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BOOKS

The Passionate Mind Revisited: Expanding Personal & Social Awareness

The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power

The Passionate Mind: A Manual for Living Creatively with One's Self

Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness -
Erich Schiffmann on Joel’s approach to physical yoga & Erich’s to meditation
- Book Introduction

OUR ARTICLES & PAPERS

Recent Yoga Articles:

Teacher Spotlight on Joel: autobiographical essay (Joel)
— Yoga Journal's Conference Connection (Oct 2006)

Moving Past the Knots: The Yoga of Relationship (Diana)
— LA Yoga (July/Aug 2006)

Other recent interviews and articles are available on our Yoga webpage

Foundational Yoga Journal articles from '70s & '80s:
Yoga as Self-Transformation by Joel (1980)
A New Look at Yoga: Playing the Edge of Mind & Body by Joel (1977)
Exploring Relationships: Interpersonal Yoga by Diana (1979)
The Third Perspective & Yoga: Bringing East & West Together by Joel(1981)
Mind in Asana – Interview with Joel by Jeanne Cameron (1986)

Other articles by us at The White Lotus Foundation in Library
Transforming Sexuality: Changing the Context of Conquest – Dialogue between Joel & Diana New Age Magazine, 1978
Playing the Edges by Ian Jackson in his book Yoga & the Athlete, 1975 (on taking Joel’s yoga seminar)

White Lotus's formatting of our Yoga Journal articles does not include the photos. The same articles with original photos and format are on our Yoga webpage.

Translations & Foreign Editions

Russia: The Passionate Mind Revisited is being published by Dekom

China:  The Passionate Mind translated by Yiyu (Cindy) Xi (2009)
Read Introduction & Belief chapters in Chinese

South Korea:  The Passionate Mind published by Sanhae - translator Miran Choo (2007)

South Korea:  The Guru Papers, Part 1 published by Religion and Reason - translator Miran Choo  (2008)

Spain:  “The Guru Papers” (1989 short booklet) was translated into Spanish as “Los Trabajos sobre Gurus”

Italy:  Our seminal Yoga Journal articles and chapters of The Passionate Mind were translated by Serena Castaldi  (Inquire about posting or publishing them.)

Earlier Foreign Editions

Russia:  The Guru Papers published by Progress-Tradizia  (2002)

Germany:  Die Guru Papers: Masken der Macht published by “2001” - translators Dagmar Kreye-Neubronner & Andreas Jonda  (1995)

Germany:  The Passionate Mind published by Hugendubel Verlag as Die Leidenschaft der Erkenntnis - translator Jochen Neuberger  (Kailash Buch, 1981)

Papers on Social Issues -- reproductive morality, abortion, democracy:
The Morality of Abortion San Francisco Chronicle op-ed by Joel and Diana (1997)
Abortion as a Moral Act by Diana & Joel (1997)
Abortion & the Morality Wars: Taking the Moral Offensive by Diana & Joel (1997)
Teen Abortion: Requiring Parental Consent Makes No Sense by Diana (1997)
Comments on "Abortion & the Morality Wars" by Sarah Epstein
Abortion, Power, and the Morality Wars Off Our Backs Interview with Diana (1999)
Bolinas Voice for Pro Choice Pt. Reyes Light on Diana and Joel's abortion activism(1998)
A Winning Strategy for Progressives: Securing Church/State Separation & the Vote by Diana & Joel (2006)

Feminist Responses to "Abortion and the Morality Wars"

“Thank you for…writing your paper. I completely agree with this approach…The question is …authoritarianism vs. freedom…Keep being positive and I will, too!”
—Gloria Steinem

“Thanks for the strong piece on abortion as a moral act and all this important work—I couldn’t agree more.”
—Alix Kates Shulman, author of Burning Questions

“I can’t remember reading so cogent and truthful an analysis—ever. It’s superb.”
—Elizabeth Conant, former editor of Pro-Choice Network Newsletter

“You are sure right that we’ve lost the game by letting ourselves be put on the defensive…. Best luck with getting the word out.”
—Kate Millett, author of Sexual Politics