Today in the West, scientists and philosophers, mystics and seekers of higher consciousness are intensively searching for means of releasing the vital energy (Kundalini) that lies latent in each of us. Tantra, which does not deny the body, but harnesses its energies and powers for spiritual growth, is the most detailed and authoritative teaching of this kind in existence. In Kundalini: The Arousal of the Inner Energy, Ajit Mookerjee writes of the core-experience of Tantra, the process in which the energy is awakened and rises throughout the energy centers (chakras) to unite with Pure Consciousness at the crown of the head. The sacred texts of India are an indispensable authority in the investigation of Kundalini, and of these, the author is an important scholar. Here he looks as well at the modern accounts of Kundalini-experience, Eastern and Western, and describes the findings of the clinical studies and research so far undertaken in the West. An acknowledged expert on Eastern art, Ajit Mookerjee has been able to draw for his illustrations on an extensive range of original manuscript sources, thus illuminating and enhancing his vivid text.