The Divine Possibilities In Man

by Gopi Krishna

This book is an exposition of Gopi Krishna's idea that the phenomenon of Kundalini (a Sanskrit term meaning coiled force or energy originating at the base of the spine) is the evolutionary mechanism in man that Charles Darwin and others sought but failed to find. The awakening of this psycho-physiological mechanism through the techniques of Yoga or other suitable disciplines, the author believes, produces a scientifically measurable biochemical essence that is responsible for the phenomenon of genius as well as for the process of evolution in man.

118 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1996

About the author

Gopi Krishna (30 May 1903 – 31 July 1984) was a yogi; mystic; teacher; social reformer; and writer. He was born in a small village outside Srinagar, in the Jammu and Kashmir State in northern India. He spent his early years there, and later lived in Lahore, in the Punjab of British India.

He was one of the first to popularise the concept of Kundalini among Western readers. His autobiography Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man, which presented his personal account of the phenomenon of his awakening of Kundalini, (later renamed to Living with Kundalini),was published in Great Britain and the United States and has since appeared in eleven major languages. According to June McDaniel, his writings have influenced Western interest in kundalini yoga.