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

by C.G. Jung

Book Overview

"Kundalini yoga presented Jung with a model of something that was almost completely lacking in Western psychology--an account of the development phases of higher consciousness.... Jung's insistence on the psychogenic and symbolic significance of such states is even more timely now than then. As R. D. Laing stated... 'It was Jung who broke the ground here, but few followed him.'"--From the introduction by Sonu Shamdasani

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691006768
• ISBN13: 9780691006765
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Worth reading both for Jung and for Shamdasani

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

Although Jung didn't understand kundalini phenomenon...

...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.