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'''Roy Eugene Davis''' (March 9, 1931 – March 27, 2019) was an American spiritual teacher and author who "established the ]-based Center for Spiritual Awareness in 1972".<ref>{{cite news |title=Imagination can build reality: Yoga exponent |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-01-10/pune/27853136_1_meditation-roy-eugene-davis-imagination |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515221203/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-01-10/pune/27853136_1_meditation-roy-eugene-davis-imagination |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 15, 2012 |newspaper=] |date=January 10, 2005 |accessdate=April 20, 2011}}</ref> Previously he had founded New Life Worldwide Inc. In 1967, he began publishing Truth Journal Magazine which has now been in continuous publication for 44 years.<ref name="Truth Journal Magazine">{{cite journal |title=Truth Journal Magazine |url=http://csa-davis.org/Files/TJpdf/11tjjune.html |date=June 2011 |accessdate=June 22, 2011}}</ref> By 1970 he had authored nine books.<ref>{{cite news |title=Author of nine books sets sermon at Unity of Miami |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2wxgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E-oFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5526,802471&dq=roy-eugene-davis+yoga&hl=en |newspaper=] |date=August 22, 1970 |accessdate=April 20, 2011 |archive-date=March 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328094228/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2wxgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E-oFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5526,802471&dq=roy-eugene-davis+yoga&hl=en |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Times/> Davis continued to teach in the Kriya Yoga tradition for more than 60 years.<ref name="Roy Eugene Davis 2005">{{cite book |title=Paramahansa Yogananda: As I Knew Him |author=Roy Eugene Davis |year=2005 |publisher=CSA Press |isbn=0-87707-293-0}}</ref> | ||
| ==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
| Born in ], Davis became interested in yoga at a young age. He read the book '']'' when he was 18 and was attracted to ] and the author, ], who he "knew was his guru". After studying lessons from Yogananda's ] and graduating from high school, he met Yogananda in 1949 and joined the monastic students at Yogananda's |
Born in ], Davis became interested in yoga at a young age. He read the book '']'' when he was 18 and was attracted to ] and the author, ], who he "knew was his guru". After studying lessons from Yogananda's ] and graduating from high school, he met Yogananda in 1949 and joined the monastic students at Yogananda's Self-Realization Fellowship. In 1951, he was ordained by Paramahansa Yogananda. In 1952, he was "appointed Minister of the SRF Center in ]", teaching kriya yoga.<ref name=Times>{{cite news |title=Meditate and reduce stress |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-01-18/kolkata/27838175_1_roy-eugene-davis-meditation-centre-for-spiritual-awareness |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515221211/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-01-18/kolkata/27838175_1_roy-eugene-davis-meditation-centre-for-spiritual-awareness |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 15, 2012 |newspaper=The Times of India |date=January 18, 2005 |accessdate=April 20, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Roy Eugene Davis 2005"/><ref name="Hinduism">{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism |last=Jones |first=Constance |author2=James D. Ryan |year=2007 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn= 9781438108735|pages=121–122 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hZET2sSUVsgC&dq=%22Roy+Eugene+Davis%22+yoga&pg=PA121 |accessdate=April 20, 2011}}</ref> | ||
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He left Self-Realization Fellowship in 1953 and served in the ] at ]. Following his military duty, he began his ministry as an independent spiritual teacher, founding New Life Worldwide in ].<ref name="Hinduism" /><ref name=":0" /> Davis's relationship with Self-Realization Fellowship remained cordial,<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Goldberg |first=Philip |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3Mdr3IMgW0C |title=American Veda |date=2 November 2010 |publisher=Harmony/Rodale |isbn=9780307719614 |pages=127}}</ref> but some criticized him over the years, claiming that he did not have the authority to ] people into the "secret" kriya yoga technique of Yogananda's ]. He rejected these claims in his 1986 autobiography, ''God Has Given Us Every Good Thing''.<ref name=":0" /> In the early 1960s, he began working with Edwin O'Neal of the Christian Spiritual Alliance (CSA) in ], and he moved to Lakemont in 1973. When O'Neal retired from CSA in 1977, Davis took over as the chairman of its board and the head of its publishing house, which was renamed the Center for Spiritual Awareness.<ref name="Hinduism" /><ref name=":0" /> | ||
