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New Worlds April/May/June 2012 Issue

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Term: heart chakra

DEFINITIONS

Heart Chakra: One of the power centers found in spiritual traditions with a source in the Indian subcontinent. The Heart Chakra (Anahata in Sanskrit) is physically associated with the central chest area. When this chakra is overcharged or undercharged with spiritual energy, it implies that you are dealing with issues of universal love or decision making. This is also the chakra that lies between the lower, physically-based chakras and the upper, spiritually-based chakras. As such, it is a link between our physical and spiritual selves. It is symbolized by a lotus flower that has twelve petals.Donald Michael Kraig

Heart Chakra:

Also known as Anahata.The fourth psychic center. The chakra located at the heart; associated with the color green, the planet Sun or Venus, and the Sephirah Tiphareth.

Heart Chakra (Anahata) Correspondences

Alchemical Planet: Sun, Venus
Alchemical Element: Gold
Tattva: Vayu (Air)
Tattvic Color: Blue
Tattva form: Hexagram
Tattvic Sense: Touch
Animal: Birds, Deer
Basic Drive: Love
Body Function: Respiration
Chakra Color: Green
Element: Air
Gemstone: Rose Quartz, Emerald
Gland: Thymus
God-form—Egyptian: Maat
Hindu: Ishana Rudra
Greek: Pan
Goddess-form—Greek: Aphrodite
Hindu: Kakani¹
Incense: Lavender, Jasmine
Location: Over Heart
Order of chakra unfoldment: 2^nd
Yogic Planet: Jupiter
Part of Body: Lungs
Psychological Attribute: compassion, tolerance
Psychic Power: Hands-on Healing
Sense: Touch
Bija Mantra: LuNG LuM (1)
Spinal Joint: 26^thSpinal Location: 8^th Cervical
Tarot Key: X, Wheel of Fortune
Tarot Suit: Swords
Tree of Life Sephiroth: Tiphareth
Yantra (internal): Red Hexagram

¹Devotion

Suggested Reading – Dale: The Subtle Body – An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy

source: The Llewellyn Complete Book of Psychic Empowerment, by Carl Llewellyn Weschcke & Joe H. Slate, Ph.D.(Llewellyn Publications) - Carl Llewellyn Weschcke

ARTICLES

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Anahata - The Heart Chakra

Element: Air Color: Green Verb: I love Attributes: Love, balance, relationship, compassion We are now halfway through our seven-leveled chakra system. Below us are the first three chakras which relate to things and activities in the external ...

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The System of Chakras

A chakra is a spinning vortex of energy created within ourselves by the interpenetration of consciousness and the physical body. Through this combination, chakras become centers of activity for the reception, assimilation and transmission of life ...

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The Chakra System

The chakras are psychic centers located in the aura functioning through the etheric body that exchange particular energies between the physical body and the personality, and the higher sources of energy associated with the planets, the Solar ...

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Visuddha - The Throat Chakra

Element: Sound Color: Bright Blue Verb: I speak Attributes: Sound, vibration, communication, creativity Chakra 5 is located in the region of the neck and shoulders and is the center of communication and creativity. Its color is a bright turquoise ...

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Manipura - The Power Chakra

Element: Fire Color: Yellow Verb: I can Attributes: Power, will, energy, transformation Earth, water, fire. With our bodies grounded and our emotions flowing, we now move on to power, energy and will. This is our third chakra, a yellow lotus of ...

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Review of The Heart Tarot

Summary: Just like the dizzy, head-over-heels feeling of falling in love, The Heart Tarot turns your eyes and mind topsy-turvy as you delve into the beautiful, mysterious, confusing, and enchanting world of human relationships. Bright colors and ...

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Opening the Hand Chakras

To experience what a chakra feels like, try the following exercise. Sit comfortably with your hands pushed straight out in front of you, elbows straight. Turn one palm downward and one palm up. Quickly, with repeated motions, open and close your ...

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Ajna - The Vision Center

Element: Light Color: Indigo Verb: I see Attributes: Clairvoyance, memory, dreams, vision, color Chakra 6, located at the level of the forehead, is also known as the third eye. A lotus with only two petals, it is visualized as a deep indigo blue. ...

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Sahasrara - The Crown

Element: Thought Color: Violet Verb: I know Attributes: Information, understanding, awareness, consciousness, pattern, meditation At last we come to the end of our journey, climbing to the nectar blossom of our flower�the thousand-petaled lotus ...

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Svadhisthana - The Seat of Life

Element: Water Color: Orange Verb: I feel, I want Attributes: Polarity, movement, sexuality, pleasure, emotion We have come from the Earth, energy that is still, solid, dense. We have gained an understanding of our bodies, our grounding, and things ...

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