Theos Bernard

Theos Casimir Bernard (December 10, 1908 – unknown, disappeared in September 1947) was an American scholar, lecturer, and explorer, noted as a practitioner of Yoga and Tibetan Buddhism, the study of which he instituted at Columbia University.

Selected Bibliography

 * "Introduction to Tantrik Ritual" (1936)
 * "Heaven Lies Within Us" (1939)
 * "Penthouse of the Gods: A Pilgrimage into the Heart of Tibet and the Sacred City of Lhasa" [a.k.a. "Land of a Thousand Buddhas"] (1939)
 * "Hatha Yoga: The Report of a Personal Experience" (1944) &mdash; Bernard's Ph.D. dissertation for Columbia University