ETHERIC ENERGY CENTRES (see SACRED DISCS as well)
EP 68 ON ETHERIC ENERGY CENTRES
When God created the human form He endowed us with many great gifts.
The heart is the greatest gift. Through it we may reflect Divine Love towards God and our fellow man. The heart is the house of the Common Selfhood, the home of the Logos, and we must keep it pure, for '1Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God" (Matt.5:8).
Another gift is the brain with its psychical and noetical counterparts. This is the centre of inspiration and reason permitting us to use the Mind to comprehend the presence of God all around us. When Moses began to look within himself and moved up to the level of the cerebellum, symbolized as the burning bush which is never consumed, he heard for the first time the voice of God (Exod.3:2). The two tablets of Moses, on which were inscribed the Law of God, represent the two lobes of the human brain (~xod.34:28). When, at some time, we vitalize this etheric centre we shall also hear the voice of our Inner Self, our Self-aware Soul, and become one with God's Law.
EP 69 It is through the solar plexus, another valued gift, that the Holy Spirit expresses itself as will-power and instinctive wisdom. As the seat of our subconscious awareness the solar plexus is also the storehouse for etheric vitality. Joshua said, "He that believeth on me ... out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water" (John 7:38). Joshua is the living water of "everlasting life", and when we drink of Him we "shall never thirst" again (John 4:14).
The fourth gift comprises the reproductive organs, which will come into use at the right time, in the right circumstances and at the right age. They are Holy Spiritual. They are the means of perpetuating life on the material plane and we should not misuse them.
Corresponding to these gifts are centres of energy. These points are known as etheric or psycho-noetical centres. In the East they are termed "chakras".
Every pore on your skin has a centre. Every gland has a centre. Every fingertip has a centre. What is the nature of these centres?
The energy belonging to a centre rotates and creates a whirlpool which funnels down towards a point. If you put your hand in a basin of water and roll it in a circular motion, a conical whirlpool will form. This is the basic shape and pattern of motion of the etheric centres.
EP 70 In the etheric double of the gross material body we have psycho-noetical centres, which we call "churches" (Rev 1:20). In the etheric double of the psychical body, we have psychonoetical centres, which are more intense in activity, called "lamps" (Rev. 4:5). Finally, in the etheric double of the noetical body, there are even more active centres with a wider concept of space and time. St. John, in the Revelations, refers to these as "stars" (Rev 1:16-20).
The centres serve a dual function. They care for the organs, situated in a particular part of the body, by controlling the flow and quality of etheric vitality. In another mode they act as link between the material body of a human personality and its psychical and noetical bodies, in order to channel thoughts, emotions and energy, arising as a result of space-place-time impressions. It is through these centres that elementals are received and stored in the etheric double and impact on the personality. Mind is shaped into psycho-noetical elementals which combine to compose the human personality. Elementals inhabit these centres and exert their influence over the character.
What is the purpose of these centres? How is it possible for us to work with them? Will we interfere with the work of the Archangels?
When we reach a certain level of awareness the Archangels will be most pleased to teach us more about the centres. However we must first become masters of the elementals that we are creating and revitalizing. Elementals use these centres, for better or worse, as entrances and gateways into our personality. We subconsciously create, invite and absorb elementals into our energy centres where they affect the functioning of our personality. It is, therefore, imperative that in conjunction with our study of these centres we also gain some understanding of the subconscious.
The following series of exercises will begin to familiarize you with the etheric vitality in your body, will help to teach you to differentiate between the separate qualities of ethers, and will allow you to work gently and self-consciously with certain etheric centres. (See Esoteric Practices, page 72-77).