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Davis taught in more than 100 cities in North America and in Japan, Brazil, Europe, West Africa, and India. Some of his books are published in 10 languages and in 11 countries. He published the Truth Journal magazine and wrote monthly lessons for the Christian Spiritual Alliance members around the world.<ref name="Truth Journal Magazine"/><ref name="Roy Eugene Davis 2005"/><ref name="Hinduism"/><ref name=":0">{{cite book |title=Religious leaders of America |last=J. Gordon Melton |author-link=J. Gordon Melton |year=1999 |publisher=Gale Research |isbn= 9780810388789|page=155 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m0oUAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Roy+Eugene+Davis%22 |accessdate=April 20, 2011}}</ref> | ||
| He died on March 27, 2019, at the age of 88.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://csa-davis.org/sites/?q=node/677 |title=Roy Eugene Davis passed on March 27, 2019 |website=csa-davis.org |publisher=Center for Spiritual Awareness |access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref> | |||
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*{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Roy | title = Time, Space and Circumstance| publisher =Frederick Fell Inc.| location =New York, New York| orig-year = 1960| year = 2010 | isbn =978-1163392843}} | ||
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*{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Roy | title = Miracle Man of Japan | publisher =CSA Press | location =U. S. | orig-year = 1970| year = 2008 | isbn =978-0-87707-048-1}} | ||
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*{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Roy | title = How You Can Use The Technique of Creative Imagination | url = https://archive.org/details/howyoucanusetech00davi | url-access = registration | publisher =CSA Press | location =U. S. | year = 1974 | isbn =978-85-7156-444-2}} | ||
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*{{cite book | last1 = Davis | first1 = Roy | title = The Science of Kriya Yoga | publisher = CSA Press | year = 1984 | location = Lakemont | isbn = 99941-1-271-6}} | ||
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*{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Roy | title = Life Surrendered in God | publisher = CSA Press | location = Lakemont | year = 1995 | isbn = 0-87707-246-9}} | ||
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*{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Roy | title = An Easy Guide To Ayurveda | publisher = CSA Press | location = U. S. | year = 1996 | isbn = 0-87707-249-3 | url = https://archive.org/details/easyguidetoayurv00roy_r3q}} | ||
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*{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Roy | title = The Self-Revealed Knowledge That Liberates The Spirit | publisher = CSA Press | location = U. S. | year = 1997 | isbn = 0-87707-275-2 | url = https://archive.org/details/selfrevealedknow00roye}} | ||
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*{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Roy | title = The Path of Light | publisher =CSA Press | location =U. S. | year = 1998 | isbn =0-87707-277-9}} | ||
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*{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Roy | title = Seven Lessons in Conscious Living | publisher = ] | location = Delhi | year = 2000 | isbn = 81-208-1750-8}} | ||
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*{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Roy | title = Seven Lessons in Conscious Living | publisher =CSA Press | location =U. S. | year = 2000 | isbn = 0-87707-280-9}} | ||
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*{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Roy | title = The Science of God-Realization | publisher =CSA Press | location =U. S. | year = 2002 | isbn =0-87707-286-8}} | ||
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*{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Roy | title = Satisfying Our Innate Desire To Know God | publisher =CSA Press | location =U. S. | year = 2003 | isbn =0-87707-290-6}} | ||
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*{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Roy | title = The Science of Self-Realization | publisher = CSA Press | location = U. S. | year = 2004 | isbn = 0-87707-292-2 | url = https://archive.org/details/scienceofselfrea00ruth}} | ||
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*{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Roy | title = Paramahansa Yogananda; As I Knew Him | publisher =CSA Press | location =U. S. | year = 2005 | isbn =0-87707-293-0}} | ||
