To the ancient Yogis, the body was seen as a vehicle for the soul, and this is a useful metaphor in the modern context.
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The mystical school of Yogis was established by Patanjali, the founder of one of the six philosophical systems of ancient India. It is supposed that the Neo-platonists of the second and third Alexandrian Schools were the followers of Indian Yogis, more especially was their theurgy brought from India by Pythagoras, according to the tradition.
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Bagchi and Wenger (1957) also found the normal alpha pattern, sometimes with good amplitude modulation, in the EEG records of some Yogis during meditation.
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