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Table of contents 1 Chakrology
2 General Information
3 The Tantric Chakras
4 Hesychastic centres of prayer
5 See also
6 External link

Chakrology

There are many different chakrologies, some of them based on ancient Indian Tantric esoteric traditions, New Age interpretations, Western occult analyzations etc.

The early chakrologies include the Tantric Shakta theory of chakras, some late Upanishads (such as the Brahma Upanishad and the Yogatattva Upanishad) and Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana) theories. See Early chakrologies from Kheper.net

There are some references for ancient Greek and Christian chakrologies too. An example is the Hesychastic centres of prayer.

As the Croatian esoteric philosopher and physicist Arvan Harvat states, it is very difficult to develop a unified coherent chakra science that would integrate all the elements of present chakrologies. See The difficulty of a unified chakra science by Arvan Harvat from Kheper.net

General Information

A chakra is a locus of life energy. There are seven chakras in the body - each is an interface for the flow of life energy. A chakra vitalises a physical body and is associated with interactions of a physical, mental nature. Current technology is not capable of measuring life energy or chakras.

The seven main chakras are described as being present in an ascending column from the base of the spine to the top of the head. Each chakra is associated with a certain color, multiple specific functions, an aspect of consciousness, a classical element and other correspondences.

chakracolorprimary
functionsassociated
element Root chakraredinstinct,
sexual energyearth Navel chakra (Hara)orangeemotionwater Solar plexus chakrayellowintellectfire Heart/lung chakraemerald green
or pinkdevotion,
love,
compassionair Throat chakracyanspeech,
self-expressionether Third eye indigointuition,
ESPtime Crown chakra
(just above the head) silvery-whiteconnection
to the One Great Powerspace

The author Peter Kjaerulff in his book The Ringbearers Diary describes the chakras in great detail, including why they look as they do and what their exact function is.

The Tantric Chakras

1. Muladhara
2. Swadhisthana
3. Manipura
4. Anahata
5. Vishuddha
6. Ajna
7. Sahasrara

Four centres were specified (source: Kheper.net article):

1. Cerebrofrontal centre: Positioned between the eyebrows (compare with Ajna).
2. Buccolaryngeal centre.
3. Pectoral centre: Positioned in the upper and median region of the chest.
4. Cardiac centre: Positioned near the upper part of the heart (compare with Anahata).

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• Qigong
• Aura
• Kirlian photography
• New Age
• Esotericism
• Occultism
• Kundalini

• Introduction to Chakras from Kheper.net
• The Hesychastic centres of prayer
  

   
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