Kundalini, the Energy of the Depths

KundaliniThe Energy of the DepthsA Comprehensive Study Based on the Scripturesof Nondualistic Kasmir SaivismLILIAN SILBURNHonorary Research Director Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueTranslated byJacques Gontier STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESSCONTENTSFOREWORD....................... xiiiINTRODUCTIONKUNDALINI YOGARHYTHM AND VIBRATIONThe Dance of Siva............................................. 5Rhythm........................................................ 7Stirring and Churning of the Energy............................. 7Return to the Heart............................................ 9PART ONEAWAKENING AND UNFOLDINGOF KUNDALINISerpent of the Depths.......................................... 15Chapter 1Siva's Triple Emission and the Three Aspects of Kundalinl....... 19Supreme Emission............................................. 21Intermediate Emission.......................................... 21Lower Emission................................................ 23Para or Purnakundalini........................................ 24Chapter 2The "Coiled" Kundalini Within the Human Body................ 25

Centers (Cakra) and Nadi...................................... 25Median Way, Wheels and Triangles.............................. 31Illustrations.................................................... 34CONTENTSChapter 3Various Means of Unfolding the Median Way..................... 37Destruction of Dualizing Thought (vikalpaksaya)............... 38Means Associated with the Breath (prana)...................... 38The Syllable OM and the Synchronization of the Breaths......... 46Contemplation of the Intial and Final Extremities(kotinibhalana)................................................ 49Retraction and Expansion of the Energy......................... 50Chapter 4The Parabija SAUH and the Rod Practice........................ 55Visarga, Unmana, and Kramamudra............................ 59Chapter 5Movements of Kundalini Related to a Yogin's Practice............ 63Supreme Kundalini and the Kundalini of Consciousness......... 63Pranakundalini................................................ 64Adhahkundalim, Descending Energy............................ 65Urdhvakundalini, Ascending Energy............................ 65Slow and Gradual Way......................................... 66Incomplete or Defective Ways................................... 68Chapter 6Various Reactions Occurring in a Yogin......................... 71The Five Phases of Vibration or the Signs on the Path........... 71Sixfold Upsurge of the Breath and Corresponding Forms of Bliss 75Text in Transliterated Sanskrit.................................. 79Chapter 7

Cosmic Kundalini or the Intimate Sacrifice....................... 81PART TWOPIERCING OF THE CENTERS AND STAGES OF THE ASCENTChapter 1Vedhadiksa, Initiation Through Penetration...................... 87The Plenary Oblation........................................... 88Penetration of the Guru into the Disciple's Breaths............... 89Initiations by Piercing of the Centers............................ 91Mantravedha, Piercing of the Centers by Means of Mantra........ 93 Nadavedha, Piercing Through Mystic Resonance................ 94Binduvedha, Piercing Through Virile Potency.................... 95Saktavedha, the so-called Energy Piercing....................... 96Bhujangavedha, the so-called Serpent Piercing.................. 97Paraoedha, Supreme Piercing................................... 98CONTENTSXIOuter Initiations ...............................................Abhiseka, Consecration........................................Text in Transliterated Sanskrit...................................Chapter 2Somananda's Saktavijnana.....................................Translation....................................................Analysis.......................................................Sanskrit Text in Devanagari.....................................Chapter 3Goraksanatha's Amaraughasasana..............................The Natha.....................................................Excerpts from the Text.........................................Analysis.......................................................Illustration.....................................................PART THREETHE DEEPER MEANING OF THE ESOTERIC PRACTICE