Kundalini: The Secret of Life

Record summary

This book is associated with Swami Muktananda’s Siddha Yoga movement and presents kundalini awakening, guru transmission, mantra, meditation, and bodily or visionary experiences within a modern Hindu framework. It may matter for comparison because it shows how older tantric vocabulary was reorganized for twentieth-century international audiences. The work is identifiable through its author, title, movement, and publication history. Researchers should distinguish Muktananda’s theological claims, devotional testimony, later criticism of the movement, and independently documented physiological or psychological events.