“How I Became a Hindu: My Discovery of Vedic Dharma” by David Frawely

by DAVID FRAWLEY (VAMADEVA SHASTRI)
VOICE OF INDIA, New Delhi, First published, 2000, First Reprint, 2000, Second Reprint, 2007

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CONTENTS:

Foreword by Subhash Kak 1
Preface 6

  1. Introduction: Encountering Hindu Dharma 9
    The Hindu Tradition
    Discovering Hinduism through the Vedas
    Overcoming Anti-Hindu Stereotypes
    The Question of Becoming a Hindu
  2. Early Years: Growing Up Out of Catholicism 20
    Science and History/Leaving the Church
    Intellectual Awakening and the Counterculture
    Mystical Poetry and Discovery of Eastern Spirituality
    The Anti-War Movement
  3. Spiritual Paths and Discovery of the Vedas 38
    Discovery of the Inner Paths
    First Yoga Practices
    Buddhism and Vedanta: Becoming a Vedantin
    Ramana Maharshi, the Ultimate Sage
    Sufism
    Discovery of the Vedas/Sri Aurobindo
    Anandamayi Ma
    Writing on the Vedas
    M.P. Pandit
    J. Krishnamurti and the Question of Tradition
    Into the Vedic Work — Ayurveda and Vedic Astrology
  4. India and Hinduism, the Spiritual Traditions 56
    Sri Aurobindo and Pondicherry
    The Ramanashram: Encounter with Lord Skanda
    The Goddess
    Sadhu on the Hill
    Ganapati Muni and Sri Natesan
    The Goddesses and Bhakti Yoga
    Brahmarshi Daivarata
    The Himalayas
    Shankaracharyas
    Alandi – Swami Ram Das
  5. Discovery of Social and Political Hinduism 69
    Encounter with Dr. B.L. Vashta
    Anti-Hindu Media
    RSS and the Propaganda Against It
    Dealing with Caste
    Royal Asiatic Society
    Reimportation
    Not so Good Hindus
    Becoming Vamadeva Shastri
    Vedantic, Vedic, Hindu
  6. Journalistic Work 90
    Voice of India: Ram Swamp and Sita Ram Goel
    Writing for Voice of India
    Ashok Chowgule — Hindu Vivek Kendra
    Hinduism Today
    Prajna Bharati
    Bharatiya Janata Party
    An Intellectual Kshatriya
    Karma Yoga/Hindu Activism
    Becoming a Pandit
  7. Ancient India: Myth of the Aryan Invasion 104
    The Myth of the Aryan Invasion
    Subhash Kak
    N.S. Rajaram
    The Birla Science Conference
    World Association for Vedic Scholars (WAVES)
    Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
    Gaining the Ire of Academia
    The Vedic Yoga
    The Vedic Samaj
  8. Hindu Groups in the West 115
    Hindu Students Council
    Global Vision 2000
    The Swami Narayan Order
    Tour of UK
    Trinidad
  9. Additional Studies of Christianity and Islam 121
    Islam and the Sufis
    Anwar Shaikh
    Visit to Israel
    Vedic Pluralism and Biblical Monotheism
    Religion and Superstition
  10. Return of the Pagans 137
    Hinduism and Native Traditions
    Christian Oppression of Pagans
    Becoming a Pagan
  11. Debate with the Archbishop of Hyderabad 144
    Speech at Prajna Bharati
  12. The Debate Goes On 157
    Rediff Interview
    A Hindu Response to the Pope’s Call for Evangelization
  13. Systems of Vedic Knowledge 169
    Ayurveda
    Vedic Astrology
    Dr. B.V. Raman
    Vedic Physics
    Sanskrit, the Language of the Gods
    Yajnas, Pujas and Temples
    Vedic Ecology
    Yoga
  14. Towards a New Western Hinduism 178
    Western Yoga Teachers and Yoga Groups
    The New Age Movement
    American Hinduism
  15. Conclusion 183
    The Importance of Culture
    The Future of the Planet
    Appendix: The Meaning of the Term Hindu 188
    Index 190

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“I Have a Hunch: The Autobiography of Jose Silva”

“I Have a Hunch: The Autobiography of Jose Silva, Vol. 1”, 1986, Buy at Amazon.co.uk

“I Have a Hunch: The Autobiography of Jose Silva, Vol. 2”, 1986, Buy at Amazon.co.uk

CONTENTS Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 :

  • Vol 1
    • Family history
    • My early life, and tragedy in it
    • The family breadwinner at six years old
    • How I learned to read and get into larger businesses
    • Private life
    • How our business grew
    • Our family starts to grow
    • In the army, I find a new area of interest
    • My continuing education leads me to new areas
    • Hypnosis fascinates me
    • Some personal experiences
    • How invention grows from need
    • The creation of an inventor
    • Those interesting years of research
    • Hypnosis in our family
    • How my research got me into trouble
    • My evaluation of our age regression experiments
    • Some of my guides and teachers during research
    • How others could not see the value of our work
    • My reputation as a healer grows
    • My experiences with the Rosicrucians
  • Appendix
    • Getting our sense of values into perspective
    • Proper use of clairvoyance
    • Details of the Silva Method healing techniques
    • How clairvoyants program at a distance
    • The human aura
    • The standard 3-cycle healing technique
  • Vol 2
    • Doctors begin to notice my work
    • How we trained clairvoyants and healers
    • My showdown with church officials
    • My concepts of religion
    • Psychorientology is born
    • Research on lotteries, oil exploration, and healing
    • The next phase of human evolution on this planet
    • Experiences with psychics, artists, U.F.O.s
    • Our organization grows
    • The most imitated program in the world
    • The word spreads
    • We take our method into the laboratory
    • Our introduction into the scientific community
    • Some experiences with various people
    • Where we are today with the science of tomorrow
    • Where do we go from here – a glimpse of the future
  • Appendix
    • Getting our sense of values into perspective
    • Proper use of clairvoyance
    • Details of the Silva Method healing techniques
    • How clairvoyants program at a distance
    • The human aura
    • The standard 3-cycle healing technique
    • The missing pilot project
    • The suicide project
    • The U.F.O. experience (hoax)

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