MAHA YOGI WALT WHITMAN: New Light on Yoga by Nambiar, O.K - 1978

Bangalore, India: Jeevan Publications, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 258 p. Textual illustrations. A Hindu interpretation of Whitman's mysticism. While other studies derive their interpretation from Whitman's notion of self, Nambiar connects him to the esoteric experience of Tantric Yoga, a type of supernormal consciousness marked by the awakening of psycho-physical energy and resulting in the dissolution of the barriers between matter and spirit, the self and the universal. Prospectus laid in. Octavo. Original paper covered boards over a blue cloth spine. The dust jacket, which is attached (as issued), is light edgeworn and faded, with a chip to the spine heel; else very good. Scarce.