Theos-Talk Archives (January 1997 Message tl00648)

A new book by Caroline Myss, Anatomy of the Spirit, is of
Theosophical interest.  The author is a "medical intuitive" who
sees the human energy field and chakras.  The second part of
the book contains a chapter on each of the seven (which is the
Theosophical way of counting them; earlier sources vary) and
the life and health issues related to them.  Myss is an
engaging writer who uses many personal stories to illustrate
her thesis.  She integrates the Kabbalah, the seven chakras,
and the seven Christian sacraments into her system.
Particularly interesting to me is the way medical problems are
related to spiritual and psychological problems through her
model.  Similar in its approach to Barbara Brennan's books,
Anatomy of the Spirit seems to be another step toward making
certain concepts mainstream that were once limited, in the U.S., to
Theosophical and related movements.