Llewellyn's complete book of chakras : your definitive source of energy center knowledge for health, happiness, and spiritual evolution

Summary: Powerful centres of subtle energy, the chakras have fascinated humanity for thousands of years. Llewellyn's Complete Book of Chakras is a unique and empowering resource that provides comprehensive insights into these foundational sources of vitality and strength. Discover what chakras are and how they work. Explore how to work with chakras for personal growth and healing. Examine the ways our understanding of chakras has transformed through history and across cultures. Lively and accessible, this definitive reference explores the science, history, practices, and structures of subtle energy systems. With an abundance of illustrations and a wealth of practical exercises, Llewellyn's Complete Book of Chakras shows you how to use subtle energy for healing, attracting what you need, obtaining guidance, and expanding your consciousness.

Record details

ISBN: 9780738739625
ISBN: 0738739626
Physical Description: print
xlviii, 1006 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Woodbury, Minnesota : Llewellyn Publications, [2016]

Content descriptions

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Chakra fundamentals and basic practices -- What are chakras? A pocket guide to your body's points of light -- Your spinning wheels of light -- What is kundalini? -- The Hindu chakra system -- Hindu chakras: the basic seven -- The first Hindu chakra: muladhara -- The second Hindu chakra: svadhisthana -- The third Hindu chakra: manipura -- The fourth Hindu chakra: anahata -- The fifth Hindu chakra: vishuddha -- The sixth Hindu chakra: Ajña -- The seventh Hindu chakra: sahasrara -- Fundamentals of chakra medicine -- The benefits of chakra medicine -- Chakra medicine methods I: preparation and analysis -- Chakra medicine methods II: healing -- Chakra medicine practices: Eastern methods -- Chakra techniques: from mantras to gemstone and everything in between -- Chakras in depth: historical, scientific, and cross-cultural understandings -- The history of chakra knowledge through the lens of ancient India -- Ancient vedic scripture: the four canons -- Chakras taking form: divining three movements from the Upanishads and other early sacred texts -- Following the light of tantra and yoga -- The science of subtle energy -- Your energy primer: understanding physical and subtle energy (and a few matters in between) -- Chakras as part of the subtle energy anatomy -- The science and structure of chakras -- Kundalini rises: the chakra serpent -- Chakra systems of Asia -- Chakra systems of India -- Tibet: Indian tantra meets Buddhism -- Other Asian chakra systems -- Ancient chakra systems across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas -- The African continent -- Chakra systems of old Europe -- The Middle East -- Chakra medicine in the Americas -- Modern Western chakra systems -- Early Western mystics and esoteric orders -- The Theosophical Society -- Chakras come of age in the West -- Chakras et cetera: natural and unusual chakras -- Chakras in nature -- New and unusual chakras and chakra systems.