point for India: Catalyst for Crowley PART ONE Crowley in India ONE Go East, Young Man! Madame Blavatsky and India Theosophy in Ceylon How Indians Became Aryans TWO Fall-Out and Fall-In Allan Bennett Bennett in Ceylon 1900-1901 THREE The Beast in Colombo FOUR To Kandy Yoga - The Essentials FIVE Big Game, Small Games Dambulla, Sigiraya, and Anurādhapura Thomas William Rhys Davids SIX The Aim Is Being: Calcutta Madura Edward Thornton SEVEN Burma--by Train, Boat, and Paddle Steamer The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company Akyab EIGHT Across India Benares NINE K2 TEN Return to Ceylon, via Boleskine ELEVEN The Works: 1901-1904 The Argonauts The Dhammapada Berashith Science and Buddhism TWELVE The Works II: “Ascension Day” and “Pentecost” Pansil Pentecost Done, at Akyab THIRTEEN 1905: Jñāna Yoga The Mahatma Guru Yogi Sabhapaty Swami and His Vedantic Raj Yoga Philosophy Sabhapaty’s System FOURTEEN Kangchenjunga FIFTEEN Moharbhanj SIXTEEN Get Out of Calcutta Quick! SEVENTEEN Return to Burma PART TWO India in Crowley EIGHTEEN Samādhi Lola Daydream NINETEEN I Came from God the World to Save: 1907 TWENTY 777 and Book 4 The Tree of Life Book 4 Āsana • Prān. āyāma and Its Parallel in Speech, Mantrayoga • Yama and Niyama • Pratyāhāra • Dhāran. ā • Dhyāna • Samādhi Summary TWENTY-ONE Sit Down, Shut Up, Get Out! The Guru in Action Yoga for Yahoos and Yellowbellies Yoga and the War TWENTY-TWO The Coiled Splendor The Secret Typescript The Latent Light Culture Independence Notes Bibliography Index
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