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Term: Muladhara

DEFINITIONs:
1.  Foundation. The chakra located in the base of the spine, just inside the perineum in men and below the cervix in women. This chakra contains qualities of survival, fear, and grounding. This chakra is used in Reiki Warrior to connect with the earth and ground the student.
SOURCE:  Sacred Path of Reiki, by Katalin Koda

2.  Sanskrit. "Root Chakra." The first psychic center physically represented by the testes or ovaries and the sacral, or pelvic, plexus. The Earth center; also called the Base Chakra, suggesting grounding and matter (Latin "Mater," meaning "Mother") from which our being evolves as a seed sprouts.

AUTHOR:  Carl Llewellyn Weschcke
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Muladhara
by Carl Llewellyn Weschcke
The root chakra located at the base of spine, color red, associated planet Saturn, associated with the Sephirah Malkuth. It is home to Kundalini, and sexual energy. For each of the seven major chakras (see Chakra entry) there are established correspondences (associated energies and symbols) that ...
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