The Yoga of Power

The Yoga of Power: Tantra, Shakti, and the Secret Way (Italian: Lo Yoga Della Potenza: Saggio sui Tantra) is a book by Julius Evola. First published in Italian in 1949, it was translated into English in 1992 by Guido Stucco (who includes a biographical introduction to Evola), and published by Inner Traditions International (ISBN 0-89281-368-7).

An interest in yoga (especially Kundalini) led Evola to write L’uomo e la potenza (Man and power) in 1926 (revised in 1949 with the new title The Yoga of Power).

Table of contents

• Translator's Acknowledgments
• Translator's Introduction

1. The Meaning and Origin of the Tantras
2. Knowledge and Power
3. Shakti: The World as Power
4. The Doctrine of the Tattvas: The Human Condition
5. Pashu, Vira, and Divya: The Path of the Left Hand
6. The Assumptions behind Practice and the Means Employed – The Experience of the Subtle Body: The Bodily Postures
7. The Virgin: Release from Bondage
8. The Evocations: The Names of Power
9. The Secret Ritual – The Use of Orgies: Initiatory Sexual Magic
10. The Occult Corporeity – The Serpent Power: The Chakras
11. Techniques Employed to Awaken the Serpent Power
12. The Diamond-Thunderbolt Body

• Conclusion
• Appendix One – Bardo: Actions after Death
• Appendix Two – Shaktism and the Worshiipers of Love
• Glossary
• Endnotes
• Index

External links

• Publisher's page
• Cached copy of "The Legacy of a European Traditionalist: Julius Evola in Perspective" by Guido Stucco discusses Mircea Eliade's influence.