The Swadisthana or Sacral Chakra is located about eight inches below the navel, inside the body, at the centre of our reproductive organs. Its name comes from 'Swasti', a word that means both live and home, and from 'Thana' that means both vital energy and the self. The Sanskrit Mantra letter in the centre of the Chakra is "Vam". It can mean living self, or home of the self. Its sexual nature calls for a counterpart - an 'other' who helps us feel complete; one who is met through the body. Love pulls our energy upwards, activating this Chakra as it does so. Attachment to the beloved pulls our energy downwards, blocking it. The Swadisthana Chakra is also the place of creativity. it is where the creation of new life begins, and it is also behind the urge to get up and do things.
The story of Pandora's box tells how a mortal woman opened a magic box and unleashed all the evils of this world to plague humanity. In her horror at the sight of what she had released, she slammed the box closed. After a moment, she heard a faint cry from the box. A sweet voice called for help, and she...
The Angel of Peace cannot stop war or conflicts between people. Her wisdom lies in her ability to see that strife pollutes the lives of everyone who even hears about it. Violence makes people afraid. The Angel of Peace uses her powers to find ways to help each person find freedom from fear. Her gift is in finding inner peace,...
The Ankh is one of the most important, enduring and popular symbols of the ancient world. The word means “life” in the language of the Nile region. Ankhs were carried as amulets against sickness, danger and death. Ankhs were used in Egyptian art in all sorts of ways. Pictures of the sun were made with ankhs at the end of...
The Ankh was the Ancient Egyptian symbol of life. The Scarab was one of the forms their Sun God could take. The scarab beetle was often seen rolling a ball of dung across the desert floor (to be used as food for its young). To the Egyptians, this suggested a metaphor for the movements of the sun across the sky,...
The Ankh was the Ancient Egyptian symbol of life. The Scarab was one of the forms their Sun God could take. The scarab beetle was often seen rolling a ball of dung across the desert floor (to be used as food for its young). To the Egyptians, this suggested a metaphor for the movements of the sun across the sky,...
