| At Man's present evolutionary stage, his | | | | Each chakra conveys a certain force necessary |
| consciousness is polarized in the Astral | | | | for the sustenance of the physical organism. |
| body, the seat of his emotions. Average | | | | Chakras are portals for the influx of etheric |
| people function with their emotional-desire | | | | forces into the glands. Should a chakra be |
| nature predominating over all of their | | | | sluggish in its function, should it be |
| thoughts and actions--the desires of which | | | | blocked by certain impurities, or should the |
| are detrimental to the health of the physical | | | | inflow of etheric forces be impeded in some |
| body. It is by treading the spiritual Path | | | | way, the physical body will consequently feel |
| that will repolarize Man to the Mental sheath | | | | the effects--it will suffer glandular |
| and the Ego.The Mental sheath in the | | | | imbalances and inharmony in some manner. |
| microcosm of the average person, is not | | | | Glands are, therefore, instruments of Man's |
| considered a body as yet for it is still in | | | | karma and they are his "Book of Judgment."The |
| the developing stages--it is still loosely | | | | spleen center, or svadishthana plays an |
| structured and is embryonic. In this world | | | | important role in distributing pranic force |
| there is much abuse, misuse and even non-use | | | | throughout the chakral system. It accepts |
| of the mental faculty, and this does not in | | | | pranic energy and breaks them into a |
| the least assist the Mental sheath to grow | | | | septenary force which are sent to the various |
| and improve in its quality. When spiritual | | | | chakras--and from thence to the organs of the |
| emanations of the Ego are allowed to | | | | body via the glandular and autonomic nervous |
| impregnate the lower mind, then the Mental | | | | system. Pranic forces flowing into the |
| sheath will steadily become a creative body | | | | energy-centers are nullified by negative |
| for the true Man to function in.In the | | | | emotions. Negative attitudes of the mind |
| Pyramidal Mysteries, the four sides of the | | | | likewise disrupt spiritual forces flowing |
| base of the pyramid represent the | | | | into the chakras, especially Sahasrara, the |
| personality. The Ego is signified by the | | | | crown center. Narrow-mindedness, |
| missing capstone which has an all-seeing eye | | | | animal-curiosity, cynicism, aggression, a |
| in its center. This is graphically | | | | judgmental outlook, and other expressions |
| illustrated in the American dollar, in the | | | | that characterizes a low mentality--these all |
| picture of the pyramid. Egyptian Initiates of | | | | restrict the ingress of spiritual manna.The |
| bygone days called the Ego, "the Eye of | | | | glands, when functioning harmoniously, |
| Horus." By examining this Divine Eye, certain | | | | produces substances that spiritualizes a |
| elements of Man's occult anatomy may be | | | | person's attitude and appearance. The thymus |
| discerned. This is shown in Figure 2. Not | | | | is often designated as the "youth-sustaining |
| only are the Monad, Atma, Buddhi and Higher | | | | gland." The hormones that it secretes |
| Mental present, but other occult structures, | | | | preserve the cells and prevents them from |
| such as the Causal body, the Sutratma, and | | | | losing the memory-pattern embodied in their |
| the Antahkarana are also indicated in the | | | | DNA. Divine Love is a thymus stimulant. It is |
| All-Seeing Eye of Ra or Horus. This piece of | | | | said that those who do not love grow old |
| information was revealed intuitively to the | | | | quickly; on the other hand, the loving are |
| writer of this paper.The capstone of the | | | | youthfully radiant.One of the most important |
| Pyramid is a symbol of Christ. In the | | | | endocrine gland in the body is the pituitary. |
| Christian Mysteries, Christ is referred to as | | | | It orchestrates most of the functions of the |
| the "head of the corner stone." This | | | | other hormone-producers. One of its |
| description fits only to an edifice of a | | | | secretions, called "pituitrin," has an effect |
| pyramidal structure. The head-corner stone is | | | | of producing the feeling of bliss and love. |
| the capstone of a pyramid. Also keep in mind | | | | It transmutes aggression into good-will. If a |
| that the Spiritual Triad, or Ego is also | | | | hormone may manifest the love aspect of the |
| referred to as the "Christ Self." Thus we see | | | | kingdom of God within man, it is in all |
| in this arcana the unity of Egyptian and | | | | probability that other substances |
| Christian esotericism. It is interesting to | | | | representing the Will and Intelligence-aspect |
