Lee Sannella (–2010)

'In a darkened room a man sits alone. His body is swept by muscle spasms. Indescribable sensations and sharp pains run from his feet up his legs and over his back and neck. His skull feels as if it is about to burst. Inside his head he hears roaring sounds and high-pitched whistling. His hands burn. He feels his body tearing within. Then suddenly he laughs and is overcome with bliss.

A psychotic episode? No, this is a psychophysiological transformation, a 'rebirth' process as natural as physical birth. It seems pathological only because the symptoms are not understood in relation to the outcome: a psychically transformed human being.'

Many people have heard of the extraordinary phenomenon of kundalini awakening. Ove the years, a growing number of men and women have encountered its mainifestations. In some cases, the experience involves very disturbing physical and psychological effects. This book explains the elusive kundalini experience in simple and nonmystifying terms. It reassures kundalini 'victims,' who somtimes fear for their own sanity.

With over 40,000 copies in print, The Kundalini Experience by Lee Sannella, M.D., has become a classic in the study of mysticism and altered states of consciousness.

Lee Sannella, a psychiatrist and ophthamologist, is cofounder of the Kundalini Clinic in San Francisco. He pioneered the psychiatric understanding of the kndalini experience.

'Over the years we have mentioned and recommended this little jewel in our lectures and seminars more times than any other single book...A ground-breaking work of great value.'-Stanislav Grof, M.D., and Christina Grof, editors of Spiritual Emergency

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 The significance of psychophysiological transformation today
Chapter 2 The kundalini experience and scientific objectivity
Chapter 3 The kundalini experience-The classical model
Chapter 4 The physio-kundalini
Chapter 5 Cross-cultural aspects of the kundalini experience
Chapter 6 Case histories
Chapter 7 Self-reports
Chapter 8 Summary of signs and symptoms
Chapter 9 The kundalini cycle: Diagnosis and therapy
Chapter 10 The kundalini and spiritual life
Appendix 1 Micromotion of the body as a factor in the development of the nervous system by Itzhak Bentov
Appendix 2 The god-intoxicated masts of India
Appendix 3 Sensitivity in the human organism
Appendix 4 Note for physicians and neurologists
Appendix 5 Questions for research participants
Bibliographic references
Index… (mehr)

Many people have heard of the extraordinary phenomenon of kundalini awakening in which a persons body is swept by muscle spasms, indescribable sensations & sharp pains running throughout the body. He feels his body tearing within. Then suddenly he laughs & is overcome with bliss. When allowed to progress to completion, this process may culminate in deep psychological balance, inner strength, and emotional maturity.

Psychiatrist Lee Sanneli, cofounder of the Kundalini Clinic in San Francisco, differentiates this from a psychotic episode. Instead, it is a psychophysiological transformation, or 'rebirth' process as natural as physical birth.

CONTENTS: 1) Significance of Psychophysiological Transformation Today 2) The Kundalini Experience and Scientific Objectivity 3) Kundalini Experience - Classical Model 4) The Physio-Kundalini 5) Cross-Cultural Aspects of the Kundalini Experience 6) Case Histories 7) Self-Reports 8) Summary of Signs & Symptoms 9) Kundalini Cycle: Diagnosis and Therapy 10) Kundalini & Spiritual Life… (mehr)