Sanskrit Name: Sahasrara

Meaning: Thousandfold

Location: Top of head

Element: Thought

Manifestation: Information

Personal Function: Understanding

Psychological State: Bliss

Glands: Pituitary

Other Body Parts: Cerebral cortex, Central nervous system

Malfunction: Depression, alienation, confusion, boredom, apathy, inability to learn

Color: Violet to white

Seed Sound: None

Vowel Sound: Ngngng, as in sing (again, not really a vowel)

Petals: Some say 960, some say 1,000. To the Hindus, numbers with ones and zeroes, as in 100, 1,000, or 10,000, indicated infinity. Therefore, the thousand petals is a metaphor for infinity whereas 960 is the mathematical equivalent of the first five chakras added together (4 + 6 + 10 + 12 + 16) multiplied by the two petals of chakra six, times ten.

Sephiroth: Kether

Planet: Uranus

Metal: Gold

Foods: none, fasting

Corresponding Verb: to know

Yoga Path: Jnana yoga, or meditation

Herbs For Incense: Lotus, Gotu Kola

Guna: Sattvas

Minerals: Amethyst, diamond

Lotus Symbols: Within Sahasrara is the full moon, without the mark of the hare, resplendent as in a clear sky. It sheds its rays in profusion, and is moist and cool like nectar. Inside it, constantly shining like lightning, is the triangle, and inside this, again, shines the Great Void which is served in secret by all the Suras."' Some say the petals turn upward, toward the Heavens. Ancient texts say they turn downward, hugging the skull. The petals are believed to be a lustrous white.

Hindu Deities: Shiva, Ama-kala (upward moving shakti),
Varuna

Other Pantheons: Zeus, Allah, Nut, Enki, Inanna, Odin, Mimir, Ennoia