Kundalini Energy & Christian Spirituality: A Pathway to Growth & Healing [Paperback]

Philip St. Romain (Author)

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From Library Journal

St. Romain here attempts the difficult task of relating his so-called spiritual awakening. He describes the day-to-day journey with exacting physical detail, which he claims represents the awakening of Kundalini Energy, a powerful form of psycho-spiritual energy located at the base of the spine. In essence, his exercise seems to be a response to the physical manifestations of an impending midlife crisis, or quite possibly a nervous breakdown. His prose is self-indulgent (e.g., "Sense of going into an abyss, or black hole, sensations of electrical energy rippling through the reproductive organs, emotional release through weeping and deep sighs"). The book's chief problem may lie in the fact that St. Romain attempts to describe a spiritual experience using Western physiological terms. Also, his attempt to relate the experience to Christianity seems like a neat afterthought or an attempt to package the book for an American audience. Not recommended.
- Michael Tierno, "Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality"
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Crossroad (April 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0824510623
• ISBN-13: 978-0824510626
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #661,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Philip St. Romain, M.S., D. Min., has published over 20 books on spirituality and theology. He has served as a spiritual director for many people since 1985, and currently ministers at Heartland Center for Spirituality in Great Bend, KS. 
Married and the father of three grown children, he resides in Wichita, KS. See www.philstromain.com for full resume' and photos.

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very valuable and knowledgeable book about kundalini ., February 16, 1999

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This review is from: Kundalini Energy & Christian Spirituality: A Pathway to Growth & Healing (Paperback)

I want to call the attention of people interested in kundalini to this excellent, not-so-well-known short book. The author is a balanced and responsible scholar of world religions and of the physiological aspects of the kundalini experience;he is also oriented in Western psychological understanding. He recounts his own dramatic experience, which arose out of prayer practice, and then shares the broad and sophisticated understanding of it he developed through study and practice.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Kundalini Book, December 4, 2001

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Bob Boyd (Greensboro, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kundalini Energy & Christian Spirituality: A Pathway to Growth & Healing (Paperback)

I have been reading books about Kundalini for over 30 years--starting with my own Kundalini experience--and Philip St Romain's book is one of the best I have had the pleasure to read. It is particularly helpful to bewildered people who were not seeking Kundalini, or did not know what it was until it awakened in them. And that it is from a Christian perspective gives it even greater weight, making it literally a godsend to Christians experiencing this spiritual phenomenon found in all spiritual traditions, but not always understood within the Christian world.

Philip St Romain's humility throughout the book gives it greater credibility and lets the reader vicariously enjoy the experience. This is one of the most helpful Kundalini books I have ever read. I would recommend it to anyone undergoing a Kundalini awakening, and anyone interested in this evolutionary energy that is often misdiagnosed and misunderstood.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Kundalini Reference, December 26, 2000

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Yves Latorte - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kundalini Energy & Christian Spirituality: A Pathway to Growth & Healing (Paperback)

An accomplished book which starts with the specific manifestation of the authors kundalini symptoms and works toward embedding it in a larger and essentially new framework of spiritual maturation. The description of symptoms are accurate, detailed and very useful for comparative purposes of telling whether you are undergoing the process. The impersonal speculations about physical mechanisms that drive kundalini are interesting. St. Romain treats the entire episode with reverence, respect and awe. It was and remains a valuable appraisal of Grace for a (western) world desperately in need of new models for consciousness and aging.