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swámi A. P. Mukerji

An early 20th-century yoga writer, he brought readers practical lessons on concentration, self-development, and spiritual growth. His books present yoga as a disciplined inner path rather than just a physical practice.

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The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga Including the Practices and Exercises of Concentration, both Objective and Subjective, and Active and Passive Mentation, an Elucidation of Maya, Guru Worship, and the Worship of the Terrible, also the Mystery of Will-Force

The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga Including the Practices and Exercises of Concentration, both Objective and Subjective, and Active and Passive Mentation, an Elucidation of Maya, Guru Worship, and the Worship of the Terrible, also the Mystery of Will-Force

by swámi A. P. Mukerji

About the author

Swámi A. P. Mukerji is known for English-language works on yoga and spiritual self-cultivation published in the early 1900s. The best-documented of these include Yoga Lessons for Developing Spiritual Consciousness (1911) and The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga (1922), both of which helped introduce yogic ideas to Western readers in a direct, instructional style.

His writings focus on concentration, will, mind training, and the development of spiritual awareness. In The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga, he is identified as a "Yogi of the South India Order," and Yoga Lessons for Developing Spiritual Consciousness presents him as an associate editor of Kalpaka Magazine of India.

Reliable biographical details about his personal life are scarce in the sources I could confirm. What stands out most clearly is his role as a popularizer of yoga philosophy for general readers, especially those interested in meditation, inner discipline, and self-mastery.