Despite his unconventional methods, he was deeply rooted in tradition, having been initiated at age four by Lahiri Mahasaya (the same lineage as Paramahansa Yogananda) and later becoming a swami under Sivananda .
He taught that plant substances help practitioners recognize "higher frequencies of knowledge". The Crazy Wisdom of Ganesh Baba: Psychedelic Sa...
Ganesh Baba developed a modernized version of Kriya Yoga he called (for "creative" yoga). This system was designed to help Westerners, whose attention spans he felt were fragmented by modern distractions, reach "cosmification"—an expansion of awareness to the farthest reaches of the cosmos. Despite his unconventional methods, he was deeply rooted