| note that whenever a candidate of the | | | | of the Divine Creator exist, although yet to |
| Mysteries makes a vow, he makes it before the | | | | be discovered by the modern researcher. The |
| presence of the Star (Monad), the Sun (Ego), | | | | possibility of the existence of an |
| and the Moon (Quarternary). The candidate is | | | | "intelligence-hormone" is implied |
| made aware of the symbolism of these | | | | specifically in the effects of a certain |
| celestial bodies by the hierophant during | | | | Buddhist mantra. Mantras are structured |
| initiation. In ancient Egypt, the sacred eye | | | | sounds that stimulate the chakras and glands. |
| was worn as an amulet. It was called "Usa" by | | | | Tibetan Buddhists believe that the mantra of |
| the people. They believed that the wearing of | | | | the bodhisattva Manjushri has the power to |
| the amulet brought them health and | | | | awaken or increase one's intelligence. This |
| protection. Esoterically, it is Egoic energy | | | | might occur through the activation of certain |
| functioning within the Quarternary that is | | | | chakras and glands by the sound vibrations of |
| the promoter of vitality and the talismanic | | | | the mantra which stimulates the release of |
| power behind the above condition.Of all the | | | | the appropriate hormones.It is not only the |
| principles of Man, modern science is | | | | etheric body that possesses chakras as |
| gradually acknowledging the existence of the | | | | mentioned before; the higher principles--the |
| etheric body, called "Pranamayakosha" by the | | | | Astral body, for example, have them too, and |
| Hindu mystics. Experimentation with the | | | | they function in an analogous manner--they |
| magnetic force of man, with such phenomena as | | | | channel forces from a higher principle or |
| healing and psychokinesis is now engaging the | | | | source to a lower body. Chakras of the astral |
| minds of open-minded, scientific researchers. | | | | body are not to be found in the same location |
| The etheric body is sometimes known as the | | | | as the etheric centers, however. Etheric |
| "vital body" for it is the battery that runs | | | | chakras are located on the surface of the |
| the physical vehicle. It is also the matrix | | | | etheric body, whereas astral chakras lie more |
| which the dense physical structure patterns | | | | in the interior. When the chakral-systems of |
| itself after. The etheric body is composed of | | | | the various principles are aligned and |
| four etheric substances:1) The chemical | | | | functioning in harmony, then a channel for |
| ether--its major function is to direct the | | | | the inflow of Egoic force is established. |
| metabolism of the body.2) The life ether--its | | | | This means that contact with the higher |
| purpose is to vitalize the body and to direct | | | | worlds and with one's Higher Self is made |
| propagation.3) The light ether--its function | | | | feasible. Intuitive impressions are more |
| is to cause sense perception.4) The mental | | | | regular and less vague. One regularly hears |
| reflecting--this ether is the medium for | | | | the voice of the Master and the group of his |
| memory and thought.This vital body, also | | | | Egoic Ray.Chakras are vivified and vitalized |
| called "eidolon," has a dual function, as | | | | as Man unfolds and purifies his nature; as he |
| implied by the above:1) It conveys the pranic | | | | expands and refines the quality of his |
| life-force and the three other ethers into | | | | consciousness. This vitalization and |
| the physical body via the energy-centers | | | | stimulation cause a reciprocative response by |
| called "chakras." It acts through the nervous | | | | the glands as they secrete hormones of a |
| system, the endocrine glands and the blood | | | | higher nature and quality. These spiritual |
| system.2) It is an intermediary for the | | | | secretions restructure the physical body and |
| conveyance of higher forces emanating from | | | | facial features into a thing of strength, |
| the Ego and the Monad. Man's consciousness is | | | | beauty, and youth. They awaken dormant brain |
| impressed from the Mental force-field and | | | | cells and form faculty centers in the |
| into the brain cells via the mental | | | | cerebrum; they improve sense perception. Our |
| reflecting ether.The etheric body possesses | | | | thoughts and emotions arouses the glands, and |
| the Vishnu-force. It preserves the integrity | | | | they mould not only our temperament, but our |
| of the physical body. It vitalizes this dense | | | | physical manifestation as well. A soul of |
| body with life essence. The Astral body and | | | | beauty, purity, strength, and determination |
| Mental sheath, with their destructive | | | | produces a divine countenance--a luster in |
