The Washington Times, 1908
“MYSTERIOUS YOGA FAITH OF EAST INDIES WHICH HAS ROBBED AN AMERICAN CITIZEN OF A DEVOTED WIFE”
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“MYSTERIOUS YOGA FAITH OF EAST INDIES WHICH HAS ROBBED AN AMERICAN CITIZEN OF A DEVOTED WIFE”
#HindooHistory #Yoga
“‘You are my affinity no longer.’ It was with these words that Mrs. W. E. Stone abandoned husband, children, home, country, and friends—gave up her position as a leader of the exclusive society of LaFayette, Ind....”
“And she accepted, in the place of all this, a life of semi-barbarity, among the mystics, the fakers, and the dervishes of East India, where as a devotee of the weird, intangible faith which is called Yoga, she must satisfy her heart’s desire in the contemplation of the occult..”
“It is a weird religion, that of Yoga, known in its generic form, but, in its many mysterious ramifications, regarded in awesome ignorance. That these fakers do perform some wonderful and singly impossible feats, is attested by numerous reputable witnesses.”
“But the power behind all this ais still a mystery, clothes in the impenetrable shroud of occultism that only the East Indian can employ”
“This is the religion that Mrs. Stone has adopted. But enough of technicalities. In practical demonstration the Yogis have made their faith one of which the world stands in awe. And their demonstrations are truly remarkable, puzzling and mystifying in the extreme to all...”
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And further context on the colony Mrs. Stone left her husband for. It was actually run by a German, August Englehardt, who was inspired by the lebensreform movement in vogue at the time
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