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AGHORA II: Kundalini - Robert Svoboda, $21.95

Contents:
Foreword, by Robert Masters; Introduction
1. Agni
2. Kundalini: self-identification, Coverings, Nadis & chakras, The nine chakras, Raising kundalini, Samadhi, Kula kundalini, The snake, The chakras, Kula kundalini
3. Preliminaries: Food, Panchamakara
4. Sadhana: Khanda manda yoga, Name & form, The soma yaga, "Make everything into a sadhana", The sun, the moon & fire, Gayatri
5. Mantra: Mantra siddhi, Using mantras, The five S's, Secrecy, Pronunciation, Four levels of speech, The four classes
6. Tantra: Time, eclipses & nights, Nyasa, Mental worship, Ganesha
7. Music: Nada yoga, Krishna & the Gopis, Krishna & Shiva
8. Immortals: Siddhas, Rishis, Munis, Naths & Siddhas, Notable siddhas, Rishis, Time & space, Anasuya, Avataras
9. The Esoteric Ramayana: The script, The players, Anjaneya's role
10. Gurus & Disciples
Appendix: Yantras: A general description, The nine nath siddhas. Glossary. Bibliography.

Comment: While living in Poona & while studying Ayurveda, the young Robert Svoboda was assigned to interview one Aghora Vimalananada, described as a doctor who practiced tantra & owned race horses.

Like all true disciples, Svoboda recounts he had to force himself to meet the man, who, while quickly becoming a major influence on Svoboda, never, in the strictly technical sense, became his guru.

The forword describes Aghora as a "super-tantra", a path of devotion to the great mother goddess Kundalini: The Aghori sets out to overcome human limitations by shattering internally every restraint, no matter how ancient or powerful the taboo, and also by creating a body/mind that is able to contain emotional, sensory and other experiences which would consume anyone not properly prepared. (pg. 13)

I have a hard time writing about the two Aghora books, I pass hours just reading them, they are fascinating.

Brotherhood of Life & Sadhana Publications, 319 pages.

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