Roy Eugene Davis Explained

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".[1] 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.[2] By 1970 he had authored nine books.[3] Davis continued to teach in the Kriya Yoga tradition for more than 60 years.[4]

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.[5] [4] [6]

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,[7] 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.[2] [4] [6] [8]

He died on March 27, 2019, at the age of 88.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Imagination can build reality: Yoga exponent . https://web.archive.org/web/20120515221203/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-01-10/pune/27853136_1_meditation-roy-eugene-davis-imagination . dead . May 15, 2012 . . January 10, 2005 . April 20, 2011.
  2. Truth Journal Magazine . June 2011 . June 22, 2011.
  3. News: Author of nine books sets sermon at Unity of Miami . . August 22, 1970 . April 20, 2011.
  4. Book: Paramahansa Yogananda: As I Knew Him . Roy Eugene Davis . 2005 . CSA Press . 0-87707-293-0.
  5. News: Meditate and reduce stress . 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 . dead . May 15, 2012 . The Times of India . January 18, 2005 . April 20, 2011.
  6. Book: Jones, Constance . Encyclopedia of Hinduism . James D. Ryan . 2007 . Infobase Publishing . 9781438108735. 121–122 . April 20, 2011.
  7. Book: Goldberg, Philip . American Veda . 2 November 2010 . Harmony/Rodale . 9780307719614 . 127.
  8. Book: J. Gordon Melton . Religious leaders of America . J. Gordon Melton . 1999 . Gale Research . 9780810388789. 155 . April 20, 2011.
  9. Web site: Roy Eugene Davis passed on March 27, 2019 . csa-davis.org . Center for Spiritual Awareness . 2019-03-31.

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