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My thanks go first and foremost to the scientists and other specialists who made this book possible. Their courtesy and patience—in some cases over a number of years—helped illuminate a subject so murky and complicated that I despaired at times of figuring it out. Although I now question much about the culture of modern yoga, I hope that anyone who feels uneasy with my skepticism will nonetheless see my reporting as thorough and fair. As always with authorship, I alone am responsible for any errors or significant omissions.

Initially, I saw this book as a nine-month wonder in which I would pick the low-hanging fruit and go merrily on my way. Five years later, I have accumulated a large number of debts.

For early advice and encouragement, I offer heartfelt thanks to Joseph S. Alter, Charlotte Bacon and Brad Choyt, R. Barker Bausell, Carolyn Marks Blackwood and Greg Quinn, Ingrid and Walter Blanco, William C. Bushell, John Eastman, Jack England, Owen Gingerich, Ann Godoff, Daniel Goleman, John Horgan, Alan Lightman, Gary Rosen, and Patricia L. Rosenfield.

In Kolkata, I am much indebted to Ashim Mukerji of the National Library, to P. Thankappan Nair, the journalist mentioned in chapter 1, to Binoy Roy, the former librarian of the University of Calcutta, and to the obliging staffs of the Asiatic Society and the Bengal Academy of Literature.

In Mumbai, I battled monsoon flooding and dead taxicabs to laugh my head off with Madan Kataria and his good friends.