Cap.

Title

PP.

IV.

The Aitheric Body

28-32

V.

Ro^le of the Cakra-s

33-46

VI.

The Astral Body

47-57

VII.

Higher Dimensions of Consciousness

58-66

VIII.

Background of Clairvoyant Investigation

69-79

IX.

Use of Clairvoyance in Research

80-90

X.

Variations in the Aitheric Field

91-6

XI.

Cakra-s and Endocrine Glands

97- 121

XII.

Consciousness and the Brain

122-40

XIII.

Modifiers of the Fields

141-51

XV.

Effects of Changes in Consciousness

167-72

XVI.

The Dynamics of Healing

173-84

The color of the etheric body is a pale blue-gray or violet-gray, slightly luminous and shimmering, like heat waves above the earth on hot days. In the average person, it extends ... (two to three inches) beyond the periphery of the physical body, gradually fading away".

p. 30

"There is an etheric web of the finest texture that acts as a natural barrier between the etheric and astral fields {cf. Taoist nets separating from heaven}, and protects the individual from opening communication

p. 31

between these levels prematurely. ... It is in effect a protective device".

p. 33

"The etheric, astral and mental vehicles each contain seven major centers of force, which have been called chakras because of their shape."

p. 34

"The seven etheric chakras ... have their counterparts on the astral and mental levels."

p. 35

"The etheric chakras are most easily visualized as rapidly spinning vortices, which draw in energy at their cores in a tight flow ... . ...

p. 36

The etheric chakras, which lie on the surface of the etheric body, vary greatly in ... brightness, size, rapidity of motion, ... depending upon individual idiosyncrasy and health."

"The thread of waking consciousness is connected with the core of the crown chakra. ...

The life thread, however, connects the heart chakra to the physical heart, and this connection is unbroken throughout life.

At the time of death, the thread of consciousness withdraws from the crown center, and the thread of life withdraws from the heart ... .

Thus at death ... the etheric body is first loosened from the physical body, then separates, and disintegrates within a few days after death".

p.

cakra

39

"The topmost chakra ... consists of 12 golden central petals, with a complex of 960 secondary petals arranged around them ... . The petals display all the colors of the rainbow ... . ... The size of the core ... gives an indication of the individual’s ability ... to achieve continuity of consciousness between the waking and sleeping states, for this is the center through which we normally exit in sleep."

40

"The brow center ... is composed of ninety-six petals. ... In structure, ... it appears to be divided into two segments, one half colored rose and yellow, the other blue and purple."

41

"The throat center ... is silvery blue in color ... and has sixteen petals. ... The throat center ... is especially important with respect to the interconnections between the mental and the etheric fields."

42

"The heart center ... is composed of twelve petals of a glowing golden yellow."

"The solar plexus ... is situated in the area of the navel. It has ten petals, ...

43

with light red and green predominating. ... . ... it is at this point that astral energy enters the etheric field."

"the spleen chakra ... has six petals or sections ..., with yellow and rose-red predominating. ...

44

This center usually has a radiant and glowing appearance. Since it is the main transmitter of prana or life energy to the physical body, its most important function lies in its ability to absorb and distribute vitality."

"there is a center ... in the sacral region which governs sexuality. Associated with its six petals, whose color is predominantly red ... ."

"The root center ... which is situated at the base of the spine, has four petals of a clear orange-red."

p. 45

"In addition to the major chakras, there are said to be twenty-one minor distributing centers. ... These minor centers ... differ from true chakras ... .

p. 46

... The only subsidiary centers which are noteworthy ... are those in the palm of each hand and in the sole of each foot".

"To the clairvoyant, this structure ... looks rather like an ovoid, luminous cloud surrounding the body, as though the individual were suspended inside a semitransparent bubble of changing colors and patterns."

"The rhythm of the aura is also significant, as it indicates the degree and kind of interaction with the etheric and mental fields. In health the shape is uniform and well defined, not ragged or wavy at the edges."

"The section above the diaphragm

usually indicates the individual’s potential ... and

the colors in this part of the aura are usually lighter and less intense.

