The Meeting of Shiva and Shakti The Two-Petaled Lotus: perception and command. The mind's eye, intuition, truth found in dreams, imagination, vision, and light.

The Love of Krishna, The Breath of Vayu, the Garden of the Kalpa Taru The Twelve-Petaled Lotus. Compassion, unconditional love, psychic healing, empathy. Anahata expresses the ability to follow ones heart, outside the jurisdiction of karma. Decisions truly made in Anahata are unbound by corrupted emotions and unfulfilled base desires. This is where we hold the image of our divine self. This is the quiet and stillness of our true center.

The Howl of Rudra, The City of Jewels The Ten-Petaled Lotus. Dynamic energy, willpower, autonomy, self-esteem, self-expression, ambition, analytical thought, intellectual activity, astral force, the fire of the spirit, assertiveness, laughter, rage. Manipura controls the radiation and distribution of prana throughout the system, and contains a protective energy that helps shield the soul from negative activity that may occur in the other chakras.

The Thunderbolt of Indra, The Hand of Brahma The Four-Petaled Lotus. Security, stability, courage, manifestation, survival. Muladhara is the root of all matter, the basis of physical existence. Through this chakra, you draw down spiritual energy and cause it to take physical form. In this chakra, the three primary psychic channels materialize. Within Muladhara, sleeps the Coiled Snake, your spiritual potential, and here it remains, sleeping, until you arouse and it work to bring it back to Brahman. All of your samskaras take physical form in this chakra.

The Glory of Shiva The Thousand-Petaled Lotus. Inspiration, consciousness, thought, understanding, transcendence, consciousness beyond reason, bliss. Spiritual, emotional, mental and physical perfection. Sahasrara grants us a glimpse of our greater Self, our destiny, and our real responsibilities in this lifetime. This is the pursuit and realization of truth. This is the quest for Samadhi.

The Glory of Vishnu, The House of Varuna, One's Own Abode The Six-Petaled Lotus. The unconscious, the sweetness of life, desire, pleasure, sexuality, procreation, emotion. Swadhisthana is the manifestation of passion, the reconciliation, balance and union of the masculine and feminine within ourselves. In Swadhisthana, we learn to give and receive pleasure. It is the stimulation of the life force, the basis for life itself, and our force on the physical plane. In this chakra, our samskaras are cloistered, and in this chakra they find expression. Because of the highly sexual identification of this chakra, many find its temptations and trials very difficult to overcome.

The Joy of Sarasvati, The Akashic Essence The Sixteen-Petaled Lotus. Creativity, self-expression, communication, sound, vibration, and the wisdom to know right from wrong. Vishuddha confers the gift of speech, and thereby the ability to determine and pursue your desires and aspirations. The activity of this chakra also confers the ability to understand how to learn from life's pain, suffering and hardship, and with work, grants the knowledge and strength to transform our trials into growth. When Vishuddha is closed, we suffer from spiritual entropy. When it is open and utilized, our sorrow blossoms into wisdom.

When used in conjunction with the oils that correspond to the four basic chakras [Muladhara, Swadhisthana, Manipura and Anahata] the Vortex helps one to reconcile, conquer and break free of the circular patterns of consciousness without knowledge that are associated with that chakra.