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Clear quartz points, selenite sticks, amethyst clusters and white howlite stones arranged on pale silk in soft window light
August 2026

Crown Chakra: Sahasrara Explained

The six-chakra text does not count the crown among the six. Its lotus there is whiter than the full moon, not violet. What a thousand petals actually counts,...

Liv Amara Sonnborn August 11, 2026 12 min read
Amethyst points, lapis lazuli and fluorite arranged on deep purple velvet beside a burning candle
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Third Eye Chakra: Ajna Explained

Two petals, OM and Hakini are in the 1577 source. The indigo is not. What Ajna actually means, why discernment beats vision, the pineal claims that do not...

Liv Amara Sonnborn August 11, 2026 10 min read
Citrine points, tiger's eye and pyrite cubes arranged on gold silk in warm afternoon light.
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Solar Plexus Chakra: Manipura Explained

Manipura against the 1577 Sanskrit source: what is genuinely old, why the colour yellow is not, the two directions a blockage is said to run, and the abdominal...

Temple of Desire August 11, 2026 10 min read
Polished carnelian stone glowing beside a lit candle and dried orange flowers on a dark stone altar
August 2026

Sacral Chakra: Svadhisthana, Water and Appetite

The second centre in the 1577 source, the mistranslation of its name, the crocodile that popular writing drops, and the pelvic symptoms that are not symbolic.

Leif Daniel Schmidt August 11, 2026 13 min read
Four polished deep red stones and one dark crystal in a row on slate beside a lit candle
August 2026

Root Chakra: Muladhara, Grounding and Safety

Four petals, a yellow square and a seven-trunked elephant — plus the one chakra colour that is close to the old text, what grounding practices actually do, and...

Leif Daniel Schmidt August 11, 2026 12 min read
Pale blue banded agate stone resting on dark slate beside a small warm candle flame
August 2026

Throat Chakra: What Vishuddha Actually Means

Expression, discretion and listening — plus what the 1577 source actually describes, where the blue really came from, and the point at which a throat symptom stops being...

Selene Voss August 11, 2026 11 min read
Rose quartz, green aventurine, rhodonite and malachite with dried roses and a wooden bowl on green linen
August 2026

Heart Chakra: How to Open It, and What That Means

What Anahata is in the source texts, where the green came from, which heart-chakra practices actually have evidence behind them, and how to run this safely.

Selene Voss August 10, 2026 12 min read
Woman meditating over a lotus candle with violet light rising, amethyst and clear quartz beside her
August 2026

The 7 Chakras Explained: Meanings and Origins

All seven chakras, their themes, elements and seed sounds — and the tally the series ended on: of seven centres, exactly one keeps the colour its 1577 source...

Selene Voss August 10, 2026 14 min read
Woman meditating with closed eyes and a violet geometric figure glowing above her brow
August 2026

How to Open Your Third Eye: Signs and Safe Practice

Where the third eye idea comes from, what the pineal gland actually does, which practices are worth your time — and the part almost nobody writes about: intensive...

Ravenna Blackthorn August 10, 2026 11 min read