Origination of Religious Archetypes
Joseph Campbell (1987) believes that the Shaman and the Priest grew out of two different tribal backgrounds. The Shaman developed in the hunter tribe, and the Priest developed in the agrarian tribe. The Shaman would fast for visions and out-of-body experiences so that he could make excursions to locate the animal herd for the hunt.
Shamans were probably the first members of the tribe to seek higher states of consciousness as a way to help the tribe survive and prosper. They transmitted their wisdom to a chosen member of the tribe who showed ability for altered states of consciousness.
The Priest, by comparison, was anointed or ordained by the tribe, and thus socially inducted into his position. He held a role in a religious organization that had its own rules. Thus, Shamans gained their power by their abilities, and Priests gained their power by social standing.
http://www.theinnersanctuary.net/ministry%204.htm
Comparing the seven steps in the tabernacle with the seven Chakras can sum up the essence of Janet Bowden’s lecture (See dia. on p. 5).
1. The first step in the tabernacle is the gate to the Court Round About. This is man that is spiritually dead which is the earth state of man (Rom. 8:6). Now this corresponds to the root chakra where self-preservation rules the beastly man.
2. The second step in the tabernacle is the brazen altar of sin sacrifice, which represents the death of the old belief system. This corresponds to man’s need to be reborn (John 3:1-5). This corresponds with the Chakra that governs reproduction.
3. The third step corresponds to the brazen laver where the priests washed the sacrifices and themselves. This represents the washing of regeneration of the soul and the mind (John 7:38-39; Titus 3:5). Now the third Chakra is called the solar plexus and is associated with emotion.
4. The fourth step in the tabernacle is the first veil that divides the Court Round About from the Holy Place. It also represents the division between the body and soul. The fourth Chakra is called the heart Chakra and many believed that when it is activated, this is the beginning of the spiritual operation that ends one’s spiritual darkness.
5. The fifth step in the tabernacle is the Holy Place compartment, with its light, bread, and an intercessor. This compartment corresponds to the soul or the Wilderness of Sinai in Israel’s journey to the Promise Land. The Messiah told His disciples that when they see the abomination and desolation, stand in the HOLY PLACE (Matt. 24:15). It represents the resurrected state of the soul. The fifth Chakra is the throat. It is correlated with creativity and the search for the truth. It is also the end of the earthly man.
6. The sixth step in the tabernacle is the second vail that divides the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. In Israel’s migration trek, the River Jordan divides the Wilderness from the Promised Land. It is also the division between soul and Spirit. This veil often corresponds with the renting or removal of the physical body so that the soul can enter the spirit realm. This sixth Chakra is the called the Brow Chakra. The Chakras correspond with intuition, divine intelligence, and psychic powers.
7. The seventh step in the tabernacle corresponds with Most Holy Place and the promise land in Israel’s migration—their final destination. This is where the soul and Spirit are one. The seventh Chakra is called the crown Chakra. It brings supreme and cosmic consciousness. +
http://www.plim.org/kundilni97.html
Mistress Gland (sofia)
In the Indian Tantric system, the Middle of the Forehead Chakra is called the Indu or Chandra ("Moon") chakra; its sixteen are described as corresponding to various spiritual states of consciousness such as mercy, gentleness, patience, non-attachment, etc. [Goswami, p.282].
The forehead chakra is associated with the hypothalamus gland, which is the central processing unit for the whole hormone system. Taoists regard it as the main switch for the Universal Force and place of the awakened Spirit [Chia, p.220]. It represents the yin or negative polarity, in relation to the pineal gland that provides the yang or positive polarity; together these provide the balancing force for higher consciousness [Ibid]
According to the Christian esotericist Ann Ree Colton, his centre is called the "Indestructible Atom", located in the middle of the forehead, and the seat of the "Christ Consciousness" and the Buddhi centre.
http://www.kheper.net/topics/chakras/Forehead.htm
This complete brain processing is all about 3 parts. You have the left side and right side divided. The third part is the Pineal Gland accepting energy and it's fed into the Fornix, an arch or vault-like structure of white fibers circling the thalamus that carries signals from the hippocampus [memory or ram] to the mammillary bodies and septal nuclei.
Exodus 26:33 And thou shall hang up the vail under the taches, that thou may bring in thither within the vail the ark [arch] of the testimony, and the vail shall divide unto you the holy place and the most holy.
1 Kings 6:27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touch the other wall: and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. [in your head]
Exodus 25:20 And the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look to one another: toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim’s be.
http://www.ebookopen.com/celestial/pineal.htm