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The best books about Kundalini
When the Dutch TS had a weekend about spirituality and evolution early 2010, Prof. Dr. Hans Gerding handed out a bibliography. On this list of books, there was a whole list of books about Kundalini. Because the Internet is my archive, I thought I'd share those books here.
Holy Madness: The Shock Tactics and Radical Teachings of Crazy-Wise Adepts, Holy Fools and Rascal Gurus
George Feuerstein
From the Amazon review:
Russian spiritual teacher Georgei Gurdjieff force-fed vegetarians hefty meat dishes. Japanese Zen master Lin-chi thrashed his pupils. Indian guru Meher Baba remained silent for 43 years. All employed what Feuerstein, author of books on yoga and religion, calls "holy madness" or "crazy wisdom," using eccentric behavior or shock tactics to communicate an alternative vision. A former devotee of Da Free John (aka Da Love-Ananda, ne Franklin Jones), Feuerstein presents critical cameos of holy fools (Aleister Crowley, BhagwanRajneesh, etc.) as well as guidelines for choosing a wise, enlightened guru and avoiding the exploitative. Yet his gallery of spiritual eccentrics is so diverse--ranging from Christian mystics to Hindu holy men who live on garbage heaps--that it's hard to credit the author's generalizations about the value of holy folly as an authentic path to transcendence.
Russian spiritual teacher Georgei Gurdjieff force-fed vegetarians hefty meat dishes. Japanese Zen master Lin-chi thrashed his pupils. Indian guru Meher Baba remained silent for 43 years. All employed what Feuerstein, author of books on yoga and religion, calls "holy madness" or "crazy wisdom," using eccentric behavior or shock tactics to communicate an alternative vision. A former devotee of Da Free John (aka Da Love-Ananda, ne Franklin Jones), Feuerstein presents critical cameos of holy fools (Aleister Crowley, BhagwanRajneesh, etc.) as well as guidelines for choosing a wise, enlightened guru and avoiding the exploitative. Yet his gallery of spiritual eccentrics is so diverse--ranging from Christian mystics to Hindu holy men who live on garbage heaps--that it's hard to credit the author's generalizations about the value of holy folly as an authentic path to transcendence.
Holy Madness: The Shock Tactics and Radical Teachings of Crazy-Wise Adepts, Holy Fools and Rascal Gurus
Amazon Price: $11.92 (as of 02/14/2012)
Kundalini
Bonnie Greenwell
Kundalini.
Amazon Price: $29.98 (as of 02/14/2012)
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Jung on Kundalini
Notes on Kundalini and spiritual transformation from Jung collected by Sonu Shamdasani. Includes a historical introduction by the editor.
The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga
Amazon Price: $11.75 (as of 02/14/2012)
Farther Shores: Exploring How Near-Death, Kundalini and Mystical Experiences Can Transform Ordinary Lives
Yvonne Kason
From an amazon review:
This book is easy to miss as a kundalini guide because its title does not indicate this aspect of its content. The author, an MD, has assisted large numbers of people in kundalini processes and has a wealth of information to offer that is very valuable to anyone wanting/needing to learn about a kundalini experience. She is a medial doctor with a vast knowledge of spiritual phenomena. In my experience, people with spontaneous arisings are helped a great deal by this perspective which integrates Eastern and Western understandings.
This book is easy to miss as a kundalini guide because its title does not indicate this aspect of its content. The author, an MD, has assisted large numbers of people in kundalini processes and has a wealth of information to offer that is very valuable to anyone wanting/needing to learn about a kundalini experience. She is a medial doctor with a vast knowledge of spiritual phenomena. In my experience, people with spontaneous arisings are helped a great deal by this perspective which integrates Eastern and Western understandings.
Farther Shores: Exploring How Near-Death, Kundalini and Mystical Experiences Can Transform Ordinary Lives
Amazon Price: $22.46 (as of 02/14/2012)
Kundalini Rising: exploring the energy of Awakening
G.K. Khalsa, A Newberg, S. Radha, Ken Wilber and J. Selby.
A great overview of the problems associated with kundalini, as well as the way people can learn to deal with this issue.
Kundalini Rising: Exploring the Energy of Awakening
Amazon Price: $3.99 (as of 02/14/2012)
Contributors include:
Lawrence Edwards, PhD Bonnie Greenwell, PhD Bruce Greyson, MD Gene Keiffer Penny Kelly Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa, PhD Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, PhD Gurucharan Singh Khalsa, PhD Gopi Krishna Olga Louchakova David Lukoff, PhD Andrew B. Newberg, MD Stuart Perrin John Selby Stuart Sovatsky, PhD Swami Sivananda Radha Dorothy Walters, PhD John White Whitehawk Barbara Harris Whitfield Charles L. Whitfield, MD Ken Wilber
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The Kundalini Experience: Psychosis or Transcendence
Lee Sanella
From the review on Amazon:
Many people have heard of the extraordinary phenomenon of kundalini awakening in which a persons body is swept by muscle spasms, indescribable sensations & sharp pains running throughout the body. He feels his body tearing within. Then suddenly he laughs & is overcome with bliss. When allowed to progress to completion, this process may culminate in deep psychological balance, inner strength, and emotional maturity.
Psychiatrist Lee Sanneli, cofounder of the Kundalini Clinic in San Francisco, differentiates this from a psychotic episode. Instead, it is a psychophysiological transformation, or 'rebirth' process as natural as physical birth.
