DAVID ISAACS

ISAACS--David, cognitive psychologist and research director of the Chakra Institute, a New Hope, PA-based center for yoga and spiritual practice, died December 5, 2018 at Madison Center, Matawan NJ after a long illness. He was 82. He was the author, with Sri Shyamji Bhatnagar, of "Microchakras: InnerTuning for Psychological Well-Being" (Inner Traditions; 2009), the definitive guide to human subtle anatomy. David Israel Isaacs was born September 23, 1936 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. He majored in psychology at McGill University, earned a master's degree at Northwestern University, and a Ph.D. at the City University of New York. His 1975 dissertation was entitled "Self Reports of Day- dreaming and Mindwandering: a Construct Validation." He was a professor of psychology for 29 years, until retirement, at the University of Bridgeport. Dr. Isaacs never married. He is survived by two brothers: Nachum Isaacs, of Bnei Brak, Israel; Paul Isaacs, of Toronto; and many nieces and nephews. Private services and burial were held at Fernhill, the family cemetery in Saint John, NB. Dr. Isaacs gave intellectual energy to the Chakra Institute and its founder, Sri Shyamji Bhatnagar, with whom he was associated since 1979. He believed that the Tantric-Vedic tradition of India could inspire the old objective science of psychology into becoming a new subjective science of the Self. "David's contributions to uplifting mankind in this age of Kali Yuga will always be remembered," said Sri Shyamji. "Ram Nam Satya Hai!"