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The Rudrayamala

Excerpted from Controlling Your Hormones by Robert L. Peck © 2008

The Rudrayamala has become a much disparaged text because it is not religious and describes what is now considered to be a prurient or suspiciously sensuous method of generating and controlling soma or what modern science would call the inner transformational hormones. The Rudrayamala describes how the higher powers, such as described by Maslow, are attained. These powers include the ability to touch a greater source of knowledge and freedom than commonly found in our society. The methods described in the text are seemingly abhorrent. That this abhorrence is not based upon any reasonable logic should illustrate to the reader how the modern brain has been socially conditioned.

Each verse begins with a twentieth century translation followed by a literal translation. Next, the transliterated original and separated Sanskrit words are included along with their dictionary meanings. The comments will attempt to explain the technical content of complex verses in modern terms.