The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga (Paperback)

by C. G. Jung (Author), Sonu Shamdasani (Editor)

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Shamdasani has performed a valuable service by editing these seminar notes and making them available to a wider audience. In addition to Jung's four lectures [he] provides an excellent introduction as well as informative footnotes.... This volume is a welcome addition to the Bollingen Seminar Series. -- Review

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The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga serves as an excellent introduction to the higher realms of consciousness.... I enthusiastically recommend this book as an introduction to realms of analytic thought generally outside the classical and mainstream views.
(David Nichol Psychoanalytic Books: A Quarterly Journal of Reviews )

In these four lectures ... Jung placed some very complex Indian concepts within the Western psychological understanding of his time, thereby helping us to grasp better both systems of thought and realization.
(Betsy Halpern Quadrant )

Shamdasani has performed a valuable service by editing these seminar notes and making them available to a wider audience. In addition to Jung's four lectures [he] provides an excellent introduction as well as informative footnotes.... This volume is a welcome addition to the Bollingen Seminar Series.
(William E. Kotsch Journal of Analytical Psychology )

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Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Princeton University Press (July 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0691006768
• ISBN-13: 978-0691006765
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #254,174 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading both for Jung and for Shamdasani, February 26, 2006

By	Robin Robertson "Psychologist and author" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga : Notes of the Seminar Given in 1932 by C.G. Jung (Hardcover)

Jung's ideas on Kundalini are brilliant, but reveal more about Jungian psychology than Kundalini.
As with all of Shamdasani's writing, his introduction provides a historical context that both enriches Jung's interpretation and tells us much of the era in which his ideas emerged

10 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An Incredibly Intense Read, May 24, 2007

By	Shae B. Cummings "DRAGONFLY" (Medford, OR) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I found this book an incredibly intense book to read. There's nothing simple about it. I had hoped for both clarity and understanding and received neither. I kept reading...hoping upon hope that Shamdasani's words would hold me spellbound and captivated.

I seek truth in its simplest form, but did not find it here. While I am certain that Shamdasani's intent was to provide the reader with an intelligent read, his need for intellectual diatribes created, in stead, an emotional abyss; I found that I could not connect with his analysis without great intensity of focus. Frankly, I didn't have either the time or the inclination to work that hard to grasp the connections.

Had Shamdasani employed simplicity of thought and content as his guides, the average reader might actually benefit from his wisdom and intellect.

12 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Although Jung didn't understand kundalini phenomenon..., June 1, 2000

By	Craig Chalquist, PhD, author of TERRAPSYCHOLO... (Bay Area, CA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

...or what we now refer to as Spiritual Emergence, he amplifies the chakra symbols with such interesting illustrations that the book is well worth the price paid for it.