Jung's seminar on Kundalini yoga, presented to the Psychological Club in Zurich in 1932, has been widely regarded as a milestone in the psychological understanding of Eastern thought and of the symbolic transformations of inner experience. Kundalini yoga presented Jung with a model for the developmental phases of higher consciousness, and he interpreted its symbols in terms of the process of individuation. Sonu Shamdasani has brought together the lectures and discussions from this seminar for the first time. This volume also offers newly translated material from Jung's German language seminars, a seminar by the indologist Wilhelm Hauer presented in conjunction with that of Jung, and Sir John Woodroffe's classic translation of the tantric text, the Sat-cakra-nirupana. Re-creates the fascination with which many intellectuals of prewar Europe regarded Eastern spirituality as they discovered more and more of its resources, from yoga to tantric texts. This book explains why Jung thought that the comprehension of Eastern thought was essential if Western psychology was to develop. List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Members of the Seminar xiv List of Abbreviations xv Introduction: Jung's Journey to the East xvii Sonu Shamdasani Lecture 1: 12 October 1932 3(20) Lecture 2: 19 October 1932 23(19) Lecture 3: 26 October 1932 42(18) Lecture 4: 2 November 1932 60(11) Appendix 1: Indian Parallels, 11 October 1930 71(8) Appendix 2: Jung's Comments in Hauer's German Lectures, 5--8 October 1932 79(9) Appendix 3: Hauer's English Lecture, 8 October 1932 88(23) Appendix 4: Sat-cakra-nirupana 111(10) Index 121