Thursday, September 11, 2008

Subtle System



18th Century depictions of the Subtle System of Chakras, from Nepal and Northern India.

Johann Georg Gichtel (1638-1710)

From a Western alchemical text.
The path from the heart through the seven chakras to the crown of the head creates a spiral of 3.5 coils like the of Kundalini itself.

2 comments:

John Noyce said...

The Western alchemical figure is by Johann Georg Gichtel (1638-1710) and represents the planets inside the human body.

jeronimus said...

Thanks John
I would welcome any suggestions
for images or text to add to the site.