Softcover edition
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KUṆḌALINĪ
The Goddess as the Power of
Self-Recognition in Tantric Śaivism
The Goddess as the Power of Self-Recognition in Tantric Śaivism
Igor Kufayev
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Synopsis
This book restores Kuṇḍalinī to the heart of the Trika Śaiva vision—where She is not an esoteric energy or psychological metaphor, but the self-revealing Power of Consciousness whose vibration gives rise to the world and liberates the one who perceives it. Rooted in the tradition of Kashmir Shaivism and grounded in decades of embodied realization, Igor Kufayev offers a contemporary yet rigorously faithful exposition that reclaims Kuṇḍalinī from the distortions, fragmentations, and oversimplifications that dominate modern discourse.
Here, awakening is articulated through an ancient and unbroken arc: the alchemy of Nectar and Poison, the primordial tension through which transformation unfolds. Kuṇḍalinī is shown to be the one who churns these currents within the human vessel—burning through obscurations, refining perception, and restoring the innate luminosity of the heart. This is Her song: a vibratory intelligence that rises, descends, coils, and uncoils through every breath, every threshold of becoming.
Drawing from Śaiva metaphysics, subtle anatomy, mythic hermeneutics, and lived testimony, Kufayev presents a map of the full trajectory of inner transformation—from primordial slumber to awakening, from awakening to integration, and from integration to the rare maturity of embodiment. The work argues that spiritual life is not an escape from form but the transfiguration of form itself, where perception becomes the very site of revelation.
For scholars, practitioners, and seekers alike, this is not merely a study of Kuṇḍalinī but a reorientation of how we understand consciousness, evolution, and the purpose of embodiment. It is both map and mirror—an invitation to recognize the Goddess as the pulse behind sensation, the axis of experience, and the very song through which the human being is returned to its original wholeness.
From the Introduction
“…My inclinations are to view this work as part of an extraordinary display of its own power as it interacts within itself for the sake of its own creative freedom, endowed with an infinitude of expressions, including concealing and revealing itself along the way, with each and every role arranged to heighten the impact of cosmic drama. Where you and I are but figments of its untamed imagination. At times clad as if adorned in attributes only to be stripped of the layers depending on the act of its uncreated ever-unfolding grand performance…
Self recognition is not a mental process – for the so-called ‘direct path’ to work, the operating power of will needs to take over. For any change to be permanent, it needs to take place at the level of the physiology, at the DNA level. Just as the body could be seen as the root cause of false identity, the body is likewise where self-recognition is being established. The physiology is where consciousness is crystallised and it is in the body where it is molten again…
To redress this, the Trika Shaivite perspective has been chosen to give a sweeping overview of Kundalini as a divinity of the highest order whose power is second to none, and who is worshipped as the Goddess in the respective Tantras…”
—Igor Kufayev
Endorsement
“…The book you are now holding in hand is as close to a living transmission as one can get through reading a text that is indeed taken from in-the-moment teaching sessions that Igor Kufayev gave to students who have formed a living, ‘energy-transmission’ [shaktipat] community around him. You will hear his clear voice as your eyes glean the scholarly explanations and personal insights in each sentence, paragraph and chapter. You will perhaps also feel the energies that he describes as awakened in him and how that occurred in his being and how it can awaken in you, or be guided by you, if already awakened. Thus, this book is a living, practise-oriented and trustworthy guide written by an energy transmission teacher…”
—Stuart Sovatsky, PhD
President Emeritus, Association for Transpersonal Psychology,
Author, Words From the Soul: Time, East/West Spirituality and Psychotherapeutic Narratives
About the Author
For over two decades, founder of the not-for-profit Flowing Wakefulness organization, artist and spiritual teacher Igor Kufayev has been serving as conduit of transmission, in the name of the reification of potential in human birth. Upon the fulfillment of Self-realization, honoring a distinctively demanding call, he has gone on to inspire, initiate and guide awakening processes of sincere seekers the world over. Remarkable are his live events, taut and extended programs dubbed ‘immersions’, where rare and compelling possibilities dawn.
Of unique significance is amelioration, particularly for those finding themselves amidst throngs of symptomatology associated with the Kundalini process. Further, Igor continues to advance towards the actuality of the erection of a spiritual center, dedicated to the exploration of the boundless possibilities inherent within consciousness.
