glenn laura sister devamata (2 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Thin soft cover, Scarce, we ship fast.

First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author "To Alan Campbell, with best wishes and prayers, Devamata." Sister Devamata was one of the pioneers of Vedanta Hinduism in the US, and this autobiographical account "represented a significant departure from conventional wisdom" on the place of women in Hinduism (McDannell, p. 422). Laura Glenn, later Sister Devamata (1867-1942), first encountered Hindu teaching as a child in the United States and began studying it in earnest in the 1890s after hearing Swami Vivekananda, the ascetic most responsible for introducing Yoga philosophy to the West, speak in New York. Having edited Vivekananda's speeches for their publication in 1908, she was initiated by one of his disciples as Sister Devamata, and then spent over a year in India - a period recounted in the present work. After leaving India, Devamata entered the service of the Holy Mother and then spent the last two decades of her life lecturing and writing on Hinduism and her experiences, inscribed copies are uncommon. The recipient is possibly the husband and scriptwriting partner of Dorothy Parker. The Vedanta Temple in Hollywood, founded 1930 by Swami Prabhavananda, attracted significant attention from the film community. Colleen McDannell, Religions of the United States in Practice, Volume 2, 2001. Octavo. Device to title page, 7 half-tone plates. Original green morocco-grain cloth-backed green cloth boards, title gilt-stamped to spine and front board, green endpapers. Traces of pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Rubbing to extremities, gilt a little faded, light toning to endpapers, faint stain to top edge. A very good copy.