The part below the diaphragm

indicates ongoing and active experiences, and

here he colors are usually darker, and the texture heavier and more granular."

"The material of the astral world is very impressionable, and responds quickly to the though-forms or images which we imbue with our feelings. Such images ... may vanish, but others may be more enduring and stay with us a long time; these are often seen by clairvoyants surrounding their creator."

p. 53

"These astral chakras ... form ... petal-like structures ... around a central core."

p. 54

"The astral chakras are always brighter than those on the etheric level".

"the astral solar plexus chakra acts as a shock absorber between the intake of astral energy and its dispersal through the body."

The stream on the right side of the astral spine rises from the right side of the core of the chakra at the base of the spine and flows upward to the back of the head in a stream approximately one centimeter in width.

Its color is pale blue

(whereas the etheric counterpart is blue-green).

The stream on the left side of the spine duplicates that on the right, but

its color is pink

(whereas the etheric is a darker yellow-red).

The energy which flows through the central portion of the astral spine ... moves upward and bifurcates at the area near the medulla oblongata, at which point the two divisions cross each other, the energy on the right going to the left brain, and that on the left going to the right brain. This central spinal stream is ... opalescent ..., with a great deal of yellow and orange."

"With respect to ... the astral level ... there appears to be some connection between the cerebellum, the pineal gland and the crown chakra."

p. 59

"The human mental body is an ovoid like the astral body, but it is considerably larger and less dense. Its colors and quality are good indicators of the individual’s interests and mental powers, whether latent or active".

p. 60

"The mental body extends ... (three feet) beyond the periphery of the physical body, and interpenetrates both the etheric and the astral bodies."

p. 61

"Some clairvoyants are able to see the thought-forms within an individual’s mental body."

"Each mental chakra is also linked with its higher frequency counterpart on the intuitional (buddhic) level. ... The energy of the mental field is stepped down as it passes through the chakras".

p. 65

"The highest vesture of the Self, which is known as buddhi (insight ...), is termed "causal" because ... it carries the Self’s fundamental intentionality to be, and this is the ultimate cause of our existence. ... According to the doctrine of

p. 66

reincarnation, ... enduring qualities ... are retained from life to life within the causal body ... : insight, intuition or direct knowing, ,,, aspiration to God or the Good, and the purest forms of love and compassion."

"The causal body does not disintegrate after death as the astral and mental bodies eventually do, but is able to experience the universality ... hidden from us during physical existence."

p.

writer

book

73

Annie Besant

Occult Chemistry

Thought Forms

Man and His Bodies

Charles W. Leadbeater

The Chakras

Man Visible and Invisible

Geoffrey Hudson

The Kingdom of the Gods

Science of Seership

Phoebe Payne Bendit

Man’s Latent Powers

75

Karl von Reichenbach (transl. by William Gregory)

Researches on ... Vital Power [concerning "odic light"]

William Crookes

Researches in the Phenomena of Spiritualism

76

John Taylor

Superminds (1975)

p. 77

"Prof. George Wald, Nobel Laureate in Physics, said in a 1985 talk : "... consciousness ... a timeless and pervasive property, a complementary aspect of all reality."

p. 78

"The idea that consciousness and matter are inseparable concomitants of existence is an esoteric or theosophical" principle.

During viewing by clairvoyants while they are exercising their clairvoyance, "If a light if flashed in their eyes, their pupils do not constrict in the normal way. But when the clairvoyants return to normal physical vision , their pupils immediately react with the light reflex, and contract normally."

"I can, as it were, shift my focus and see a replica of the physical organs in the etheric body. ... The energy pattern is like lines electricity within the grayish-blue etheric body, and it also has a rhythm."

"Looked at clairvoyantly, ... the blood had more "sparks" of etheric energy than the lymph, which appeared paler, slightly grayish in color".

"By breathing over-rapidly, the medium may sometimes exit from the body, not in the normal manner via the crown chakra, but via the solar plexus. This separates the etheric from the astral and mental fields, and prevents the medium from recalling what took place during the trance."

