RECOMMENDED READING (ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
This listing is only meant to be a helpful guide. It is arbitrary, in that it is drawn from books that been helpful to me. There are countless other significant books of note, too numerous to mention here. My solution: just stand in a bookshop, open your heart and look around. You will find a book that is helpful to you.
Title: Agaram Bagaram Baba. Life, Teachings, and Parables - A spiritual biography of Swami (Baba) Prakashananda of Sapta Shringi
Author: Titus Foster
Descript: The Guru of Dean Das
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Title: Bhagawan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri Author: Swami Muktananda
Descript: Life of great 20th century Siddha yogi, Baba Nityananda
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Title: Devatma Shakti-kundalini (Divine Power) Author: Swami Vishnu Tirtha
Descript: Description of process of kundalini awakening by great 20th century yogi, Swami vishnu Tirtha
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Title: Divine Play, The Silent teachings of Shiva Bala Yogi Author: Tom Palotas
Descript: The teachings of great 20th century kundalini yogi, Shiva Bala Yogi
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Title: Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis Author: George Weston Briggs Descript: History, and Philosophy of Gorakhnath and Nath Siddhas, including translation of important text, 'Goraksa Sataka'
Title: Hatha Yoga Author: Theos Bernard
Descript: Personal story by Westerner, of traditional Kundalini Hatha Yoga training
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Title: Hathayoga Pradipika of Svatmarama Author: Brahmananda
Descript: Authoritative 14th Century kundalini Hatha Yoga text
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Title: Jnanesvari A song Sermon on the Bhagavadgita Vols 1 & 2. Author: Shri Jnaneswar
Descript: The song Sermon of 13th Century Siddha/Nath kundalini guru Jnaneswar
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Title: Kundalini: Evolution and Enlightenment Author: Ed. John White Descript: articles written on meaning and process of kundalini
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Title: Living with Kundalini Author: Gopi Krishna
Descript: An autobiography of the awakening of kundalini in a 20th Century householder yogi
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Title: Meditation Revolution: A History and Theology of the Siddha Yoga Lineage
Author(s): D. R. Brooks; Swami Durgananda; P.E.Muller-Ortega; W.K. Mahony; C.R. Bailly; S.P. Sabharathnan
Descript: As above
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Title: Play of Consciousness
Author: Swami Muktananda
Descript: Autobiographical account of awakening of kundalini by great 20th century Siddha yogi, Swami Muktananda
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Title: Path of Fire and Light, Advanced Practices of Yoga Author: Swami Rama
Descript: The science of meditation and yoga practice
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Title: Science of Soul (Atma Vijnana) Author: Shree Swami Vyas Dev ji Maharaj
Descript: Personal description of science of kundalini yoga by great 20th Century master
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Title: Science of Divine Sound Author: Sri Yogeshwarananda Paramahams (same person as above)
Descript: Personal description of the process of Self-realization and God-realization through kundalini yoga and the power of inner sound by great 20th century yogi. (Not for the faint-hearted)
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Title: Secret of the Siddhas Author: Swami Muktananda
Descript: The Yoga and Philosophy of the Siddhas by great 20th century Siddha yogi, Swami Muktananda
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Title: Shri Sai Satcharita The Wonderful Life and Teachings of Shri Sai Baba Author: Nagesh Vasudev Gunaji
Descript: The life and teachings of the great 20th century Siddha Nath, Sai Baba of Shirdi
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Title: Siddha Vedham (Knowlege of the Siddhas) Author: Swami Sivananda Paramahamsa Descript: The path to Self-Realization in Q & A's outlined by the 20th century founder of the Siddha Samaj
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Title: Silence Speaks Author: Baba Hari Dass
Descript: Wisdom from the chalkboard of great 20th century, silent yogi, Hari Dass
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Title: Sivananda Buried Yoga
Author: yogi manmoyanand
Descript: A 21st century, Kriya Yogi's description of his inner process
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Title: Siva Sutras, The Yoga of Supreme Identity Author: Jaidev Singh, commentary Ksemaraja
Descript: Authoritative kundalini yoga text, outlining the philosophy and yoga of Kashmir Shaivism
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Title: Storytellers, Saints and Scoundrels, Folk Narrative in Hindu Religious Teaching Author: Kirin Narayan
Descript: Teaching stories of great 20th century Siddha guru, Swami (Baba)Prakashananda.
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Title: Tantra, The Path of Ecstacy Author: Georg Feuerstein
Descript: Writings by a great western scholar on all that is Tantra
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Title: Tantra in Practice Author: edited by David Gordon White
Descript: An anthology of writings by eastern and western scholars on the Tantric Tradition
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Title: The Alchemical Body, Siddha Traditions in Medieval India Author: David Gordon White
Descript: An detailed history of the cosmology, and practices of Tantric Yogis and Nath Siddhas of Medieval India
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Title: The Forceful Yoga, Translation of Hatha-Yoga Pradipika; Gheranda-Samhita; Siva-Samhita
Author: Trans by Pancham Sinh and Rai Bahadur Srisa Chandra Vasu
Descript: Translation of the three most authoritative Siddha/Nath kundalini yoga texts of the 14th - 18th century
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Title: Kundalini: the Secret of Life Author: Swami Muktananda Descript: A descrition of the process and meaning of kundalini shakti
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Title: The Secret of the Golden Flower, A Chinese Book of Life Author: Trans by Richard Wilhelm and commentary by C.G.Jung Descript: A treatise on ancient Chinese kundalini yoga
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Title: The Siva Samhita Author: Trans by Rai Bahadur Srisa Chandra Vasu
Descript: Translation of authoritative medieval Siddha/Nath kundalini yoga text
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Title: The Sky of the Heart: Jewels of wisdom from Nityananda Author: Bhagawan Nityananda with intro and commentary by Swami Chetananda
Descript: Recorded words of wisdom of great 20th century Siddha, Baba Nityananda
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Title: The Supreme Yoga, A translation of the Yoga Vashista, 2 vols Author: Swami Venkatesananda
Descript: An authoritative Vedanta treatise on the nature of the Mind (not for the faint-hearted)
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Title: The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi Author: Edited by Arthur Osborne
Descript: The teachings of great 20th century yogi, Ramana Maharshi, on the question of 'Who am I?'
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