| feelings and thoughts are constantly imposing | | | | the eyes, and a sweetness in the |
| a strain upon the physical temple of Man. | | | | smile.Symbolically speaking, the chakras are |
| Negative emotions and thoughts harm tissues; | | | | represented by astrological ruling |
| they deplete energy and destroy cells; they | | | | bodies--Venus, Mercury, the Moon, Saturn, |
| cause an imbalance in the glandular | | | | Jupiter, Mars and the Sun; they are also |
| system--decrepitude and a weakened body is | | | | represented by the elements--earth, water, |
| the result of this onslaught. Harmful | | | | fire and air--including ether and Azoth, |
| emotions cause blockages in the chakras, | | | | which represents the head centers. In |
| preventing streams of pranic-energy from | | | | Revelation, they are the "seven seals" and |
| penetrating the physical body. Thus the | | | | the "seven churches." In Greek mythology, |
| etheric body and the Astral-Mental bodies are | | | | "Olympus," the abode of the gods, represents |
| constantly at war with each other--one is | | | | the higher centers, whereas "Hades," the |
| anabolic--a builder of the gross body; while | | | | abode of the shades of the dead, represents |
| the other two are predominantly | | | | the lower centers. Tibetan Buddhism embody |
| catabolic--destroyers of the physical form. | | | | the chakral-system in structures called |
| When there is turmoil in the lower bodies, | | | | "chorten." These structures are monuments |
| the Ego's influence is minimized and | | | | that are supposed to preserve the relics of |
| curtailed. This is one reason why aspirants | | | | the founding Father of Buddhism, or other |
| on the Path are admonished to still the mind | | | | venerated personages. In the Egyptian |
| and emotions. When there is inharmony among | | | | Mysteries, the King and Queen's chamber of |
| the lower principles, the Voice of | | | | the Great Pyramid symbolizes the head |
| Silence--the whisperings of the Ego--does not | | | | centers. Each candidate for initiation is |
| make an impression upon the brain and | | | | directed therein for certain psychic |
| objective consciousness. The brain is deaf | | | | experiences. Esoterically, this is the |
| and dumb to spiritual promptings.It is | | | | focusing and polarizing of the consciousness |
| important for selfish inclinations of the | | | | in the head chakras--a manner of functioning |
| Astral body to be transmuted into spiritual | | | | of which the average person is unaccustomed. |
| aspiration--self-centeredness into | | | | The seven chakras correspond to the seven |
| Self-Allness, before spiritual guidance from | | | | kingdoms in Nature. Man as a collective, is |
| the microcosmic trinity is placed at our | | | | the fourth kingdom and is associated with the |
| disposal in conscious awareness. Once the Ego | | | | heart chakra. In the present stage of his |
| is in full control over the Personality--when | | | | soul-development, he is to unfold this |
| the lower bodies are coordinated and | | | | center, or the expression of unconditional, |
| functioning in accord with the will of the | | | | divine love.The man on the street polarizes |
| Higher Self, the Monad is stirred into | | | | his consciousness in the solar-plexus center, |
| activity and it makes a greater contact with | | | | the seat of the lower emotions in the |
| the lower principles than heretofore.The | | | | chakral-system--the center associated with |
| ChakrasWithin the etheric bodies, are seven | | | | the third, or animal kingdom. This chakra in |
| major energy-centers called "chakras," which | | | | its negative aspect, is the expression of |
| means "wheel' in Sanskrit. Christian mystics | | | | self-centeredness, selfish ambition, and all |
| call them the "interior stars." Actually, | | | | sordid desires; the individual who is |
| psychic centers are to be found in all of the | | | | polarized in this chakra lives like an |
| seven principles. They are the means whereby | | | | animal; he is carnally-minded. The spiritual |
| spiritual forces flow from one principle to | | | | work of an aspirant, or disciple is to |
| another. Hindu metaphysicians liken the | | | | redirect the focus and polarization of his |
| etheric chakras to lotuses in the process of | | | | consciousness from the lower centers, to the |
| blooming in the average person, or already | | | | heart and throat chakras--the centers of |
| displaying their unfolded petals in the | | | | Divine Love and Creativity, and later to the |
| Master-Adept. The unopened chakras droop | | | | head centers--the focus of Divine Will. The |
| downwards, away from the face of God, or the | | | | heart center, once active, stimulates the |
| face of the Monad. Some species of flowers | | | | head chakras through that channel called the |
