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106 The Kabbalah ofthe Golden Dawn
as a type of receptor for these energies. In the Etheric, Astral-Emotional,
and Mental Body there is a certain amount of sympathetic reaction to the
seven centers as well. In the Erheric Body, these centers directly stimulate
rhe physical body and receive impetus from it as well. In the next two bodies,
the Astral-Emotional and Mental, the centers still remain, but here
they are nothing but connective links to the body above and below them,
with the connective links being, of course, two-way.
The chakras in the Etheric Body directly relate to the Physical
Body, with the psychic ramifications caused by manipulation of these
centers appearing in the other auric bodies. The adept is warned against
trying to place a definite planetary correspondence with each chakra, as
in each center there are the influences of all of the planets and these
change according to the development of each individual. The same principle
also applies to color and to the centers as well. Now, as to the exact
body position of these centers, they form a vortex both on the front and
on the back of the body, hence the confusion of placement. The description
of the Shadow Chakras which follows shortly is formed from the
same underlying principles of everything in the subtle body having a
counter-part of either a higher or lower vibrational level.
Base Chakra
This is the lowest chakra and is situated at the base of the spine
(and not at the front of the body as some have indicated). Its receptors
are the adrenal glands, which also relate to the kidneys, the spinal column,
and part of the automatic nervous system. This chakra is made of
four major vortices of energies which have been seen by some Eastern
mystics as petals. In many ways this center is the control valve for the
other centers for it is here that additional energy can be prematurely
released through the other centers. This could result in Etheric damage,
especially to the nervous system. The link is through the adrenomedullary
and extra-medullary distribution of chromaffin tissue along the
sympathetic nerve chains, which incidentally are the links between
chakras in the physical body. Generally speaking the nervous system is
the first that is stimulated directly by the Etheric energies. These in turn
work the endocrine system of glands, then the blood, and from this to the
various organs concerned. This center is not associated to any other patticular
center but, in fact with all of the others, in a primary support role.