Atkinson William Walker

Yogi Ramacharaka helped to popularize Eastern concepts in America, with Yoga and a broadly-interpreted Hinduism being particular areas of focus. The works of Yogi Ramacharaka were published over the course of nearly ten years beginning in 1903. Some were originally issued as a series of lectures delivered at the frequency of one lesson per month. Additional material was issued at each interval in the form of supplementary text books.Ramacharaka's Advanced Course in Yoga Philosophy and Oriental Occultism remains popular in some circles."Ramacharaka was born in India in about the year 1799. He set forth at an early age to educate himself and to seek a better philosophy for living."Traveling throughout the East almost always on foot, he visited the depositories of books available. The primary places where libraries were open to him were lamaseries and monasteries, although with the passing of time some private libraries of royalty and of wealthy families were also thrown open to him.