Spiritual Initiation and the Breakthrough of Consciousness

In this book Joseph Chilton Pearce describes his experience of "shaktipat, received from his spiritual teacher, Swami Muktananda. "Shaktipat is the moment enlightenment is conferred upon a student by his masters touch. Pearce experienced a dramatic shift of mind and realized that the challenge faced by modern humanity is to passionately gather the scattered fragments of our lives and channel them into the creative realm.