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Yogic Secrets of the Dark Goddess: Lighting Dance of the Supreme Shakti

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324 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2008

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Shambhavi Lorain Chopra

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6 reviews2 followers
May 29, 2010
I love this book. The book gave me a new insight to the Goddess Kali. Beautifully written...........a book with a soul.
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20 reviews
September 1, 2025
Chopra’s approach is both scholarly and accessible, blending vivid personal encounters, spiritual teachings, and practical yogic sadhana. She reveals Kali as a nurturing and luminous presence beneath her fierce exterior, emphasizing her role as a source of grace, charm, and compassionate power that can dissolve personal and collective darkness. The work highlights the continuity and depth of India’s Goddess worship tradition, connecting it to women yoginis and saints, and situates Kali as the supreme yogini who helps transcend death, suffering, and sorrow towards light and immortality.

The book is remarkable for shifting focus from external rituals and historical interpretations to the internal awakening of the Divine Feminine within practitioners, making Kali’s energy a living force in psychological and spiritual transformation. Chopra invites a surrender to the Dark Goddess as the gateway to unbounded freedom and ultimate reality, blending devotion, mantra, meditation, and intuitive insight.

"Yogic Secrets of the Dark Goddess" is a vital contribution to contemporary spiritual literature on the Goddess, offering readers a richly layered, heartfelt, and original portrayal of Kali that demystifies her and illuminates her as a loving and unifying power of transformation. It serves both seekers new to Kali and seasoned practitioners looking to deepen their connection with the Supreme Shakti through yogic practice and devotion.
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461 reviews
April 4, 2021
I enjoyed parts of this book, although I struggled to understand a great deal of it. I think much of that may be due to not having been raised in a Hindu spirituality, and thus a lot of the terms and premises used were very unfamiliar to me.

In spite of that, I did get a deeper understanding and felt an agreement with how I had been beginning to understand Kali and why I am drawn to her as a patron deity. Those who Google my last name might understand.

Decent book, but if you do not have a deep familiarity with Hindu words and teachings, it may be a tough read and a lot of it may be inaccessible. I stuck through what I could, but there were too many new words for me to keep track or start memorizing which ones meant which things. I think it was worth it, though.
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April 3, 2021
Plz someone can help me,I need this book but I don’t have money to buy it.if there is a soul connection someone can share to me.
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133 reviews5 followers
December 6, 2025
Many treasures in this book, but the prose is overwrought.
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6 reviews
February 16, 2013
an intimate exploration of the realms of the goddess. a very personal account. different from the philosophical efforts. but could have been more matter of fact....informative
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20 reviews1 follower
July 29, 2014
Her books were emotional and had very little information about meditation.
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January 7, 2018
good book
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