A Search in Secret India

by Paul Brunton

Overview

The author's story of the search in India for the spirituality of the ages, sharing the sights and sounds of India as Westerners have never heard of it, and looking for the spiritual haven he knew was there. This is the book that made Ramana Maharshi known in the West.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781603866477
Publisher:	Merchant Books
Publication date:	04/09/2014
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Born in London in 1898, Paul Brunton published 13 books between 1935 and 1952. He is generally recognized as having introduced yoga and meditation to the West, and for presenting their philosophical background in non-technical language. He died in Switzerland, where he lived for 20 years, in 1981.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Chapter I- Wherein I Bow to the Reader
• Chapter II- A Prelude to the Quest
• Chapter III- A Magician Out of Egypt
• Chapter IV- I Meet a Messiah
• Chapter V- The Anchorite of the Adyar River
• Chapter VI- The Yoga which Conquers Death
• Chapter VII- The Sage Who Never Speaks
• Chapter VIII- With the Spiritual Head of South India
• Chapter IX- The Hill of the Holy Beacon
• Chapter X- Among the Magicians and Holy Men
• Chapter XI- The Wonder-Worker of Benares
• Chapter XII- Written in the Stars !
• Chapter XIII- The Garden of the Lord
• Chapter XIV- At the Parsee Messiah’s Headquarters
• Chapter XV- A Strange Encounter
• Chapter XVI- In a Jungle Hermitage
• Chapter XVII- Tablets of Forgotten Truth

Editorial Reviews

"Fascinating reading, both from a historical point of view, but also because of the spiritual insights they contain."  —Books Magazine



"His work is excellent. It has life, colour, movement."  —The Times

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