sexual chakras

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 31 Jul 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

jade	31 Jul 2002
phoenix says that a woman's sexual chakra is in her second chakra when men's are in their first. i've never heard of this.......... anyone else? enlighten me, jade

HOLMES	31 Jul 2002
it is the first i heard of it.. always the first charka is the basic life force charka which the second charka get the life force for us to create with. phoenix ? did you read this get taught this or arrive at your conclusion and if so what logic so i can think of it a bit :O)

Phoenix	31 Jul 2002
This is what I posted int the ways to use reiki thread: I've read that some where, and it makes sense if you think of it. The Chakras follow the glandular system, and in men, this would be the testicles. In women, the sexual glands would be the ovaries. Anatomically speaking, the qovaies are higher than the testicles. Does this help, or did I just make it worse??? LOL! I have a habit of doing that sometimes.

wavebreaker	01 Aug 2002
I've always learned that the second chakra is the sexual chakra, for both men and women. I don't really see why this should be different for men and women. Then again, it could explain all the misunderstandings between men and women: we're communicating on different chakra levels.... :D ;)

Starfish	01 Aug 2002
I've heard mixed views for a while about the sexual chakras (I had personally thought that the 1st chakra was the secual chakra for both sexes). Upon Phoenix's interpretation - it makes better sense to me :TFOOL Starfish

Martin	01 Aug 2002
Hello! The chakras don't technically follow the glandular system, they have been associated with them. Further to that, the Muladhara (base chakra) is related to the adrenal gland in both sexes, not the sexual glands. This is because it is the supporting chakra, it is concerned with the connection to the Earth and stability, as is seen in its name (Muladhara means root support). It works with basic needs, and so the adrenals are the gland associated with it, the home of "fight or flight", basic survival. Sex is hinted at in some respects through the colour of red, but this is not sexual love, it is sex for power, basic propagation of the species, and even violent sex. The Svadisthana (sacral chakra) as the second vortex is linked to both the testes and ovaries, and so is the sexual chakra of both genders in terms of sex as an expression of self. This is the chakra of sexuality and procreation, as is seen in the translation of the name, which means "sweetness". It is of importance to realise that the placing of glands to chakras is a fairly modern thing in terms of the chakras themselves, it is not a part of the original conception. However, it is of interest to note that although the adrenals sit on the kidneys, which are not anatomically situated next to the base chakra after birth, pre-birth the kidneys are actually formed in the pelvis, the home of the Muladhara. And so there is a connection between the adrenals and the base chakra at the time of birth. The importance of the kidneys to the Muladhara is that they not only store energy, but also rule birth and development. The energy in the kidneys (sometimes called jing) is neutral in polarity, and so capable of becoming either positive or negative, and so life producing. The kidneys are also thought to contain our ancestral spirit, that which is passed onto us via our predecessors, and it is thought that when we deplete this original ancestral energy, we die. We can see then that the kidneys, and their related gland, the adrenals, have a very strong connection with the Muladhara and its issues of roots and survival. Hope this clarifies the reasoning for both sexual chakras being the Svadisthana, BB Martin

Starfish	01 Aug 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Martin Hope this clarifies the reasoning for both sexual chakras being the Svadisthana Thank you so much for posting! This helps clear up alot. Blessings - :TFOOL Starfish

wavebreaker	01 Aug 2002
Thanks for that explanation Martin, that was really interesting!

jade	02 Aug 2002
i have always believed that the base or first chakra was sexual/survival - red and that the second chakra is relationship - orange. so in a way........a more relationship sexual experience would be in the second chakra. hmmm. i'm gonna have to meditate on this one. jade

lunar_rabbit	02 Aug 2002
Wow, Martin! Thanks for the very interesting explanation. Gives me a lot to contemplate.

Phoenix	03 Aug 2002
Well, I stil lbelieve in what I posted earlier. I have all the proof I need(see "ways to use Reiki" thread)

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