The Psychology of the Esoteric

This book has been published in 20 languages, and is a best-seller in many countries. It takes the reader beyond Western psychology, beyond Freud, Jung and the Human Potential Movement, to the psychology of enlightenment, of the buddhas. In detailed talks on the occult and the esoteric psychology of man, Osho explains man's seven energy levels, how to experience and transcend them, and how different dimensions of dreaming come from the different levels. He also talks on Kundalini and the three stages of sexual energy - sex, love and prayer.

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Later published as part of Osho Books on CD-ROM.

Previously published as The Inward Revolution, but extensively edited and in a different order, see discussion.

Also published in 1978 as Psychology of the Esoteric by Orient Paperbacks.

time period of Osho's original talks/writings

Jul 24, 1970 to Mar 12, 1972 (see discussion) : timeline

number of discourses/chapters

12   (see table of contents)

editions

	The Psychology of the Esoteric The New Evolution of Man Year of publication : 1978 Publisher : Harper & Row ISBN 0-06-090616-2 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 168 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes : First U.S. edition: Harper Colophon Books, 1978. © 1973 by Jeevan Jagriti Kendra, Bombay, India. Introduction © 1977 Rajneesh Foundation. Size : 202 x 134 x 10 mm Author as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Editor: Ma Satya Bharti Introduction: Ma Satya Bharti Designed by Stephanie Krasnow
	The Psychology of the Esoteric The New Evolution of Man Year of publication : 1979 Publisher : Harper & Row ISBN 0-06-080492-0 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 168 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes : Author as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
	The Psychology of the Esoteric Year of publication : 1989 Publisher : The Rebel Publishing House, Germany ISBN 3-89338-057-4 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 178 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H Edition notes : Second edition. © Neo-Sannyas International Size : 209 x 148 x 18 mm Author as Osho Rajneesh Editing by Ma Ananda Prem, B.A., M.S.W., Sw Yoga Chinmaya, Ma Prem Garima Design by Ma Dhyan Amiyo Photographs by Sw Krishna Bharti, Sw Vijayo Typing by Sw Prem Islam, M.A., M.Sc., Ma Deva Radhika, B.S.W. Typesetting by Ma Prem Arya Production by Sw Prem Visarjan, Ma Shivam Suvarna, B.Sc Printing by Mohndruck, Gütersloh, West Germany Foreword: Ma Satya Bharti
	The Psychology of the Esoteric Year of publication : 1994 Publisher : The Rebel Publishing House, Germany ISBN 3-89338-123-6 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 184 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H Edition notes :
	The Psychology of the Esoteric Year of publication : 1996 Reprint 2004 Publisher : Diamond Publication, New Delhi ISBN 81-288-0183-X (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 186 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes :
	The Psychology of the Esoteric Insights into Energy and Consciousness Year of publication : 2007 Publisher : Tao Publishing ISBN 81-7261-211-7 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 305 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H Edition notes :
	The Psychology of the Esoteric Year of publication : 2009 Publisher : Diamond books ISBN 9788128809255 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 180 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes :
	The Psychology of the Esoteric Insights into Energy and Consciousness Year of publication : 2017 Publisher : Osho International Foundation ISBN 978-8172612115 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 303 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H Edition notes :

table of contents

edition 1978--Harper&Row, and 1989 chapter titles		interviews
		event	location	duration	media
1	Inward Revolution	25 Feb 1971 pm	Bombay	unknown	none
2	Entering the Gap: The Mystery of Meditation (*1)	4 Feb 1971 pm	Bombay	0h 20min	audio
3	Sex, Love and Prayer: Three Steps to the Divine	14 Feb 1971 pm	Woodlands, Bombay	unknown	none
4	Kundalini Yoga: Returning to the Roots	10 Feb 1971 pm	Woodlands, Bombay	0h 27min	audio
5	Esoteric Games: A Hindrance to Growth	Dec 1971 pm	Bombay	unknown	none
6	The Psychology of Dreams	25 Jul 1970 pm	Bombay	1h 7min	audio
7	Transcending the Seven Bodies	26 Jul 1970 pm	Bombay	0h 27min	audio
8	Becoming and Being	16 Sep 1970 pm	Bombay	unknown	none
9	The Fallacy of Knowledge	24 Jul 1970 pm	Bombay	1h 18min	audio
10	Windows to the Divine	9 Jan 1971 pm	Woodlands, Bombay	unknown	none
11	Right Questioning	21 Oct 1971 pm	Bombay	0h 24min	audio
12	Balancing the Rational and the Irrational	12 Mar 1972 pm	Bombay	0h 25min	audio

(*1) But in the 1989 edition, ch.2 is called "The Mystery of Meditation".