The Serpent Power. Arthur Avalon

      THE SERPENT POWER

      BEING THE

      SHAT-CHAKRA-NIRŪPANA AND

      PĀDUKĀ-PANCHAKA

      TWO WORKS ON TANTRIK YOGA, TRANSLATED FROM THE SANSKRIT, WITH INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTARY

      By ARTHUR AVALON

      The Serpent Power

      By Arthur Avalon (Sir John George Woodroffe)

      Print ISBN 13: 978-1-4209-7109-5

      eBook ISBN 13: 978-1-4209-7110-1

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      CONTENTS

       Preface

       The Six Centers and the Serpent Power

       I. Introduction

       II. Consciousness and Its Power (Shiva-Shakti)

       III. Embodied Consciousness (Jīvātmā)

       IV. The Garland of Letters (Varnamālā)

       V. The Centers or Lotuses (Chakra, Padma)

       VI. Practice (Yoga: Laya-Krama)

       VII. Theoretical Bases of This Yoga

       Description of the Six Centers

       Preliminary Verse.

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       Verse