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Theos Bernard


Born
in Pasadena, CA, The United States
December 10, 1908


Theos Casimir Hamati Bernard (1908–1947) was an explorer and author, known for his work on yoga and religious studies, particularly in Tibetan Buddhism. He was the nephew of Pierre Arnold Bernard, "Oom the Omnipotent", and like him became a yoga celebrity.

His account of old-style hatha yoga as a spiritual path, Hatha Yoga: The Report of A Personal Experience, is a rare insight into the way these practices, known from medieval documents like the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, actually worked.

His biographer Paul Hackett states that many of the travel experiences Bernard relates in his books are exaggerated or fabricated. There is however no doubt Bernard became fluent in the Tibetan language, travelled in Tibet, met senior figures, and gathered an ext
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Average rating: 4.24 · 82 ratings · 8 reviews · 34 distinct worksSimilar authors
Hatha Yoga

4.24 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1957 — 22 editions
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Heaven Lies Within Us: Yoga...

4.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1936 — 7 editions
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Hindu philosophy

3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1947 — 20 editions
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Penthouse of the Gods: A Pi...

4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1940 — 6 editions
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El camino práctico del Yoga

3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings2 editions
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LAND OF A THOUSAND BUDDHAS.

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Rare Theos Bernard Penthous...

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Philosophical Foundations o...

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1945 — 5 editions
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Hindu Philosophy

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Ha?ha Yoga: The Report of a...

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