Padma Aon Prakasha, a child prodigy who read the Bhagavad Gita at age 4 and the Koran and Bible by age 7, is an Initiate in Saivite Tantra, the Sama Veda, and the Tibetan Buddhist Lineage of Tsongkhapa and Maitreya. He teaches worldwide and has led initiatory pilgrimages to sacred sites in 15 countries since 1998. He lives in London.

• A Note to the Reader on the Writing of This Book Preface Introduction Part One Pathways to the Womb The Shakti Circuit Opening to the Essence of Shakti The Eighteen Pathways Feeling Shakti The Deeper Meanings of Shakti Shakti Power The Essence of Shakti Activating the Pathways Alta Major The Mouth of the Goddess Life and Death Shakti as Destroyer Agni Shakti: The First Flame of Creation The Atlas: The Physical Aspect of the Alta Major The Amygdala Heart Chakra of the Brain Transforming Anger into Bliss The Clarity of the Kidneys The Kidneys - Kidney Breathing Holy Touch Grounding the Self The Base of the Spine - A Five-Minute Meditation for Grounding The Big Release - Anus Breathing Centering Heaven and Earth - Central Channel Breathing The Seven Gates to the Grail Womb Timeless Pathway to Feminine Truth The Two Rivers Beginning the Journey The First Three Gates Lips of Love, the Gratitude Spot, and the Blooming Red Rose of the Clitoris The First Gate: The Lips of Love - Prostrating to the Divine Within - Yoni Gazing The Second Gate: The Gratitude Spot The Third Gate: The Blooming Red Rose of the Clitoris The Fourth Gate Entering the Grail Womb - Traveling through the Fourth Gate The Dweller on the Threshold The Voice of the Womb Man and the Grail Womb Deep Healing for the Wounded Warrior A Collective Wound Innocence Shakti in the Masculine Side of Us The Fifth Gate Union of Sex and Soul Yab-yum The Jewels of Your Soul’s Purpose The Sixth Gate Surrender to the Power of Shakti The Open Conduit Surrender as Service Namah: The Sound of Surrender Aloneness Fluid Joy The Seventh Gate The Infinite Well and the Grail The Voice of the Seventh Gate - Seven Gates Meditation Part Two Power in the Womb The Power of the Womb Love and Power in the Compassionate Womb The Dragon and the Womb Activating the Pulse of Power The Womb as Transmuter The Compassionate Womb The Womb and DNA Conscious Birthing The Moon and the Womb Silver Pathway to the Divine The Qualities of the Moon Breathing with the Moon Weaving Shakti Deeper The Shakti Weave, Shakti Breathing, and Ovary Breathing The Shakti Weave Shakti Breathing The Ovaries - Ovary Breathing Umbilical Cords of Connection Our First Connection, Our First Separation Gaia’s Cord Reconnecting the Cord The Galactic Center Returning to the Womb in 2012 The Womb, the Placenta, and the Galactic Center The Indian View The Science of the Galactic Center The Web of Life Intuitive Matrix of Creation - Connecting to the Web of Life The Womb Mandala - Womb Mandala Practice Part three Shakti Awakened Shakti and the Source of Love Aligning with Your Soul’s Purpose The Daimon Embrace and Allowing - Conscious Embrace Ruthless Compassion: Wielding the Sword The Pyramid of the Mind The Witness Self-inquiry - A Self-inquiry Practice The All-Seeing Eye The Circuit Completes Shakti and the Witness The Black Light of the Universal Womb Embodiment Living at Your Highest Potential The Music of the Dance The Two Primal Sounds of Shakti Before and After the Shakti Circuit Resources Shakti Circuit Healings and Retreats Acknowledgments Index

“A new generation of evolutionary guides is emerging. I recommend Padma Prakasha as a genuine spiritual coach who can help to transmute what stands in the way of your awakening. His work holds the light and power of change and deep transformation, a sort of ‘cosmic’ readjustment that speeds up a person’s evolutionary process.”