7 Chakras
1) MULADHARA CHAKRA
- LOCATION: in the area of the perineum, between anus and sex, outside the physical body (but rooted at the tip of the spine).
- CORRESPONDING ELEMENT: Earth
- FUNCTION IN THE BODY: source of vitality, undifferentiated force, battery of being.
- SPECIAL FUNCTION: seat of the Kundalini energy in the body.
- KEY WORDS: life, potential energy, rigidity, adaptation.
- OTHER CHARACTERISTICS: heaviness, inert force, patience, laziness, stability, slowness.
2) SVADHISHTHANA CHAKRA
- LOCATION: Three finger breadths above the genitals, outside the physical body.
- CORRESPONDING ELEMENT: Water
- FUNCTION IN THE BODY: coordinates the instincts (hunger, thirst, sex, sleep), gives sensitivity, imagination, fantasy, creativity.
- SPECIAL FUNCTION: vitalizes the physical body, energy, sexuality, social conformism (mimesis).
- OTHER CHARACTERISTICS: seduction, passion, jealousy, desire and possession.
3) MANIPURA CHAKRA
- LOCATION: around navel, outside the physical body.
- CORRESPONDING ELEMENT: Fire
- FUNCTION IN THE BODY: will-power, dynamism, ambition, ego, externalizing of energy.
- SPECIAL FUNCTION: sensitivity to astral influences, astral vision.
- KEYWORDS: control, passion, expansion.
- OTHER CHARACTERISTICS: inner fire, energy of the sun, leadership, hypnotic influence, vanity, pride.
4) ANAHATA CHAKRA
- LOCATION: in the middle of the chest, at the height of the nipples, outside the physical body.
- CORRESPONDING ELEMENT: Air
- FUNCTION IN THE BODY: love, higher aesthetic and fine intellectual feelings.
- SPECIAL FUNCTION: empathy, understanding subtle vibrations, awareness of others’ feelings.
- KEYWORDS: sympathy, harmony, affectivity, devotion, surrender.
- OTHER CHARACTERISTIC: emotional warmth, self control, enthusiasm, sincerity, generosity.
5) VISHUDDHA CHAKRA
- LOCATION: just above the pit of the throat, outside the physical body.
- CORRESPONDING ELEMENT: Ether ( Akasha )
- FUNCTION IN THE BODY: intuitive intelligence, highest aesthetic and symbolic vision, spiritual intuition, knowledge.
- SPECIAL FUNCTION: ethereal (or etheric) and astral hearing.
- KEYWORDS: elevation, sublime experiences, inspiration, aesthetic revelations, space time.
- OTHER CHARACTERISTICS: delicacy, relish, divine charm, kindness, purity.
6) AJNA CHAKRA
- LOCATION: in the middle of the forehead, outside the physical body.
- CORRESPONDING FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE: Mind
- FUNCTION IN THE BEING: deep insight, peculiar mental power, paranormal capacities of mind.
- SPECIAL FUNCTION: clairvoyance (in the true meaning of the concept).
- KEYWORDS: command center, telepathy, hypnosis, extraordinary powers.
- OTHER CHARACTERISTICS: brilliance, spiritual will, Microcosmic expansion.
7) SAHASRARA
- LOCATION: at the top of the head, above the physical body.
- CORRESPONDING FORCE: Spirit or Pure Consciousness
- FUNCTION IN THE BEING: source of genuine wisdom, contact with the Supreme.
- SPECIAL FUNCTION: not properly said a chakra but an autonomous center that sums up all the others; full continuity of consciousness.
- KEYWORDS: enlightenment, touch with the Eternal, ultimate knowledge, cosmic consciousness, the Absolute.
- OTHER CHARACTERISTICS: perfection and refinement of all capacities, pure spirituality, bliss, divine manifestation, saintly nature, spiritual immortality, Liberation.