"Just before she went into the trance ..., her solar plexus center began to vibrate, and at this point she took energy from corresponding chakras of those present for whom she was giving the "reading," thus establishing the contact. ... Her breathing became rapid ... . As the core of her crown center opened and became more elastic, she herself became open to astral consciousness. ... Shortly after this, B.Mc. went into a full trance state and exited from her body. ... full harmony was established with the astral consciousness. Its rhythm was superimposed on hers, thus enabling it to use part of her brain mechanism".

name

location

associated gland

crow

above the head

pineal

brow

between the eyen

pituitary

throat

base of neck

thyroid & parathyroid

heart

midway between shoulder-blades

thymus

solar-plexus

{just above} navel

adrenals & pancreas

root

base of spine

spine

spleen

left of abdomen

liver

sacral

genital region

ovaries / testes

"if we assume that the speed of the etheric center is one, then the astral center’s speed of rotation should be double and the mental center’s four times that rate, i.e., a ratio of 1:2:4."

p. 123

"the etheric energy flows from the base of the spine into the medulla oblongata, ... where there is a small energy vortex. This center, however, seems to be more important on the astral than on the etheric level. The etheric cerebellum seems to be ... able to absorb surplus energy from the rest of the brain. It seems to act as a ...

p. 124

"The etheric energy of the brain seems to be released and discharged through the region of the brain connected with the thalamus."

p. 134

"His behavior became ritualistic, and he was continually haunted by the desire to keep the holy books ... clean and tidy. He also began to hear voices. ... he became aware of admonitions inside his head, exhorting him to ... clean the books."

p. 135

"The hearing of voices seemed to originate from ... the solar plexus, not from the throat as is more usual."

p. 138

In "the etheric crown chakra ... the periphery of the petals were toothed like a saw. The edges of the core itself were irregular, but even more unusual was a split going through the whole

p. 139

chakra from front to back at the six o’clock/twelve o’clock axis".

p. 140

"the most striking feature in this case was the split in all of the chakras."

p. 143

"Fluorescent lights produce unpleasant sensations in some sensitives."

"Reichenbach reported the effects which magnetic fields had on some sensitives. He found that those who could feel the presence of a magnet ..., when it was moved up and down the

p. 144

spine without touching the skin, were also sensitive to weather changes and magnetic storms. A few of these sensitives could sleep comfortably only in a north/south position."

"A few subjects have reported suffering depletion of vitality when visiting certain places ... . They usually have an urge to leave the spot quickly, and after doing so feel revitalized."

p. 171

"The indications of paranormal abilities revealed by the chakras were corroborated by the observation of her mental body, whose size and brightness confirmed her telepathic ability, and indicated the presence of an inflow from

p. 172

higher dimensions of consciousness, which gave her a kind of intuitive "knowing.""

p. 179

"Most healers are aware when the flow of energy commences, and when it ceases. ...

p. 180

Some healers seem to have an "automatic thermostat" within them which shuts off the flow of etheric energy at the appropriate time. ... However, when healers are overenthusiastic and do not pay attention to their inner cues, they may pour too much energy into a patient with distressing ... effects."

p. 180

"Frances Farrelly ... was the sensitive called Kay in SK’s book Breakthrough to Creativity. ...

p. 181

She is a good magnetic healer ... . ... Since early childhood, FF has been aware of the presence of nature spirits ... . ... FF states that when healing begins her hands become hot, and when the healing is completed the heat disappears automatically. ... DVK observed that the healer generated a flow of etheric energy from her head to her hands, which then played between her hands through the ... patient she was treating. ... The sensation of heat in the hands of the healer appears to clairvoyant observation as a red-orange color emanating from her fingertips. ...

p. 182

The color orange-red indicated that the energy was flowing; as it changed to yellow the energy diminished."

"Colonel Oskar Estabany ... in the Hungarian cavalry ... ventured to practice healing on people, and found that he could help them ... . Later he emigrated {immigrated} to Canada, where his healing ability was evaluated first by Dr. Bernard Grad of McGill University ... . ... The experiments with Col. Estabany ... were widely written up and became very well known."