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YOGI

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 921 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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YOGI  , a

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Hindu religious ascetic . The word yoga means
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union, and first occurs in the later Upanishads; and yogi means one who practises yoga, with the
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object of uniting his soul with the divine spirit . This union, when accomplished by the individual soul, must enhance its susceptibilities and
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powers, and so the yogis claim a far-reaching knowledge of the secrets of nature and extensive sway over men and natural phenomena . The most usual manifestation of this
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power is a
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state of
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ecstasy, of the nature of self-1 ypnotism .

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