The Light of the East

[4] Dandoy and Johanns were young Jesuits, newly arrived in India, when they met Brahmachari Animananda, disciple of Brahmobandhav Upadhyay.

Animananda encouraged them in their desire to begin a journal that would carry on the spirit of inquiry initiated by Upadhyay.

[5] P. Turmes reports that Animananda's face brightened up when the two Jesuits laid before him the proposal for a journal that would present Christ to India in a way adapted to her mentality and culture.

Several of Johanns' contributions were later published in book form under the title To Christ to the Vedanta.

[7] Other contributors included members of the so-called Calcutta School of Indology.