| have this strange characteristic. They simply | | | | "vagus nerve." This nerve, anatomically, |
| will not face the sun. It is as though they | | | | commences in the medulla oblongata and |
| turned antagonistic towards their | | | | midbrain, and extends downwards to embrace |
| life-giver--some people live and behave in a | | | | the heart, lungs, and other parts of the |
| similar manner. Hindu esotericism assigns | | | | thorax. Esoterically, it connects the brain |
| certain gods and goddesses as rulers of the | | | | in the heart to the heart in the brain. The |
| chakras. "Bijas," or seed-sounds invoke the | | | | vagus nerve is the pathway for the inner |
| energies of those rulers into the | | | | breath.In the advance stages of the practice |
| chakras.When awakened and stimulated by the | | | | of "Pranayama," or the art of controlling the |
| serpent fire, by Kundalini--of which we will | | | | life-force in the breath, the yogic |
| deal later--the chakras blossom, and are | | | | practitioner ceases to breathe through the |
| vivified. Unfolded, active, and developed | | | | nostrils. The yogic cessation or stoppage of |
| chakras bestow certain faculties, virtues, | | | | the breathing cycle activates the intake of |
| and abilities. Hindu metaphysicians call | | | | prana through the medulla oblongata and the |
| these "siddhis."The seven chakras are the | | | | vagus nerve. The control of involuntary |
| magnetic-field vortex of the plexuses of | | | | functionings of the body is made possible by |
| etheric nerves, or "nadi." They are found in | | | | the mastering of this very important |
| the following locations: at the base of the | | | | nerve.Many occultists believe the ajna chakra |
| spine, below the navel, at the solar plexus, | | | | to be the "third-eye," symbolised by the horn |
| in the heart area, at the throat, between the | | | | of the unicorn. When the mechanism of this |
| eyebrows, and in the area of the fontanel. In | | | | receptor is functioning, Man would be able to |
| Sanskrit, their names are, respectively: | | | | perceive impressions emanating from the |
| Muladhara, Svadhishthana, Manipura, Anahata, | | | | spectrum of energies of the higher |
| Vishudha, Ajna, and Sahasrara.. Each of the | | | | dimensions; perceiving the distant past, the |
| chakra, when fully develop, vibrate in high | | | | distant present, and the distant future would |
| frequencies and with its own specific rate. | | | | be a common thing--the Akashic records of |
| Vibrating chakras causes a manifestation of | | | | life would be opened to his view. It is |
| certain sounds and colours which, at present, | | | | probable that the Cyclops of Greek mythology, |
| can only be perceived clairvoyantly. In the | | | | with their famed single eye between the |
| future, the real technology to capture these | | | | brows, represents a race of spiritual giants |
| images including the aura on screen will be | | | | whose third-eye was in the active mode; |
| developed--and this would be based on direct | | | | however, this psychic eye gradually atrophied |
| electronic conversion of the energies of | | | | because of misuse and abuse--this is, |
| ultra-light, and not an indirect and | | | | esoterically, the tale of the people of |
| unreliable capture through the acupuncture | | | | Atlantis, the land of the Titans and the |
| points of the hands.In an unevolved | | | | Rakshashas.The third-eye actually is a |
| individual, chakras appear muddied and | | | | psychic function and not a particular organ. |
| grayish. In a Master-Adept, chakras are | | | | It embraces the head centers and their |
| luminous and resplendently brilliant. In the | | | | glandular counterparts, the third and fourth |
| Temple of Solomon, the psychic centers are | | | | ventricles of the brain, the medulla |
| represented by sacred objects used in various | | | | oblongata, and the optic thalamus. It is |
| rites and rituals, these objects are: the Ark | | | | formed and actuated by Egoic energy and the |
| of the Covenant, the Menorah, the altar of | | | | kundalini. Thus to open the third-eye, one |
| incense, the altar of sacrifice, the sea of | | | | has to evoke this Shivaic and Shakti force |
| brass, and the Urim and Thummim.Associated | | | | into the holy chamber of the brain for a |
| with the chakras in the physical body are the | | | | spiritual embrace which would give birth to |
| endocrine glands. These glands are, starting | | | | the god of Wisdom--represented by Ganesha. |
| with the one linked with the Muladhara: | | | | The three aspects of the Ego--Will, Love, and |
| gonads, pancreas/spleen, adrenals, thymus, | | | | Intelligence--would have to be exercised |
| thyroid, pituitary, and pineal. The endocrine | | | | within Man's waking consciousness. |
| glands are crystallizations of the chakras. | | | | |