The Mysterious Kundalini (the Physical Basis of the “Kundali (Hatha) Yoga” according to our Present Knowledge of Western Anatomy and Physiology)

Abstract

THE chief interest of this book, for most readers of NATURE, will consist in the description of the modification at will of certain physiological processes by a Yogi of Bombay. The Yogi demonstrated his powers before the Bombay Medical Union, and also before the students of a medical college (name of the college not given) and a few guests. On the latter occasion the author, who possesses the diplomas of F.C.P.S. and L.M. and S., and who is described by Sir John Woodroffe in his foreword as “a competent man of science,” was selected, along with another doctor (unnamed), “to judge the truth of his statements,” and was “told to report to the students what we actually saw and felt.”

The Mysterious Kundalini (the Physical Basis of the “Kundali (Hatha) Yoga” according to our Present Knowledge of Western Anatomy and Physiology).

By Vasant G. Rele. With a Foreword by Sir John Woodroffe (Arthur Avalon). Pp. xi + 112 + viii + 4 plates. (Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala, Sons and Co., 1927.) 3.8 rupees.