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Books by Sir John Woodroffe (Arthur Avalon)
THE WORLD AS POWER
A series of 5 volumes [Reality, Life, Mind, Matter, Causality and
Continuity] explaining in simple language the Shakta Doctrine that the
Universe is a manifestation of the Supreme Power—Maha Shakti—in
various aspects.
Price Rs, 11/-
MAHAMAYA
THE WORLD AS POWER: POWER AS CONSCIOUSNESS
(Chit Shakti)
‘This is the sixth volume of the series “ The World As Power”. A com-
parison is also made between the Shaktavada and the better known Vedanta
system called Mayavada, Both systems speak of Maya but understand them
differently as explained in the ten chapters of this book. Its object, what-
ever be its effect, is not to prove the truth of this or any other system, but
to give an exposition of Consciousness as conceived in the doctrine of
Power and in such exposition to show that it is not a mere fossil in a
museum of antique thought, but has practical utility to-day. It offers to
‘Western philosophy a new conception of Consciousness and Mind and
brings to the controversies within the Vedantic schools a profoundly con-
ceived contribution, in its theory of power and in its doctrine of the unity of
conditioned and unconditioned being, of the state of worldly experience which
js SaMSARA and of that super-worldly experience which is MOKSHA.
As the Creatrix of forms the Divine mother is Maya and as the pro-
duced individual form Avipya (ignorance), As Liberatrix from the ignor-
fance of the forms which are of her making She is MaHAMaya.
‘and Edition—300 pages—Cloth Bound Price Rs. 10
“‘phey (World As Power series) are truly marvellous in clarity. ‘The
spiritual uplift experienced since reading these books has impelled me to
‘own two more of his books namely, SHAKTI and SHAKTA and his GARLAND
of LETTERS. I have had Tue SERPENT POWER on hand for years but,
‘ould not understand it until T read his Power series Books. Sir John
Woodroffe truly does India's Wisdom justice with its grand sweep of
Knowledge. For years I have been a student of Theosophy and the Occult
generally but this is the first real freedom that I have experienced that
expresses real joy in wanting to live.”
—A student of Occultism from California, U.S.A.
PusrisHERS: GANESH & Co., (MADRAS) Lrp., MADRAS—17 THE SERPENT POWER
BY
ARTHUR AVALON
(SIR JOHN +WOODROFFE)
‘The SERPENT Power is a description and explanation in full detail of
Kundalini Shakti and the Yoga effected through it, a subject occupying a pre-
eminent place in Tantra Shastra, It consists of two Sanskrit works Shatchakra,
Nirupanam (description of and investigation into the six bodily centres) and
Paduka Panchaka (Ave-told footstool of the Guru) with the Sanskrit commen-
tary on them by Kalicharana, Arthur Avalon has, besides translating the above,
added his own notes wherever necessary and has prefaced the translation by a
masterly “Introduction”, covering more than 250 pages,
‘To mako reference to the Sanskrit portion easier and more conventent to
critical students, indexes have been included for the verses, authors, citations ete.
‘The book is illustrated with nine halftone plates taken from real lite
showing somo positions in Kundalini Yoga besides elght original coloured plates
of the Chakras.
Sth Edition (1953)—700 Pages, Bound in full Cloth & Gilt, Price Re. 28/-
PUBLISHERS :
GANESH & Co., (MADRAS) Lrp., MADRAS—I7
