Confused in Colorado

Dear CC,

Let's back up a bit, to a definition of chakras. Chakras are energy vortices in the human body. Each one has its own character and sphere of influence.

I think of a chakra as a gateway between the body and the energy / spirit realm.

There is no doubt except in the most cynical minds that something like chakras exist. They have been experienced and explored for millennia in the far East.

Western European peoples, however, seem not to have noticed chakras, as such. There's no real proof that they didn't, of course, but there's no evidence that they did.

And since Wicca is a derivative of Western European - particularly Celtic - religion, chakras aren't something that traditional Wicca attends to. This is why many Wiccans will say things like "There are no chakras in Wicca!"

Of course, that's just the knee-jerk response.

Chakras do belong to the human body/soul and are real energetic forces. Like duck-billed platypuses, they exist - whether or not we've ever seen one or heard it mentioned in our sacred texts. In other words, whatever your religion, chakras are at work within you.

Wicca Spirituality is grounded more in reality than in dogma - it's one of the things I like best about it. Why should we deny spiritual insights that come to us from other cultures?

So even if the idea of chakras didn't originate in Wicca or its predecessors, working with chakras is entirely valid for Wiccans.

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