Swami Muktananda’s kundalini and visionary episodes at Ganeshpuri

Record summary

Swami Muktananda’s autobiographical and instructional writings, especially Play of Consciousness and related Siddha Yoga publications, describe inner lights, deities, bodily energies, visions, and encounters interpreted through Kashmiri Shaiva practice. The material was widely circulated in the 1970s and early 1980s and connects specific experiences with the ashram at Ganeshpuri. It is useful for comparing visionary language across Hindu, Buddhist, and Christian sources. The accounts are confessional and doctrinal rather than independently observed, while publication histories and translations can alter chronology and wording.