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*{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Roy | title = Absolute Knowledge; That Liberates Consciousness | publisher =CSA Press | location =U. S. | year = 2007 | isbn =978-0-87707-297-3}} | ||
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*{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Roy | title = The Spiritual Basis of Real Prosperity | publisher =CSA Press | location =U. S. | year = 2008 | isbn =978-0-87707-201-0}} | ||
| *{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Roy | title = The Eternal Way | publisher =CSA Press | location =U. S. | year = 2009 | isbn =978-0-87707-248-5}} | |||
| ⚫ | *{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Roy | title = Mystic Reflections | publisher =CSA Press | location =U. S. | year = 2008 | isbn =978-0-87707-204-1}} | ||
| *{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Roy | title = Self-Knowledge | publisher =CSA Press | location =U. S. | year = 2010 | isbn =978-0-87707-205-8}} | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| ==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
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*{{cite journal |title=Truth Journal Magazine |url=http://csa-davis.org/Files/TJpdf/11tjjune.html |date=June 2011 |accessdate=June 22, 2011}} | ||
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*{{cite journal|first=David|last= Frawley |author-link=David Frawley |date=Jul–Aug 1985 |title=The Science of Kriya Yoga |journal=] |issue= 63 |pages=77–78 |publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a-sDAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Roy+Eugene+Davis%22+yoga&pg=PA77 |accessdate=April 20, 2011}} | ||
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*{{cite journal |last= Pande|first= G. C.|year=2000 |title=Life Surrendered in God |journal=] |volume=27 |pages=97 |publisher=] |doi= 10.1177/037698360002700108|s2cid= 140420769|url=http://ihr.sagepub.com/content/27/1.toc |accessdate=April 20, 2011}} | ||
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*{{cite journal |year=2003 |title=Lessons in Conscious Living |journal=] |volume=90 |pages=163 |publisher= ] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5rbWAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Roy+Eugene+Davis%22+yoga |accessdate=April 20, 2011}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:01, 13 November 2024
American spiritual teacher and author (1931–2019)Roy Eugene Davis (March 9, 1931 – March 27, 2019) was an American spiritual teacher and author who "established the Georgia-based Center for Spiritual Awareness in 1972". Previously he had founded New Life Worldwide Inc. In 1967, he began publishing Truth Journal Magazine which has now been in continuous publication for 44 years. By 1970 he had authored nine books. Davis continued to teach in the Kriya Yoga tradition for more than 60 years.
Biography
Born in Leavittsburg, Ohio, Davis became interested in yoga at a young age. He read the book Autobiography of a Yogi when he was 18 and was attracted to kriya yoga and the author, Paramahansa Yogananda, who he "knew was his guru". After studying lessons from Yogananda's Self-Realization Fellowship and graduating from high school, he met Yogananda in 1949 and joined the monastic students at Yogananda's Self-Realization Fellowship. In 1951, he was ordained by Paramahansa Yogananda. In 1952, he was "appointed Minister of the SRF Center in Phoenix, Arizona", teaching kriya yoga.
He left Self-Realization Fellowship in 1953 and served in the United States Army Medical Corps at Fort Riley. Following his military duty, he began his ministry as an independent spiritual teacher, founding New Life Worldwide in St. Petersburg, Florida. Davis's relationship with Self-Realization Fellowship remained cordial, but some criticized him over the years, claiming that he did not have the authority to initiate people into the "secret" kriya yoga technique of Yogananda's lineage. He rejected these claims in his 1986 autobiography, God Has Given Us Every Good Thing. In the early 1960s, he began working with Edwin O'Neal of the Christian Spiritual Alliance (CSA) in Lakemont, Georgia, and he moved to Lakemont in 1973. When O'Neal retired from CSA in 1977, Davis took over as the chairman of its board and the head of its publishing house, which was renamed the Center for Spiritual Awareness.
Davis taught in more than 100 cities in North America and in Japan, Brazil, Europe, West Africa, and India. Some of his books are published in 10 languages and in 11 countries. He published the Truth Journal magazine and wrote monthly lessons for the Christian Spiritual Alliance members around the world.
He died on March 27, 2019, at the age of 88.
