LYSEBETH, André van

LYSEBETH, André van. Brussels 11.10.1919 — Perpignan 28.1.2004  (France). Belgian Yoga Instructor and Author. From 1949 pupil of Swami Sivananda (whom he only met in person in 1963). Married, children. Publications: Tantra, le culte de la féminité. 1988; English transl. Tantra: the cult of the feminine. 13+386 p. York Beach,…

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TEPLITZ, David

TEPLITZ, David. 1923 — Terra Linda, Calif. 21.5.1994. U.S. Yoga Teacher. From Chicago. M.A. Northwestern University in music. Ph.D. American Academy for Asian Studies. A disciple of Ramana Maharshi, Sanskrit and Yoga teacher. Taught Sanskrit and meditation techniques at California Institute of Asian Studies. Played bass, 23 years teacher of…

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BAHM, Archie John

BAHM, Archie John. Imlay, Michigan 21/22.8.1907 — Albuquerque, New Mexico 12.3.1996.U.S. Philosopher. Son of John Samuel Bahm and Lena Kohn. B.A. 1929 Albion College, Michigan. BothonWikipedia and Prabook explain that he was “Acting Chair of the University of New Mexico’s Department of Philosophy from 1954 to 1955 and again from…

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ZIGMUND-CERBU, Anton

ZIGMUND-CERBU, Anton. Bucharest 19.10.1923 — New York City 10.3.1964. Romanian Buddhist and South-East Asian Scholar in France and the U.S.A. Born in a family of Jewish intellectuals. Studies at Bucharest, graduated 1946. Left Romania in 1947, first to Paris. Now studies at É.P.H.É. and E.L.O.V. Worked in C.N.R.S. In 1959…

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WEINFURTER, Karel

WEINFURTER, Karel. Jičin, region Hradec Králové 27.5.1867 — Prague 14.3.1942. Czech Author and Translator. Son of Karel W. and his wife Antonia, the family moved to Prague in 1880. A Christian mystic interested in Yoga, Theosophy, astrology, etc. Apparently his Indian translations were made from English and German versions. Publications: Divy…

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WEILER, Royal W

WEILER, Royal W. Allentown, PA 16.9.1927 — Philadelphia County ?.1.1987 (when 59). U.S. Indologist. Professor in Philadelphia. Son of Fred W. Weiler, Sr. (1902–1951) and Jane Katharine Edwards. Graduated 1945 from Allen High School. Studies at University of Pennsylvania (B.A. 1951), Ph.D. there 1956 (under W. N. Brown). Then one…

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VARENNE, Jean

VARENNE, Jean Albert. Marseille 12.6.1926 — Paris 12.7.1997. French Indologist. Professor in Aix-en-Provence. After school (Lycée Thiers) in Marseille studies  at Aix-en-Provence and Paris. Ph.D. 1959 Paris (É.P.H.É. IV section). In 1959-60 taught French at Poona University, then worked at E.F.E.O., in Pondicherry and Pune. In 1962-80 Maître de conférences for…

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RIEKER, Hans-Ulrich

RIEKER, Hans-Ulrich. 1.2.1920 — 26.10.1979. German Bauddha and Student of Yoga. Originally an actor. Studies of Yoga under a Guru in India, where he went in 1950. Ordained as Buddhist monk in 1952 at Anagarika Govinda’s Arya Maitreya Mandala and founded its Berlin branch. He was then its leader until…

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QUILES, Ismael

QUILES Sánchez, Ismael. Pedralba, Valencia 4.7.1906 — Buenos Aires 8.2.1993. S.J. Spanish Oriental Scholar in Argentina. Son of Rosendo Quiles Server and Marcela Sánchez Calduch. In 1918-22 studies at seminary of Valencia, in 1922 joined S.J. Then further studies at Jesuit College in Zaragoza. Ph.D. 1930 Colegio Máximo de San…

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WOODS, James Haughton

WOODS, James Haughton. Boston 27.11.1864 — Tokyo 14.1.1935. U.S. Indologist. Professor in Cambridge MA. Son of Joseph Wheeler Woods and Caroline Frances Fitz. Studies at Harvard (A.B. 1887) and Cambridge Theological Seminary. Further studies at Berlin in 1889-91, Oxford 1891 and Strassburg 1894-97. Ph.D. 1896 Strassburg. Teaching at Harvard: from…

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