When I was in the process of
realizing that my kundalini awakening, and the many years of spiritual crises, had many similarities with that of a traditional shamanic illness and initiation, I stumbled
upon a book called A Shamanic Kundalini
Awakening. It is by Brendan Ring, an Irish musician, author, and, in his
own words, a mystic. I was thrilled, but was quickly disappointed.