Kundalini Rising: Exploring the Energy of Awakening
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Overview
For centuries, the secrets of kundalini have been guarded by masters and buried in esoteric texts around the globe. Kundalini Rising brings together 24 illuminating essays by some of today's most prominent voices to demystify this mysterious phenomenon.
From personal accounts and yogic practices, to brain research and historical perspectives, this compelling anthology weaves together both the mystical and practical perspectives on the rise of kundalini energy to help support your own spiritual discovery.
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, PhD; Stuart Perrin; John Selby; Stuart Sovatsky, PhD; Swami Sivananda Radha; Dorothy Walters, PhD; John White; Whitehawk; Barbara Harris Whitfield; Charles L. Whitfield, MD; and Ken Wilber.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781591797289 |
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Publisher: | Sounds True, Incorporated |
Publication date: | 09/01/2009 |
Pages: | 408 |
Sales rank: | 525,543 |
Product dimensions: | 6.08(w) x 9.04(h) x 1.09(d) |
About the Author
Andrew Newberg, M.D. is an associate professor of radiology and psychiatry and an adjunct assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and director of the Center for Spirituality and the Mind. He is co-author of Why God Won't Go Away, Born to Believe, and The Mystical Mind.
Ken Wilber
Ken Wilber is one of the most influential and widely read American philosophers of our time. His writing has been translated into more than 20 languages. Ken Wilber is the author of many books, including The Spectrum of Consciousness; The Eye of Spirit; Grace and Grit; Sex, Ecology, Spirituality; A Brief History of Everything; Boomeritis; and The Marriage of Sense and Soul. Ken Wilber lives in Denver, Colorado.
Table of Contents
Introduction Tami Simon ix
Part I The Experience: Personal Accounts and Findings from Those Who Have Experienced Kundalini
Kundalini and the Mystic Path Dorothy Walter 3
Kundalini: The Role of Life-Force Energy in Self-Realization Bonnie Greenwell 21
Kundalini: Unfolding the Human Design Penny Kelly 37
Kundalini Yoga Stuart Perrin 47
Deep Light and the Great Retruthing Whitehawk 55
Beyond Kundalini Awakening John Selby 73
Part II Kundalini and Your Health: Accounts from Health Experts, Therapists, Scientists, Researchers, and Clinical Surveys of Kundalini Experiences
Kundalini Yoga as Therapy: A Research Perspective Sat Bir Singh Khalsa 87
Kundalini and Health: Living Well with Spiritual Awakening Olga Louchakova 97
The Yogic Brain Andrew B. Newberg 117
Kundalini Awakening David Lukeoff 127
Mental and Emotional Health in the Kundalini Process Barbara Harris Whitfield 141
Spiritual Energy: Perspectives from a Map of the Psyche and the Kundalini Recovery Process Charles L. Whitefield 161
Near-Death Experiences and the Physio-Kundalini Syndrome Bruce Greyson 173
Healing Through the Three Channels Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa 185
Part III Kundalini at Large: Kundalini in a Historical, Philosophical, and Cultural Context
Are the Chakras Real? Ken Wilber 195
Kundalini: Sex, Evolution, and Higher Consciousness John White 207
Kundalini: Her Symbols of Transformation and Freedom Lawrence Edwards 225
On Being Moved: Kundalini and the Complete Maturation of the Spiritual Body Stuart Sovatsky 247
An Illuminated Channel from the Ocean of Consciousness Gene Keiffer 269
The Goal of Consciousness Research Gopi Krishna277
Part IV Kundalini in Motion: Kundalini Yoga and Musings from Yogis
Thoughts on Kundalini Swami Sivananda Radha 299
Heart Swami Sivananda Radha 305
Let Your Presence Work Through the Power of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa 313
Kundalini Yoga and Meditation as Taught by Yogi Bhajan Gurucharan Singh Khalsa 319
Notes 337
Contributors 349
Credits 363
Index 365