In the early part of the 20th century, the pioneering efforts of scholar W.Y Evans-Wentz triggered our ongoing occidental fascination with such phenomena as yoga, Zen and meditation. In this work -- a companion to the highly popular Tibetan Book of the Dead -- Evans-Wentz presents seven authentic Tibetan yoga texts that first appeared in English in 1935.

Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines, W.Y. Evans-Wentz, Oxford University Press, Paperback, 389 pages, $29.95