Miracles are My Visiting Cards (2006)
In the Western world, India has acquired a reputation as a country of mysteries and seemingly miraculous feats of yogis. these phenomena are generally associated with holy men or religious groups, of which a great diversity are found in India. During the last 100 Years, some of these movements have become established in the West, and most of them have made claims that paranormal phenomena Yogananda's Self-realization Fellowship, Vivekanand's Ramakrishna Order, to some extent the Theosophical Movement, and in recent times Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's TM Siddhi programme). this is probably one reason for India's reputation. Travellers' accounts may be another reason (Jacolliot 1884, Oman 1903, brunton 1935).
In the Western world, India has acquired a reputation as a country of mysteries and seemingly miraculous feats of yogis. these phenomena are generally associated with holy men or religious groups, of which a great diversity are found in India. During the last 100 Years, some of these movements have become established in the West, and most of them have made claims that paranormal phenomena Yogananda's Self-realization Fellowship, Vivekanand's Ramakrishna Order, to some extent the Theosophical Movement, and in recent times Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's TM Siddhi programme). this is probably one reason for India's reputation. Travellers' accounts may be another reason (Jacolliot 1884, Oman 1903, brunton 1935).
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In the Western world, India has acquired a reputation as a country of mysteries and seemingly miraculous feats of yogis. these phenomena are generally associated with holy men or religious groups, of which a great diversity are found in India. During the last 100 Years, some of these movements have become established in the West, and most of them have made claims that paranormal phenomena Yogananda's Self-realization Fellowship, Vivekanand's Ramakrishna Order, to some extent the Theosophical Movement, and in recent times Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's TM Siddhi programme). this is probably one reason for India's reputation. Travellers' accounts may be another reason (Jacolliot 1884, Oman 1903, brunton 1935).
