Table Of ContentTHE
CHAKRA BIBLE
Patricia Mercier
••
THE
CHAKRA BIBLE
THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO WORKING WITH CHAKRAS
Patricia Mercier
New York I London
www.sterllngpublishing.com
An Hachette Lovre UK Company
Forst published on Great Bntaon on 2007
by Godsfield Press, a divosoon of
Octopus Publoshing Group Ltd
2-4 Heron Quays, London E14 4JP
Copyright© Octopus Publoshong Group 2007
Text copyright © Patricia Mercier 2007
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
reproduced, stored in a retneval system, or transmotted
on any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopyong, recording or otherwose.
This book is not ontended as an alternative to personal medical
advice The reader should consult a physicoan on all matters
relating to health and particularly in respect of any symptoms
whoch may require doagnosos or medical attentoon
While the
advoce and onformatoon are believed to be accurate and true at
the tome of goong to press, neother the author nor the publisher
can accept any legal responsibility or liabiloty for
omissions that may have been
any errors or
made.
Patricia Mercier asserts the moral nght to be identified
as the author of this work
2 4681097 5 31
Pnnted and bound on Chona
SterlingiSBN-13: 978-1-4027-5224 7
ISBN-10 1-4027-5224-5
l
CONTENTS
What are chakras? 6
The Base Chakra: Muladhara 88
The Sacral Chakra. Svadisthana 124
The Solar Plexus Chakra: Manipura 164
196
The Throat Chakra: Vishuddha 230
The Brow Chakra: Ajna 264
The Crown Chakra: Sahasrara 300
The new chakras 330
Chakras in other traditions
Chakras and healing
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgments
364
386
390
400
Chapter 1
WHAT ARE CHAKRAS?
the flow of subtle energy in our bodies
We are not just physical bodies
balance your life-force energy (Parts 2-8).
remarkable though that is-for around us IS The origins of chakras in the Indian tradition
a pulsating electromagnetic energy field are explored and linked to the present-day
that is described either as a rainbow-like practice of yoga.
aura or as a luminous light body. This
"subtle-energy" field interacts w1th our
phys1cal body by flowing through
concentrated spirals of energy. In yoga
8
Chakras are fundamental to an
understanding of holistic healing, and these
seven sections of the book offer easy-to-use
instructions for utilizing crystals, color,
practice these spiralling energy centers are sound, aromatherapy and a number of
known as chakras, a Sanskrit word meaning other effective self-heal methods, giving a
"wheels of light." broad-based understanding for beginners,
There are seven main chakras (plus a healers and practitioners alike.
number of smaller ones) that interact with The later sections of the book explore
the body's ductless endocrine glands and the newly discovered chakras: the Earth Star,
lymphatic system by feeding in good Hara/Navel and Causal Chakras, the Soul
energy and disposing of unwanted energy. Star and Stellar Gateway, and the Sun,
It is vitally important for our general health Moon and cosmic chakras (Part 9). The
and the prevention of illness or "disease" chakras as a whole are placed within the
that we nourish our chakras in the correct way. context of other traditions, such as Taoism,
the Kabbalah, Sufism, Inca and Mayan
how this book works
teachings and shamamsm, and the Earth
This book begins by introducing you to the and Planetary chakras are introduced (Part
chakras and the subtle bio-energies in and 10). Culminating with a section on chakras
around our bodies, usually referred to as the and healing, the book explains how to give
" layers" of the aura (Part 1 ). It continues with healing to recipients (Part 1 1 ).
in-depth information about each of the
seven ma1n chakras, their correspondences
in the phys1cal body and how you can use
breathing and visualization exerc1ses to
An aura may be seen by c/a•rvoyants and by
Kirlum photography
9
....
::r
Cll
�
0
�
0
.....
II>
c
�
m-
m
;:)
Cll
�
3'
0
c
.,
o-
0
Cl.
iii'
II>
the aura and the chakras
The body's external subtle-energy field can 1t is not possible to perce1ve auras, fairies or
best be described as an aura-a ra1nbow of angels. However, those who retain a healthy
light surrounding the body. Those sensitive regard for the natural world often excel at
people who can see delicate bio-energies seeing energies. Fortunately, there are ways
say that the colors within the aura are to train the rest of us. First of all. try to detect
constantly changing, depending on our the energies around trees. They usually have
state of health, emotions and spiritual a huge energy field, which can be seen if you
development. Each time we glimpse a
rainbow, it is always in front of us and our
back is to the Sun; since no two people can
10
ever be 1n exactly the same place at the
same time, each person sees a slightly
different rainbow. In the same way we each
see people's auras differently, because we
are looking through our own perception at
their auric field.
perceiving the human aura
Seeing the human avra is an ab11ity that we
have e1ther had since childhood or can
achieve through 1ntense spiritual disc1pline.
Like a ra1nbow, the aura is made of "drops"
of energy that vibrate on different
frequencies to produce colored light.
When looking for subtle energies, we are
often limited by cultural conditioning As
children we probably had a greater chance
of seemg colored light energ1es around
people, but as we grew older were told that
The pnmary ra•nbow shows colors VIolet to
red. this is reversed on the secondary rambow
