The Biological Basis of Religion and Genius

Gopi Krishna (1903-1984) was living as an ordinary householder in India when at the age of 34 he experienced a powerful awakening of the spiritual force known as Kundalini. This event marked the beginning of a 12 year period of transformation of his brain and nervous system, eventually culminating in his attainment of a perennial state of higher consciousness. Based on his own experiences, and the accounts of numerous mystics and sages, both from the East and the West, he came to the conclu...