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