RENE GUENON 2

Rene Guenon, Theosophy: History of a Pseudo-Religion (Collected Works of Rene Guenon), translated from the French by Alvin Moore,Jr., Cecil Bethell, Hubert and Robin Schiff (Hillsdale, NY: Sophia Perennis, 1921, 2003) ("To all who are unprejudiced, Theosophy will probably appear more like a bad joke than something serious; but unfortunately this bad joke, far from being inoffensive, has taken many victims and continues to take more and more [], and this is the principal reason we decided to undertake this work." Id. at 291-292. "From a review of C. Kerneiz, Le Yoga de l'Occident (Paris: Editions Adyar, 1938): "What is false, first of all, is the idea that Yoga is something  independent of any tradition; in such conditions one can practice nothing but 'pseudo-rites' which, since no spiritual influence attaches to them, have no effective result of a higher order, and have only rather disturbing psychic effects." Id, at 315-316. That, in essence, underscores my basic dissatisfaction with American-yoga, where the asana-focused practice is the pseudo-rites.).