Mind Magic Kit [Paperback]

Swami Anandakapila Saraaswati (Author), Jonn Mumford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 8, 2002

The Mind Magic Kit is a dynamic program that gives you the ultimate combination of stress-management tools: tractional relaxation and autogenic temperature control. The kit includes an audio cassette, instruction book, and a hand-held biofeedback thermometer with which to gauge your progress.

Side one of the tape, "Fractional Relaxation, " guides you through a progressive relaxation that eliminates mental tension and cultivates life-affirming states of mind.

Side two of the tape, "Autogenic Training, " is your gateway to thermal biofeedback (control of circulation in the hands and feet), voluntary control of your autonomic nervous system, and meditation. It uses a simple trigger word as a mantra, which when silently repeated will lead you into the interior depths of yourself.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Dr. Jonn Mumford (Swami Anandakapila Saraswati) wrote his first book "Psychosomatic Yoga" in 1961 while completing an intensive period of study in India.  His current books include "Ecstasy Through Tantra, "A Chakra and Kundalini Workbook", "Mind Magic Kit" and "Magic Tattwas" from Llewellyn.

Dr. Mumford is a direct disciple of Dr. Swami Gitananda and Paramhansa Swami Satyananda Saraswati, Bihar.  He was initiated by Swami Satyananda in 1973, at BSY Monghyr, Bihar State, India.  Dr. Mumford is respected across the world for his knowledge and scholarship.  A born teacher, Dr. Mumford frequently gives lecture on relaxation techniques, sexuality, Tantra and other aspects of human development and spirituality .

No mere theoretician, Dr. Mumford is a world renowned authority on Tantra and yoga.  He has demonstrated his own self-mastery of cardiac cessation, obliteration of individual pulse beat at will, sensory withdrawal and voluntary breath retention over the 5 minute range, and start and stop bleeding on command.

His background combining chiropractic and psychology with extensive international experience in a wide range of Eastern disciplines makes Dr. Mumford eminently well-suited to the task of disseminating the secrets of Tantra unto the West.

Product Details

• Paperback: 109 pages
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications; Pap/Cas edition (September 8, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567184758
• ISBN-13: 978-1567184754
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #861,725 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vital Information and Practices, July 23, 2000

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Miles Krassen (Boulder) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Mind Magic Kit (Paperback)

Dr. Jonn Mumford's Mind Magic Kit contains a short book and audio tape with two guided practices, one on each side. Although the book itself does not compare to some of his other works, the tape is extremely valuable. It guides the listener through two meditative practices that very effectively lead to deep states of relaxation. One side has a kind of shavasana (corpse position) practice in which each portion of the body is relaxed. This leads to a deep state in which the entire mind/body system can be refreshed. The other side has a biofeedback practice that is remarkable in its ability to access a very useful deep relaxed state in about 25 minutes. Anyone who can appreciate the value of learning how to disconnect from stress and tension, whether physical or in the mind, should seriously consider this kit. My only reservation would be for those who already know how to do these practices, which in fact, are not unique to Dr. Mumford, just extremely valuable and effective.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars mind magic kit, June 10, 2001

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elizabeth holliday (Morehead City, North Carolina United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mind Magic Kit (Paperback)

The Mind Magic Kit is not an ordinary book. It is, rather, a tool kit, a rather special tool kit, at that, offering assitance to any novice wishing he/she knew how to begin learning to relax for self healing and stress relief. Even more than that, this wonderful little kit is chock full of practical technique for movement on the path toward self mastery.

If one is already tuned up in these ways and already knows something about relaxation and so on, then this kit provides a sophisticated opportunity to go deeper, even much deeper.

Inside the box, I found a small book + audio tape. Without having to involve myself with the book, the audio tape was ready for me to use. I could use it right away. The tape is made in such a way, that even though I hadn't yet gotten around to the book, I could still get meaninful benefits RIGHT AWAY. Personally, I have valued this. In my busy, busy world, immediate access means alot.

The book itself is a teaching tool. I can work with it as I desire, and it helps me to know more of what I am doing with the tape. As with all of Dr. Mumford's work, the material in his book is "ordinary" -- by this, I mean, framed in a way that is easy to grasp and utilize. I love this quality!

I know that there are plenty of other practices for self-healing and relaxation on the market. The outstanding quality I have found with Dr. Mumford's work here is that this kit offers me not only a guided path with his own wonderful voice to keep me on track, but a way to learn something very valuable that I can do FOR MYSELF. The teaching offers to sponsor me into independence, as much as I want to have it.

The Mind Magic kit is offered in a format that does not just "give me a fish" -- rather as it gives me the fish, it offers me the opportunity, through the teaching, to learn how to catch one myself! I like this a great deal and appreciate the style Dr. Mumford offers toward self-empowerment.

If you are looking for something that works, I recommend Mind Magic. Try it -- I did, and I recommend it all the time.

Elizabeth Holliday, Yoga Teacher (10 years); President, Alternative Health Centers of America

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars simple, effective and powerful, June 13, 2001

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Mark A. Michaels (NY, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mind Magic Kit (Paperback)

Dr. Mumford's Mind Magic Kit is a very valuable tool for inner exploration, personal growth and relaxation. It enables virtually anyone to experience the benefits of biofeedback at minimal cost and on their own time. It provides readers with simple, effective and powerful techniques that have withstood the test of time. Dr. Mumford is trained in the Hindu Tantric tradition and Western medicine; the material is presented in terms that are easily understood by Westerners unfamiliar with Eastern traditions or Western, New Age ideas. Though I am an experienced meditator, with a variety of different practices at my disposal, I use the Mind Magic kit on a regular basis; thus it is suitable for all. I highly recommend it.

Mark Michaels, JD., MA.