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The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga : Notes of the Seminar Given in 1932 by C.G. Jung

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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

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.

I love Jung & I Love Kundalini yoga, but before I ever stepped foot in a yoga class, I read as much as i could find at the time. This book was very helpful to me. its also been very helpful when I explain the very spiritual, intangible practice of this very specific type of yoga to my atheist / scientifically minded / concrete thinking friends. Even some of my new age-y friends have trouble understanding when I describe sitting in a room full of white people wearing turbans, chanting in Sanskrit and waving their arms around for 90 minutes. But this book really helps bridge the divide of understanding. Jung takes a very scientific approach and breaks it all down. its a great book, even if you're not planning to don a turban and chant Sanskrit for an hour with your finger oddly entwined.

...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.

Jung was a researcher only.He had no experience with the kundalini.He borrowed ideas from here and there and changed there names.This chakra means this that chakra that.He had no experience himself.Chakras can be compared with nuclear bombs in there power.Kundalini lightning.For genuine seekers on the subject read gopi krishna and muktanandas autobiographies.Life manipulated jung as a seeker.He had a experience where he saw at the end his entire life was a manipulation of a hindu yogi.This was a vision life gave him.To talk on chakras and kundalini he would need to become that yogi.A genuine saint or mystic with genuine experience.He did alot of good in forwarding psychology ideas.However he was a researcher only not a kundalini experiencer