The Secret Fire of Alchemy
Inner Traditions Bear and Company (Verlag)
9798888500699 (ISBN)
• Describes the initiatory stages of Kriya Yoga and Tibetan Buddhism with high-level yogis and lamas
• Shares the author’s experiences of spontaneous dream initiations, astral travels, Kundalini awakening, and an out-of-body journey through the Bardo to a past life—which led him to pursue spiritual studies in Asia
• Reveals the profound parallels between Western Alchemy’s search for the Philosopher’s Stone and the Indo-Tibetan quest for Spiritual Liberation
Guided by a profound series of dream initiations, astral travels, intense kundalini activation, and an out-of-body journey to a past life, Kevin Turner embarks on an around-the-world quest in pursuit of the secret fire of alchemical enlightenment.
Detailing his intensive studies to discover the meaning behind his spontaneous nighttime initiations, Turner finds resonance with Goethe’s alchemical quest and Descartes’ assertion that the pineal gland is the seat of the soul. Turning to Eastern traditions, the author finds exact descriptions of his experiences in books on kundalini yoga and answers to his questions about death, rebirth, and the soul’s Immortal Light in writings on Tibetan Buddhism—as well as profound parallels between the alchemists’ search for the Philosopher’s Stone and the Indo-Tibetan quest for Liberation.
Realizing his calling to accelerate the evolution of the soul, Turner travels to Asia where he meets the last living disciple of Sri Yukteswar, Swami Paramahansa Hariharananda Giri, who initiates him into Kriya Yoga. In his pursuit of the Eastern alchemical tradition, he then travels to the Himalayas in Nepal to study with Shamarpa Rinpoche at Nagi Gompa Monastery. Turner then journeys to Taipei to study Taoist alchemy and Tai Chi before returning to Europe to renew his studies of Western alchemy.
Deeply personal and spiritually uplifting, Turner’s story of initiation into alchemical traditions of East and West offers insight into the initiatory process known as the "Great Work" and powerful guidance to others on the spiritual path toward enlightenment.
Kevin B. Turner is Director for Asia at the Foundation for Shamanic Studies. He is initiated in the Kriya Yoga of Swami Sri Yukteswar and the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism, among others. He has lived in Asia for more than thirty years.
Introduction
1 Cave of Fire
2 Pineal Portal
3 Dominus Liminis
4 Temple
5 Mirror of Souls
6 Zwei Seelen
7 Forgotten Body
8 Spiritual Science
9 Kundalini Fire
10 Back through the Bardo
11 The Quest
12 Greater Guardian
13 Dance of the Incarnationers
14 Mandala
15 Dying Young
16 The Daishi
17 Island
18 Monastery
19 Bodhgaya
20 Varanasi
21 Kundalini Fire II
22 Atman Equals Brahman
23 Master of Kriya
24 Orissa
25 Lama
26 Synlocality
27 Vajrayana
28 Doppelgänger
29 Yab-Yum
30 Inward Spiral
31 Taoist Alchemy
32 Bali to Java
33 Cambodian Ghost Battle
34 Kyoto
35 Mirror of Souls II
36 Pantheon Pigna
37 Swiss Synchronicities
38 Second Kriya
39 Munich to Dresden
40 Pendulum
41 With the Master
42 Fourth Kriya
43 Higher Kriyas
44 The Alchemy of Kriya Yoga
45 Vienna Exile
46 Sovereignty
47 Mirror of Mercurius
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.10.2024 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 52 b&w illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Rochester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 517 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9798888500699 / 9798888500699 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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