What are psychic anatomies (astral
bodies, meridians, auras, chakras, nadis)?
Psychic anatomies are alleged
invisible, nonphysical, inner “structures” frequently associated with
Eastern/occult religions, related to mystical energy, and often employed
in New Age diagnosis and healing. These structures were apparently first
noted psychically by occultists having spirit guides in various pagan
religious traditions. New Age healers who utilize these structures claim
that they help reveal physical, mental, and sometimes spiritual illness
even before it manifests on the physical or mental level.
Use of these “anatomies” is
characteristically dependent upon altered states of consciousness,
psychic development, and/or the spirit contact necessary to “see” and
“influence” them.
Theoretically, such inner structures
could exist, although this is doubtful because those who claim to
psychically see them offer contradictory reports as to their number,
nature, and function. For example, the numbers of astral bodies range
from 1-9; meridians from 72-2,000, chakras from 6-12, and
nadis from 72,000-326,000. Further their almost universal
association with occultism and the need for occultic development to use
them negates any claim to a neutral science of psychic anatomies. Thus,
various contradictions in theory and practice belie the claim that these
structures can be used in any objective manner in medical diagnosis and
treatment.
