Begrimed and Black Parimal Publications Practical Aspects of Hatha Yoga:

Practical Aspects of Hatha Yoga:

The human touch in him coupled with his deep sagacity and impervious knowledge have proved to be such a beautiful combination of the relative and the superphysical characters that his writings are a joy to the sorrowful

Chayapurusa 1568

The early comparativists were unclear first of all about the purpose of making the comparison

Begrimed and Black Parimal Publications Practical Aspects of Hatha Yoga:How did the negative associations that many people harbor about black (as a skin color) and blackness (as a symbol) arise? How is it that blackness can connote both evil (darkness, dread, wickedness) and eroticsm (sensuality, sexual potency, allure)? Robert E. Hood's unique and fascinatinit work probes the mythic roots of racial prejudice in Western attitudes toward color. With special attention to the history of ideas, but also to pictorial images