Lost Masters by Linda Johnsen
Ashrams in Europe twenty-five hundred years ago? Greek philosophers studying in India? Meditation classes in ancient Rome? It sounds unbelievable, but it's historically true. Alexander the Great had an Indian guru. Pythagoras, Empedocles, and Plotinus all encouraged their students to meditate. Apollonius, the most famous Western sage of the first century c.e., visited both India and Egypt -- and claimed that Egyptian wisdom was rooted in India.In Lost Masters, award-winning author Linda Johnsen, digging deep into classical sources, uncovers evidence of astonishing similarities between some of the ancient Western world's greatest thinkers and India's yogis, including a belief in karma and reincarnation. Today ancient Greek philosophers are remembered as the founders of Western science and civilization. We've forgotten that for over a thousand years they were revered as sages, masters of spiritual wisdom. Lost Masters is an exploration of our long-lost Western spiritual heritage and the surprising insights it can offer us today.
Linda Johnsen is an Eastern studies master's degree holder. Daughters of the Goddess: India's Women Saints (winner of the Midwest Book Association Award for Best New Age Book of the Year), The Living Goddess: Recovering the Tradition of the Mother of the Universe, and Meditation Is Boring? are among her works. She has approximately 100 essays published in periodicals such as Hinduism Today, Yoga Journal, and Yoga International, and has lectured on Hindu spirituality around the United States.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781608684380 |
| ISBN 10 | 1608684385 |
| Title | Lost Masters |
| Author | Linda Johnsen |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | New World Library |
| Year published | 2016-11-15 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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