Rosalyn Bruyere

'Rosalyn L. Bruyere has been one of the most important teachers of hands-on healing in the world for many years. I will always be grateful for what I have learned from her.'-Barbara Brennan, author of Hands of Light

Wheels of Light explores the seven chakras, or energy centers, of the body with particular focus on the first chakra, which has to do with our basic life force, our physical bodies, and our sexuality.

Drawing on scientific research, native American culture, the anicent traditions of the Egyptians and Greeks, the philosphies of the Hindus, and the religions of the East, Rosalyn L. Bruyere presents a unique perspective on the value and healing potential of the chakra system.

'Wheels of Light serves as a bridge between science and mysticism by providing, in well-researched and readable language, essential keys to understanding ourselves and our evolutionary journey.'-Dan Millman, author of The Way of the Peaceful Warrior

'We ignore ancient wisdom at our individual and collective peril. Wheels of Light literally helps us find the light. You will finish this book with a profound respect for life.'-Rita Mae Brown, author of Rubyfruit Jungle

'A most impressive blend of extensive research and expert personal observation, this book is an abosolute must for anyone interested in this subject.'-Meditation magazine

Rosalyn L. Bruyere is an internationally acclaimed healer, clairvoyant, and medicine woman. Trained as an engineer, she was instrumental in the eight-year research on the human electromagnetic field conducted at UCLA. An ordained minister, she is the founder and director of the Healing Light Center Church in Glendale, California, where she also offers a four-year training program for healers. She lives in Sierra Madre, California.

Edited by Jeanne Farrens.

Contents

I Wheels of light
One The ancient and modern mystery
The 'mysteries' of the chakras
Two Wheels of power
Legend of the rainbow warrior
Wheels of power
Chakras and their traditional components-Wheels of light; Secondary chakras; The seven chakra bodies; The body as a micorcosm; Animal and elemental nature of the chakras
Religious perspectives of the chakras
Historical perspectives-History of chakras in the West Theosophists theory; The Two worlds of the chakras
Three What is an aura?
Auric field: field of life
Vibration, color, and harmonics of the aura
Energy: The basic component of the body
Identical nature of the chakras
Location of the chakras
The flow of energy up the chakras
Direction of spin of the chakras
Changing frequencies: Interaction between chakras
Relationships between the chakras-Intake and output; Color opposites, color therapy, and empowering with opposites; The male, femal, androgyny, and exogeny in the chakras
Sustaining a balanced energy field-Maintaining constancy; Avoiding chakra displacement; Alignment exercise
Four: The chakras and healing
Scanning the body and transmitting or channeling energy
Exercise: Feeling energy
Resistance to being healed
Karma and healing
Definition of health
Meditation on the chakras
II The first chakra
Five Being alive
The first chakra: Our life force
Kundalinin energy: Keeping us alive
Traditional aspects of the first chakra-Astrologocal sign, physical element, and gemstone; The bee, the dragon, the horse, and the serpent; Snake mythology: The goddess religion and the power of the undulate; Ida and pengali: Dual male and female aspectsof the first chakra
Intitiation and the first chakra-Kundalini intiation and the Siddhi powers; Greece: Initiation in the Tholoi; Egypt: Inititation in the phyramids; The eleusianian mystery; Modern initiation
Six: Kundalini: Seat of the physical body
The root chakra
Breath, prana, and mind
Kundalini and the nervous system
The kundalini awakening
Breathing and exercises for the kundalini
Kundalini and the mysteries
Kundalini energy: Working on two channels simultaneously
Kundalini, nervous breakdowns, and meditation
First chakra energy in the American culture-Suppression of the life force; Addictions and the first chakra; Release of suppressed energies and fixations
Limitations of too little kundalini
Seven: Fire power
Power and the kundalini
Dual qualities of the first chakra: Powers of spirit and matter, life and death
Kundalini power in the ancient and modern world: Charisma and humility
Yin and yang principle: Withholding and reclaiming power
Using power appropriately
The need for power in service
Kundalini and prosperity
Eight: Sexuaity, kundalini, and karma
Sexuality: Exchange
Orgasm: Empowerment and mergence
Orgasm: A trance state
Sexuality and the spiritual: Mergence with deity
Sexuality and sservice
The kundalini center and karma
Nine: Science and the chakras
The Rolf study
Red on the oscilloscope
Red in rolfing and healing
The DC shift
Traumas and DC shifts: Access to the subconscious
Ten: Disease and dysfunction
Sickle-cell anemia and cancer: A question of power
The cancer cell
Cancer treatment
Arthritis, colitis, and alzheimer's disease
Inflammatory disease: Anger, fear, and pain
Hypertension and heart disease
Genetic disease
Bacterial and viral infections, boken bones, and scar tissue: Healing with red frequency
Treating overdoses
Gynecological problems and the effects of the hysterectomy
Opportunistic viruses and infections: Treating sexuality transmited diseases
Listening to the kundalini
Appendix I: The Rolf study
Appendix II: The essence of Hopi prophecy
Appendix III: Electormagnetic radiation and its spectrum
Appendix IV: Electricity and magnetism
Glossary
Notes-Photograph and illustration credits
Index… (meer)

"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing." This book is a disappointing mishmash of numerous cultural and philosophical views of the chakras, much pseudoscience, and a little bit of science. While some of the information was interesting, some was so wrong as to be dangerous (especially the chapter on diseases). And I was very disappointed at the downplaying of the yogic/Hindu understanding of the chakras; that was my primary interest but this author is more interested in Native American, Egyptian, Greek, and Goddess religion approaches to the chakras.

I'll be returning to other books on the Chakras (e.g., [Chakra Yoga] by [[Alan Finger]], but not this one.… (meer)