Why people recommend it
The Great Oom by Robert Love is a comprehensive biographical work detailing the bizarre and scandalous life of Pierre Bernard, America's first prominent yoga cult leader and esoteric spiritual figure. On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans explicitly recommended the book to listeners during a multi-part series exploring the stranger corners of history. Evans informed his audience that if they wanted to dive deep into the comprehensive life story of this extraordinary historical fraud and charlatan, Robert Love's book stood out as the absolute finest resource available on the subject. Evans reiterated this strong endorsement toward the conclusion of the episode, encouraging anyone fascinated by early American alternative spirituality, occult practices, and early yoga history to pick up a copy. Through these enthusiastic endorsements, the podcast brought renewed attention to a relatively obscure historical biography, positioning it as an essential, highly entertaining, and thoroughly researched text for anyone seeking to understand the eccentric roots of wellness culture and charlatanism in the United States during the early twentieth century.
Who recommended it
- Robert Evans Recommended
Robert Evans — 2 mentions
“now the best book on Bernard card is called the great om by Robert love”
“if you want to learn about this guy's whole life story I really recommend Robert loves the great”