"The second dissertation attempts to correlate Tantric Yoga (especially in reference to Kundalini Yoga) with the teaching of the Eleatic Parmenides, one of the earliest founders of Western Philosophy. The author deals with the psychology of perception and the seven Lotus-flowers of the Kundalini-Yoga by elucidating the study of Arthur Avalon (John Woodroffe), giving parallels in other traditions, while presenting a comparative study on its bearing on Astronomy according to Ptolemy. Of these the first dissertation concerns with the understanding of Archaic Astronomy from the stand-point of a psychologist of perception, trained in Astronomy. "This contains two dissertations on (1) Understanding Archaic Astronomy and (2) Parmenides and the Tantric Yoga. Characteristic signs of the Kundalini-Yoga and the corresponding signs in the teaching of Parmenides. The seven lotus-flowers and the number of their petals as an archaic representation of Gestalt-astronomy according to the system of Ptolemy. Parallelisms to the symbolism of the seven lotus-flowers in other traditions. An introductory elucidation of the illustrations of Avalon. The seven lotus-flowers of the Kundalini-Yoga as a representation of the Archaic Gestalt-astronomy: 1. 214 (2) Seiten mit Illustrationen und graphischen Darstellungen.
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