Many people have heard of the extraordinary phenomenon of kundalini awakening in which a persons body is swept by muscle spasms, indescribable sensations & sharp pains running throughout the body. He feels his body tearing within. Then suddenly he laughs & is overcome with bliss. When allowed to progress to completion, this process may culminate in deep psychological balance, inner strength, and emotional maturity.
Psychiatrist Lee Sanneli, cofounder of the Kundalini Clinic in San Francisco, differentiates this from a psychotic episode. Instead, it is a psychophysiological transformation, or 'rebirth' process as natural as physical birth.
The Kundalini Experience: Psychosis or Transcendence
Amazon Price: $39.99 (as of 02/14/2012)
Kundalini Awakening: A Gentle Guide to Chakra Activation and Spiritual Growth
John Selby and Zachary Selig
From Amazon:
Books on the subject of Kundalini yoga--practiced only by the most advanced yogis and spiritualists--have generally focused on theory and history. But now comes the first book to offer readers techniques for bringing Kundalini energy into everyday life. Includes breathing exercises, chants, and visual symbols and paintings.
Books on the subject of Kundalini yoga--practiced only by the most advanced yogis and spiritualists--have generally focused on theory and history. But now comes the first book to offer readers techniques for bringing Kundalini energy into everyday life. Includes breathing exercises, chants, and visual symbols and paintings.
Kundalini Awakening: A Gentle Guide to Chakra Activation and Spiritual Growth
Amazon Price: $6.95 (as of 02/14/2012)
Kundalini, Evolution, and Enlightenment
John Warren White
From the reviews:
I put this book right next to Healing the Split by John Nelson as two of the best books on Kundalini. One reason is that they both holistically look at theories, personal accounts and scientific research. They also explore individual/social relationships. Both are very well rounded and grounded books that should always available on the market!
I put this book right next to Healing the Split by John Nelson as two of the best books on Kundalini. One reason is that they both holistically look at theories, personal accounts and scientific research. They also explore individual/social relationships. Both are very well rounded and grounded books that should always available on the market!
Kundalini, Evolution and Enlightenment (Omega Book)
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 02/14/2012)
The Kundalini Concept: Its Origin And Value
Mary Scott
"It is very important that we come to a clear understanding of what kundalini is and what it is not. This becomes especially important in the light of the greatly increased interest in the West in the practice of various kinds of yogas. Much harm can come in the attempts to 'arouse kundalini' if there is not the corresponding practice of progressive freedom from egocentrism. Mary Scott has done an admirable job in clarifying the subject by delving into the context in which the notions of kundalini and chakras were developed. In addition to the sympathetic reading of Aurobindo and Woodroffe, who seems to have been one of the few Westerners who tried to understand the Tantras in their Indian expositions as expounded by the Tantrik masters themselves rather than impose extraneous theories of one's own, the author brings a great deal of common sense and her own personal experience of being a searcher as well as a psychotherapist. If taken seriously, this book should provide a great challenge to the general methodology of contemporary sciences. Highly recommended for scholars and lay persons alike." --Prof. Ravi Ravindra
The Kundalini Concept: Its Origin And Value
Amazon Price: $45.00 (as of 02/14/2012)
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Kundalini from Hell to Heaven by Ganga Karmokar
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OccultPriestess
Jun 17, 2011 @ 3:14 am | delete
- I like the video series on youtube -bipolarorwakingup" whe he explores his own kundalini awakening and stay in a mental ward. He also has a social network entitled "wake the planet". My favorite authors on the subject are Ram Dass and Groff. Thank you for this informative lens on this esoteric subject.
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Intuitive
Feb 14, 2011 @ 12:19 pm | delete
- I've been through different levels of Kundalini awakening. The last big blast I hung onto my sanity by a very thin thread. But I'm in agreement with the ideas of the people you've presented here. I think that as a culture we're misdiagnosing mental illness when it's really spiritual transformation wanting to happen without the proper guidance to get through it. It's also interesting that the ages in which women are most likely to have both a "spiritual emergency" and a schizophrenic episode are the same: 29 and 40.
Blessed by the Spiritual Healing Squid Angel.
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JamesRegal
Aug 21, 2010 @ 3:24 pm | delete
- There's a lot of misconceptions about "kundalini" out there... Mostly that it is somehow a harmful experience... This couldn't be farther from the truth! Kundalini is about consciousness, awareness, spirituality and getting closer to self-knowledge and the absolute truth that we are all connected being living as one with God (or Infinity). When your energy increases and you treat yourself well, and you practice meditation moderately with ample rest, you generate a continuous rising of kundalini that simply makes you feel happy, healthy, and holy! Don't believe the hype. Kundalini is bliss!
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spirituality
Aug 22, 2010 @ 2:23 am | delete
- I don't think that's what the general story is at all. What people experience is a process that's both bliss and dangerous. If your energy has had only positive effects from this, you're the exception. For most people it's a difficult road, though one with a positive outcome at the end.
To think that anything powerful might NOT have risks involved is naive, I think.
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paritosh yogena
Sep 16, 2011 @ 7:48 pm | delete
- James, you are spot on, exactly so. Nothing to fear from it. I wonder why anyone comments to the contrary. What people do is confuse what is to them a foreign word with what is just a physical phenomenon that has no equivalent [so far] in western physiology. What I want to do is find a group similar to this to share on a more intimate & regular basis so it can be developed for everyone BLISS: p_yogena@yahoo.com.
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