Sekhem: The Life ForceEnergy& The Mind-BodyConnection
Figure9:Thebodyreceivescosmicenergyfromthestarswhilethesoul(hawkwiththe
head of a person) looks on. (From an Ancient Egyptian relief.)
Plate6:TheinitiatereceivingLifeForce(Sekhem)throughthebreath(touchingofthe
noses)fromthegoddessSekhmet(Sekhmit,Sekhmut,aformoftheAncientEgyptian
goddessHetheru),thedivinitywhopresidesovertheLifeForce.Sekhmetwasalsoasso-
ciated with Ancient Egyptian physicians. (From an Ancient Egyptian relief.)
SekhemistheKemeticwordfortheinternalLifeForceenergy,alsoknownaspranain
EastIndianYogaandChiorKiinChineseandJapanesemysticismrespectively,which
sustainsthePhysicalBody.TheLifeForceenergycomesintothebodybymeansofthe
breathandthesubtleenergychannelsintheAstralBodywhereinarelocatedsevenenergy
centerswhichcorrespondtothecentralnervoussystem(brainandspinalcord)inthePhys-
icalBody.TheLifeForceenergyisconvertedtousableenergy(condensedandmadeless
subtle)andtransferredtothenervegangliathatareassociatedwitheachenergycenter.
