Hindu philosophy says that with the awakening of the kundalini and the maturation of the chakras, a whole host of psychic abilities are available for us to tap into.
I checked out a solid 1000 page chakra book from my local library to use as a reference book. I’ve instead been reading it through and stumbled across this list of abilities that are supposedly possible through developing the chakras.
We spend too much time in life wishing that unicorns and dragons roamed the wilds of the natural world and not enough time studying the real magick of our universe.
What is truly possible when we understand ourselves fully? When we understand the energy that makes up everything in this world? When we unlock the mysteries of the universe that ancient civilizations seemed to understand? Is it possible that we could tap into seemingly other-worldly powers?
The ancient Hindu texts refer to them as Siddhi. Some you may recognize from pop culture. Some you may recognize within yourself. Others will be foreign ideas to you.
Whatever the truth of the matter, we must continue to develop ourselves in culture and society if we ever wish to find out what we’re capable of as a race.
The Psychic Abilities Described as the Hindu Siddhis
- Anima : Atomization – The ability to perceive the microscopic
- Mahima : Immensity – Ability to see the structures of the galaxies
- Garima : Gravity – The ability to assume an enormous weight
- Laghima : Lightness – Levitation
- Prapti : Obtainment – The ability to manifest objects out of thin air
- Prakamya : Willful movement – Teleportation
- Ishitva : Dominion – The ability to control a certain natural force such as wind or rain
- Vashitva : Holding of one’s power : Mind control such as with hypnosis
- Anurmi-Mattva : Undisturbed by anger or other emotions
- Dura-Sravana : Ability to hear far away sounds
- Dura-Darsanam : Ability to see faraway things
- Manah-Java : Moving the body to follow thought
- Kamap-Rupam : Assumption of any form
- Para-Kaya Pravesanam : Entering other’s bodies
- Sva-Chanda Mrityuh : Dying when desiring
- Devanam Saha Krida Anudarsanam : Seeing the pastimes of gods and angels
- Yatha Sankalpa Samsiddhihih : Meeting one’s objectives
- Ajna Apratihata Gatih : Being obeyed without objection
- Aeromancy : Interpreting the shapes of the clouds
- Afterlife communication : Connecting with the dead
- Alomancy : Reading patterns of salt thrown in the air and cast on the floor
- Apantomancy : Interpreting the meeting of encounters with animals
- Astral Projection : Out of body travel
- Aura Reading : Interpreting the auric field
- Automatic Writing : Writing a message from an outside intelligence through the subconscious mind
- Bibliomancy : Interpreting a passage from a book chosen at random
- Catoptromancy : Telling fortunes with a mirror
- Channeling : Delivering a message from an outside intelligence that enters the body of the interpreter
- Chirmancy : Palmistry – Divination from the lines of the hand
- Clairalience : Ability to smell that which is not present
- Clairaudience : Ability to hear events
- Claircognizant : The sense of clear knowing
- Clairempathy : Sensing other’s emotions
- Clairgustance : Ability to taste that which is not present
- Clairsentience : Ability to sense other’s feelings or senses
- Clairtangecy / Clairsensitivity : Ability to read energy from objects
- Clairvoyance : Psychically see nonphysical realities
- Cleromancy : Divination through casting stones, bones or dice
- Crystallomancy : Seeing the future through a crystal ball
- Deja vu : Sensing events have already happened
- Demonomancy : Summoning demons to answer questions
- Divination : Using gifts to obtain answers
- Dowsing : Using an instrument to locate water, metals or other things underground
- Dream Interpretation : Interpreting the meaning of dreams
- Empathy : Sensing other’s feelings, illnesses, sensations, knowledge and more
- Exorcism : releasing of negative entities
- Feng Shui : Manipulating the environment to bring about certain outcomes
- Gyromancy : Divination by perimeters with an alphabet (ouija board)
- Healing : Creating more wholeness within another
- Horoscopy : Astrology
- Hydromancy : Divination through observing water
- Hypnosis : Creation of a trance state for healing or answers
- I Ching : Ancient Chinese form of divination
- Intuition : Catch all term for managed use of psychic abilities
- Levitation : Floating the body or objects
- Libanomancy : Interpreting shapes in smoke
- Mediumship : Serving as a conduit for other worldly beings
- Megagnomy : Ability to use an ability during a hypnotic state
- Oculomancy : Divination through looking into eyes
- Past-Life Regression : Using a meditative state to explore past lives
- Precognition : Ability to foretell the future
- Prophecy : Knowledge of divine will
- Psychometry : Gaining knowledge through touching objects
- Pyrokenisis : Sparking fire with the mind
- Scrying : Using an object to see psychically
- Tarot Reading : Use of tarot cards to prophesize
- Tasseography : Reading tea leaves or coffee grains
- Telekenesis : Moving objects without touching them
- Telepathy : Hearing mind to mind information
- Transfiguration : Superimposition of a face on a medium
- Voodoo : Practices from the Voodoo religion
- Xenoglossy : Speaking a language that is not one’s own
Some of these abilities are believed ancient, others are more modern. They are categorized in the book as varying levels with some being primary, some secondary as well as the three categories of vision, knowledge and action.
It’s said our chakras are the gateway to these powers but to be careful not to fall into the greed of power. Seek spiritual development instead and the desire to do good in the world and you may find them more easily coaxed.
A mantra that can be chanted in meditation to call in the powers is “om ashtashiddhipradayai namah”. A sanskrit phrase which translates into “I seek the blessings of the goddess who grants the eight siddhis”.
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Citations: Cyndi Dale. Complete Book of Chakras; Your Definitive Source of Energy Center Knowledge for Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Evolution