Os caminhos do yoga no Brasil: o pensamento e o método hermógenes de yoga

Abstract

The objective of this dissertation is to understand Hermógenes' Yoga, clarifying his approach to Yoga and the way he introduced this ancient Indian tradition to the Brazilian public. Our proposal is divided into three parts. The first refers to a hermeneutic reading of the two categories of works written by Hermógenes: the technical works aimed at promoting health, longevity, and well-being, and the works of poetic inspiration, produced by him since 1964. The second part of our methodology refers to information about the Hermógenes Academy and Institute, which will be further evaluated. The third part of our approach corresponds to the approximation of what Pierre Hadot (1995) called “philosophy as a way of life”. The originality of this reflection lies in proposing a hermeneutic interpretation of Hermógenes' thought on Yoga and relating it to the anthropophagic characteristic of Brazilian culture in the terms of Loundo (2023), in addition to elucidating the presence in Hermógenes' poetic writings of the dimension of re-encounter with the divine, based on a path of cognitive transformation, as also analyzed by Loundo (2022) and present in the tradition of the Upaniṣads.