Editorial Reviews  
The publisher, Ten Speed Press , December 3, 1999 
The Publisher, Ten Speed Press  
It is rare to find a book that tackles issues as diverse as Jungian psychology, spirituality, metaphysics, somatic therapy and the New Age in a single volume whle still doing justice to each individual. It is rarer still to find a book whose diverse references together create a single, whole, and very powerful theory. EASTERN BODY, WESTERN MIND is just such a book. Straightforward in its organization, Anodea Judith's newest book on the chakra system (following THE SEVENTEENTH JOURNEY and WHEELS OF LIFE) explains this Eastern system by way of Western psychology. Arranged schematically, the book uses the inherent structure of the chakra system (where the nurturing of one particular theme leads directly to the nurturing of the next) as a map upon which to chart our Western understanding of individual development. The following list shows the orientation to self and basic rights involved with each of the seven chakras: --Chakra One--Self-preservation; to be here, to have --Chakra Two--Self-gratification; to feel, to want --Chakra Three--Self-definition; to act --Chakra Four--Self-acceptance; to love and be loved --Chakra Five--Self-expression; to speak and be heard --Chakra Six--Self-reflection; to see --Chakra Seven--Self-knowledge; to know This combinatiaon of Eastern and Western traditions realizes the spiritual nature of personality development with the structural logic of the body.