The notes below are designed to give prospective readers an idea of what to expect from the book, and to aid in making a decision on whether to buy it.

Serpent Power, Arthur Avalon

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This book gets very technical, and so it is not for beginners. Please bear that in mind!

 

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​General Notes

 

All flows via the central channel susuma.  

 

Heart is the center of the Jivadiva “embodied sprit” and soul.

Navel is where you feel things.

Throat is the hearing center.

Kundalini is awakened through willpower. 

The self knows and loves itself.

God exists within the self, not external.

 

Shakti veils old consciousness.

 

Prakti reveals consciousness.

 

Apana pulls all down.

 

All spinal nerves are sympathetic for muscles and create impulses.

 

3 angles, 3 gods.

 

Petals are number of nerves.

 

Yoga is a means, not an end. Means to control Prana and feelings.

 

Yoga is the union of Jiva and Paramatmu.

 

Hatha works out the karmas.

 

Contract abdomens Left, Right, Right then Left to stir kundalini.

 

“Hum Hansa” stills kundalini (kundalini is mother of sun and moon).

 

Mula Bandha unites Prana and Apana.

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Can get to Samadi via meditation and kundalini. Two ways to same place.

 

Kundailini is coiled 3.5x.

 

Shakti can be static or kinetic.

 

Words and different number of petals can help you mediate on the right chakra.

 

16h Kali of the moon is pure and clear.

 

Control of the mind causes no wandering and his aims are achieved.

 

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Definitions

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Chakras are vortices of etheric matter.

 

Bindu = point or dot.

 

Object = Artha

 

Nadis are conduits of prana.

 

Right testicle to left nostril is the nadi.

 

#2 Mulhadra = Ram

 

Atma = pure bliss

 

Identity is Jivatma.

 

Asana is a thought aid.

 

Chakrasana aligns energy to release kundalini.

 

Pranayama - union of prana and apana. Kumbhaka (holds) expands prana to the whole body. 

 

Japa is to recite a mantra.

 

Static center is Mulhadha.