Bibliography
- Davis, Roy (2010) . Time, Space and Circumstance. New York, New York: Frederick Fell Inc. ISBN 978-1163392843.
- Davis, Roy (2008) . Miracle Man of Japan. U. S.: CSA Press. ISBN 978-0-87707-048-1.
- Davis, Roy (1974). How You Can Use The Technique of Creative Imagination. U. S.: CSA Press. ISBN 978-85-7156-444-2.
- Davis, Roy (1984). The Science of Kriya Yoga. Lakemont: CSA Press. ISBN 99941-1-271-6.
- Davis, Roy (1995). Life Surrendered in God. Lakemont: CSA Press. ISBN 0-87707-246-9.
- Davis, Roy (1996). An Easy Guide To Ayurveda. U. S.: CSA Press. ISBN 0-87707-249-3.
- Davis, Roy (1997). The Self-Revealed Knowledge That Liberates The Spirit. U. S.: CSA Press. ISBN 0-87707-275-2.
- Davis, Roy (1998). The Path of Light. U. S.: CSA Press. ISBN 0-87707-277-9.
- Davis, Roy (2000). Seven Lessons in Conscious Living. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 81-208-1750-8.
- Davis, Roy (2000). Seven Lessons in Conscious Living. U. S.: CSA Press. ISBN 0-87707-280-9.
- Davis, Roy (2002). The Science of God-Realization. U. S.: CSA Press. ISBN 0-87707-286-8.
- Davis, Roy (2003). Satisfying Our Innate Desire To Know God. U. S.: CSA Press. ISBN 0-87707-290-6.
- Davis, Roy (2004). The Science of Self-Realization. U. S.: CSA Press. ISBN 0-87707-292-2.
- Davis, Roy (2005). Paramahansa Yogananda; As I Knew Him. U. S.: CSA Press. ISBN 0-87707-293-0.
- Davis, Roy (2007). Absolute Knowledge; That Liberates Consciousness. U. S.: CSA Press. ISBN 978-0-87707-297-3.
- Davis, Roy (2008). The Spiritual Basis of Real Prosperity. U. S.: CSA Press. ISBN 978-0-87707-201-0.
- Davis, Roy (2009). The Eternal Way. U. S.: CSA Press. ISBN 978-0-87707-248-5.
- Davis, Roy (2008). Mystic Reflections. U. S.: CSA Press. ISBN 978-0-87707-204-1.
- Davis, Roy (2010). Self-Knowledge. U. S.: CSA Press. ISBN 978-0-87707-205-8.
References
- "Imagination can build reality: Yoga exponent". The Times of India. January 10, 2005. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
- ^ "Truth Journal Magazine". June 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - "Author of nine books sets sermon at Unity of Miami". The Miami News. August 22, 1970. Archived from the original on March 28, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
- ^ "Meditate and reduce stress". The Times of India. January 18, 2005. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
- ^ Roy Eugene Davis (2005). Paramahansa Yogananda: As I Knew Him. CSA Press. ISBN 0-87707-293-0.
- ^ Jones, Constance; James D. Ryan (2007). Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Infobase Publishing. pp. 121–122. ISBN 9781438108735. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
- ^ J. Gordon Melton (1999). Religious leaders of America. Gale Research. p. 155. ISBN 9780810388789. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
- Goldberg, Philip (2 November 2010). American Veda. Harmony/Rodale. p. 127. ISBN 9780307719614.
- "Roy Eugene Davis passed on March 27, 2019". csa-davis.org. Center for Spiritual Awareness. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
Further reading
- "Truth Journal Magazine". June 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Frawley, David (Jul–Aug 1985). "The Science of Kriya Yoga". Yoga Journal (63). Active Interest Media, Inc.: 77–78. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
- Pande, G. C. (2000). "Life Surrendered in God". Indian Historical Review. 27. Indian Council of Historical Research: 97. doi:10.1177/037698360002700108. S2CID 140420769. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
- "Lessons in Conscious Living". Vedanta Kesari. 90. Sri Ramakrishna Math, Madras: 163. 2003. Retrieved April 20, 2011.