The Chakras and the Human Energy Fields

257 Pages·1989·12.399 MB·English

by  Shafica Karagulla, Dora van Gelder Kunz

The Chakras
and the
Human Energy Fields

THE
CHAKRAS
and the
Human Energy Fields
Shafica Karagulla, M.D.
and
Dora van Gelder Kunz
A publication supporled by
THE KER0J FOUl'\DATIOl'\
Quest Boot~s
Theosophical Publishing House
Whealon, Illinois. Chennai (Madras), I "dia
Copyright © 1989 by Dora van Gelder Kunz
A Quest OriginaL First Edition 1989
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Karagulla, Shafica.
The chakras and the human energy fields.
(A Quest book)
"A Quest original"- T. p. verso.
Bibliography: p. 237
Includes index.
1. Chakras (Theosophy) I. Kuna, Dora II. Title.
BP573.C5K37 1989 610 88-40489
ISBN 978-0-8356-0641-7 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-8356-0650-9 (clth.)
Seventh printing
Printed in the United States of America
Contents
Foreword by Dora van Gelder Kunz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. vii
Acknowledgments ................................. xi
Introduction by Shafica Karagulla, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1
ONE - A NEW VIEW OF HUMAN NATURE
Chapter I - The Dawn of aNew Consciousness . . .. 11
Chapter II - Breaking the Barrier of the Senses. . . .. 16
TWO - TH E FI ELDS AN D TH E CHAKRAS
Chapter III - The Three Fields of the Personal
Self ............................ 25
Chapter IV - The Structure and Function
of the Etheric Body. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 28
Chapter V - The Role of the Chakras ........... 33
Chapter VI - The Astral Body and the Emotions .... 47
Chapter VII - Higher Dimensions of
Consciousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 58
THREE - CLAIRVOYANCE AS A DIAGNOSTIC
TOOL
Chapter VIII - The Background of Clairvoyant
Investigation .................... 69
Chapter IX - The Use of Clairvoyance in
Research ....................... 80
FOUR - OBSERVATIONS OF THE DISEASE PROCESS
Chapter X - Variations in the Etheric Field ...... 91
Chapter XI - The Chakras and the Endocrine
Glands .......................... 98
Chapter XII - Diseases Related to Consciousness
and the Brain .................. 122
Chapter XIII - Effects of Drugs and Other Modifiers
of the Fields ................... 141
Chapter XIV - Effects of Surgical Excision ....... 152
FIVE - THE ROLE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Chapter XV - Effects of Changes in
Consciousness .................. 167
Chapter XVI - The Dynamics of Healing ......... 173
Chapter XVII - Towards the Future
Part One by Shafica Karagulla ... 185
Part Two by
Dora van Gelder Kunz . . . . . . . . .. 189
APPENDIX: Case Histories
The Crown Chakra .............................. 193
The Brow Chakra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 200
The Throat Chakra .............................. 205
The Heart Chakra ............................... 212
The Solar Plexus Chakra ......................... 213
The Spleen Chakra .............................. 218
Consciousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 222
Healers ......................................... 229
Bibliography .................................... 231
Index ........................................... 239
Foreword
DORA VAN GELDER KUNZ
My association with Dr. Shafica Karagulla began in New
York City shortly after we first met in the 1950s, and most
of the clairvoyant investigations we made together took
place during the following decade, although we worked
intermittently after she moved to California in the 1960s.
Dr. Karagulla was primarily interested in research con
cerning the disease process in relation to the chakras,
and therefore most of our cases had this orientation.
During the more than twenty years which have passed
since we did this work together, the main focus of my own
interest has been therapeutic, and my efforts have been
to help people with severe illnesses who are suffering pain.
This change in emphasis in my work has been gradual,
although it received a greater impetus from the develop
ment of a method of healing called "Therapeutic Touch,"
which Dolores Krieger and I initiated, and which has
been taught to thousands of nurses.
During the subsequent years, I have seen hundreds of
patients suffering from a wide range of illnesses. There
fore I have learned a great deal more about the disease
process than I knew at the time the investigations with
Dr. Karagulla took place. In fact, we never really worked
together on the therapeutic aspects of our research.
I met Dr. Viola Petitt Neal, who was Shafica Karagulla's
teacher and closest friend, but she did not participate in
the actual work that we did in New York City. Later,
when they were living together in California, I came
to know her much better, and to appreciate her deep
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devotion to spiritual principles. She was very much in
terested in the book project, and contributed the outline of
the basic ideas in the first three chapters.
During my visits to California, Dr. Karagulla talked to
me about the possibility of organizing our research material
and writing it up for publication in book form. Prior to
her death, Dr. Neal participated in many of these con
versations. It was always agreed among the three of us
that I would have the opportunity to review the manuscript
and make whatever changes I thought were required. Dr.
Karagulla kept me informed of her progress, and tele
phoned me about it only a week before her sudden and
unexpected death, which was a great shock to all of us.
A few weeks after her fatal accident, the materials
upon which the book was to be based came into my hands,
as her family agreed that they should be given to me with
full rights to oversee publication. I had thought the manu
script at or near completion but was surprised to find that
many of the chapters were mere notes. I decided that
much more work would need to be done before it was
ready for publication, and I therefore asked my friend
Emily Sellon, a professional editor, to undertake the
task. As a result, the original manuscript as designed by
Dr. Karagulla and Dr. Neal has had to be extensively
revised, for which I take responsibility. Even the title
has been altered, although this was agreed upon before
Dr. Karagulla's death.
Under these difficult circumstances, it will be under
stood that this book contains a mixture of views and
contributions. In order to gain coherence, these have
been blended together and shaped into final form by
Mrs. Sellon.
Shafica Karagulla was a dear friend and a rare individual
who combined medical and scientific professionalism
with a completely open mind and an eager interest in
unexplored fields. During our long friendship her en
thusiasm for the possibilities opened up by our .investiga
tions never flagged. This book could not have been
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accomplished without her sustained and thoughtful
interest, and our efforts to make it readable and under
standable are offered as a tribute to her.