Most modern, "New Age" interpretations combine Sir John Woodroffe's text on the Serpent Power with miscellaneous pop-guru teachings (Osho/Rajneesh is perhaps the most popular), the Leadbeater-Bailey-Tansley "Neo-Theosophy" interpretation, Christopher Hills' Rainbow colours theme (but without his psychological thesis), and various New Age themes involving healing, correspondences with crystals and gemstones, the musical scale, and so on. This constitutes what could be considered the "standard paradigm" of chakra understanding. There are a number of documents on-line which are based on this paradigm
Chakras
- a very good intro, from Education
2000 Plus Magazine Basically follows the Western (New age)
interpretation. Includes a detailed list
of correspondences.
The
Function of the Chakras - a brief but good common-sense intro
The Seven
Chakras - intro to each of the chakras, giving quite a lucid
description of the emotional-psychic dynamics of each
Chakras - An Introduction - by White Dove - another short and
basic introduction & overview of the seven chakras. By NewAge
On-Line Australia
CHAKRAS
- The Music of Life - "These energy centres not only
have a colour associated with them but they also have an octave of music
as well and they are aligned like this:-
The Base Chakra resonates
to the note 'C'
The Sacral Chakra resonates
to the note 'D'
The Solar Plexus Chakra resonates
to the note 'E'
The Heart Chakra resonates
to the note 'F'
The Throat Chakra resonates
to the note 'G'
The Brow or Third Eye Chakra
resonates to the note 'A'
The Crown Chakra resonates
to the note 'B' "
The
Chakras for Healing and Self-Knowledge -
A Visual Representation of the Body Mirror System
developed by Sir Martin Brofman, Ph.D.
The
Function and Awakening of Chakras - Links and information about
the function and awakening of chakras. Inessa also offers tools to balance
and develop your chakras
THE
SEVEN CHAKRAS AND ASSOCIATED ASPECTS - by Damon Pike - short list of
correspondences - body part, gemstone, colour, energy - for each chakra
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