Agnya - Light

Ledoux, Eye Enclosing the Theatre at Besancon, France, 1847.

Each of the chakras is made up of a different element. Light is the element for the Agnya Chakra (Brow Centre) which governs vision. In this slightly surreal engraving from the 17th century the image of the interior of a circular theatre appears apparently reflected in an eye, yet strangely the ray of light streaming through the oculus in the theatre's dome extends outside the eye.

Agnya Chakra

Icon showing Christ making the surya mudra (ring finger touching thumb), which means 'Sun gesture' in the Sanskrit language. According to Sahaja Yoga, the ring finger corresponds to the Agnya Chakra. Jesus is the presiding deity of the Agnya Chakra, and The Sun is the heavenly body corresponding to the Agnya Chakra.
The figures in Christian icons are often shown with a frown - this is because the attention is focussed at the Agnya Chakra level.



Sculpture of the Buddha (or a Boddhisatva?) from Gandhara,
now in Afghanistan.

The Agnya Chakra is indicated by a raised spot (urna) on the forehead, the Sahasrara Chakra by the topnot at the crown of the head. The Buddha also incarnated to establish the Agnya Chakra.