About the author
David Gordon White (born September 3, 1953) is an American Indologist and author on the history of yoga and tantra. He won the CHOICE book selection in religion, and an honorable mention in the PROSE book awards, both for Sinister Yogis. == Academic career == David Gordon White took his B.A. in South Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin in 1975. He obtained an M.A. in Religion at the University of Chicago in 1981 and his Ph.D. in the history of religions there in 1988; his dissertation was titled The Other Gives Rise to Self: Dog-Men on the Borders of Medieval Europe, India, and China. He served as an assistant to Mircea Eliade. He is the J. F. Rowny Professor of Comparative Religion at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he has been teaching since 1996. He has written numerous academic books and papers on the history of yoga. == Honors and distinctions == White won the CHOICE book selection in religion, and an honorable mention in the PROSE book awards, both for Sinister Yogis.
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“White delivers a meticulous, comprehensive trace of dæmonology from early migrations through the Silk Road, arguing for a unified Eurasian understanding of spirit entities. While intellectually robust and methodologically…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Daemons Are Forever: Contacts and Exchanges in the Eurasian Pandemonium White, David Gordon
“This extensively researched volume provides a masterful synthesis of elusive spirit entities across Eurasia, offering a unified perspective rarely seen in contemporary scholarship. White’s advocacy for 'connected histories'…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Daemons Are Forever: Contacts and Exchanges in the Eurasian Pandemonium White, David Gordon
