Yoga as Synthesis. Yoga as Revival: Eugeniusz Polończyk’s Vision of Yoga. Contribution to the Study of the History of Yoga in Interwar Poland = World

The study of the history of yoga in Poland has only just begun, and knowledge about the earliest stages of the reception of the idea in thi country is so far negligible. This paper is an attempt to broaden the current state of knowledge on yoga in Poland in the interwar period. I...

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Autor principal: Świerzowska, Agata (Author)
Tipo de documento: Recurso Electrónico Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
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Publicado em: 2017
Em: Studia religiologica
Ano: 2017, Volume: 50, Número: 2, Páginas: 173-188
Outras palavras-chave:B Eugeniusz Polończyk
B synarchia
B radźa joga
B Alexandre Saint-Yves d’Alveydre
B Józef Świtkowski
B teozofia
B Wincenty Lutosławski
B ezoteryzm
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Resumo:The study of the history of yoga in Poland has only just begun, and knowledge about the earliest stages of the reception of the idea in thi country is so far negligible. This paper is an attempt to broaden the current state of knowledge on yoga in Poland in the interwar period. It focuses on the interpretation/understanding of yoga presented by Eugeniusz Polończyk (?–1932), a medical doc-tor, social activist and esotericist. Polończyk’s interpretation of yoga forms an integral part of his socio-political views. It may be seen as an attempt to strengthen his synarchist beliefs as well as a way to introduce them into the practice of social life in order to enable the revival of the Polish nation and create an ideal (utopian) state. The paper also highlights the most characteristic features of interpretations of yoga in Poland in the interwar period – patriotic, messianic, Christian and esoteric
ISSN:2084-4077
Obras secundárias:Enthalten in: Studia religiologica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.4467/20844077SR.17.011.7342