This classic first-person account of spiritual awakening was first published under the title Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man-here expanded with two-thirds new material drawn from the author's writing to make a complete autobiography.

Gopi Krishna (1903-1984) was an ordinary Indian householder who experienced the awakening of the spiritual force known as kundalini at the age of thirty-four. He subsequently became the inspired writer of numerous books in which he shared his insights with others.