Before anyone jumps on me, I'll freely admit I'm not well-versed in Qabala, chakras, or any established energy manipulation system. I am not a Ceremonial Mage. I'm just some kid who happened upon energy manipulation the hard way. :lol:
So... that in mind, here's my personal theory on energy flow.
I've tried chakra work in the past to some extent though I wouldn't consider myself an expert, or even an adept. Just a little experience. Qabala, to me (an extremely ignorant novice), seems to be a glorified and overly-complex chakra system. It is also a stationary, or what I call a "hub" system. Chakras and Qabala both have distinct energy hubs, centers through which energy flows. Am I right? I think so... :???:
These hubs have certain attributes, areas of control, etc. that they govern with, according to practitioners, precise regularity.
But in my own experience, I've found that maybe there aren't energy hubs, but a massive system of crisscrossing "arteries" and "veins" of energy, a flowing system, devoid of any real hubs or centers. This is my own personal experience, and I don't see it as right or wrong, just personal is all. I can explain further, I think, if you want. I'm feeling especially tired at the moment, so I'm being lazy. :lol:
Has anyone heard of this? Some historical precedent? I've found that acupunctural theory seems to give it credence, but nothing else. Nothing whatsoever in Western esoteric or occult thought.
I posted this here in Ceremonial instead of OT-Occult because I wanted a more... studious approach, if you get my meaning. Please, unless it's really beneficial to the topic, no one-liners.
They can be annoying.Thanks in advance.
Those energy centers are, in the metaphor of the chakras, sort of like vortices of energy where those criss-crosses of "arteries" and "veins" of energy are found, the strong points, like criss-crossing ley lines on the planetary grid where electro-magnetism seems stronger. You can even imagine them as eddies or whirlpools in a river where the current is strongest. The easiest energy centers to activate, and to show others who have not experienced these things consciously, are in the hands. This is why a lot of healing is done with the laying on of hands. (PM me and I will give you instructions on how to quickly activate them so you can astonish friends and family who may not believe you when you tell them about this wonderful electro-magnetism in our bodies) The Qabalah, in my experience, only uses a similar system when doing pathworkings/meditations on the Tree of Life, which is essentially a schematic or model just as the chakra system. Qabalah is more about correspondences and elaborate synchronous associations with word, number, letter, etc. These are what are meditated on for insight. The Tree of Life is what I think you really mean when you are saying Qabalah. It can be used as a model for meditation and raising energy (kundalini, haha, been awhile since I've used that word) just the same as the chakra system. Though there is some substance to what "chakras" and the sephiroth represent, they are simply devices for visualization to help map where you are channelling the energy in your body and what effects it may have there. I tried to keep this simple at the risk of sounding downright stupid but this is as basic as I can put it. Hopefully someone else may be better at finding the right words to describe this.
