TY - BOOK AU - Tansley, David V TI - Subtle body: : essence and shadow T2 - (Art and imagination) SN - 0500810471 PY - 1977/// CY - London PB - Thames and Hudson KW - Human body--Symbolic aspects KW - FAST KW - Mind and body KW - Subtle body KW - Chakras N1 - Man--essence and shadow. The body--temple of man. The threefold way of the spine. The heart--chamber of light. Blood--the mysterious essence. Glands--hierarchy of equilibrium. Descent of spirit into matter. The radiant body. Forms and fields. Chakras--gateways of consciousness. Healing and dynamic balance. Meditation--the inner ascent N2 - 'One of the most persistent beliefs held by man throughout the ages is that his physical form is but the reflection of a series of subtler bodies, and that in their totality these invisible, interpenetrating forms reflect the nature of God, the Cosmic Man crucified in space upon the cross of matter.' ER -