The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga (1932) - Countryside Anarchist

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THE PSYCHOLOGY
OF
KUNDALINI YOGA
NOTES OF THE SEMINAR
GIVEN IN 1932 BY
C . G . J U N G
EDITED BY SONU SHAMDASANI
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
PREFACE xi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
MEMBERS OF THE SEMINAR xiv
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xv
INTRODUCTION: JUNG’S JOURNEY TO THE EAST ,
bySonuShamdasani xvii
Lecture1:12October1932 3
Lecture2:19October1932 23
Lecture3:26October1932 42
Lecture4:2November1932 60
Appendix1:IndianParallels,11October1930 71
Appendix2:Jung’sCommentsinHauer’sGermanLectures,
5–8October1932 79
Appendix3:Hauer’sEnglishLecture,8October1932 88
Appendix4:(cid:158)a¡-cakra-nir(cid:133)pa(cid:155)a 111
INDEX 121
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure1.Thecakras xlvii
Figure2.Mulvdhvracakra xlviii
Figure3.Svvdhi(cid:159)¡hvnacakra xlix
Figure4.Ma(cid:155)ip(cid:133)racakra l
Figure5.Anvhatacakra li
Figure6.Vi(cid:141)uddhacakra lii
Figure7.ujñvcakra liii
Figure8.Sahasrvracakra liv
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