It is informative to compare different traditions by "energy centers", that have physiological and anatomical background. Physiologically the Man is always the same - in China and in Africa, and all the ideas of similarity of the Universe and the Man must repeat the energy structure of the Man !
Regarding the sefirot and chakras, the basic four are obvious and do not require discussion.
Sahasrara (above head) ======= Keter |
To these it is possible to add
Ajna (brow) ========== Hokmah |
or (an alternative view)
Ajna (brow) ========== Binah-----|----Hokmah |
Binah is the separation between "The highest" and "the lowest", and is divided in two parts by parsa, (barrier) so, it seems to be the throat.
Then,
Gevurah---|----Hesed |
Why ? Well, here we use the Chinese point of view, which also employs
energy centers that can be interpreted as chakras. It also has the
eight "Extra-channels" correspond to 8
trigrams and to perform the back middle line, forward middle line,
and some energy connections (for example from the foot to the head).
I do not have the place here to explain the theory of 8 extra-channels
(I refer to the books of Acupuncture), but they are also real and can be
measured, and used in medical treatment. The "Control" from 8 channels
is 8 corresponding points at the foot and the hand. All 8 channels
are connected in the navel. So, the navel is the center of "extraordinary
energy", that circulated via the middle lines, and has representation on
4 extremities. The "Large orbit" known also from Qi-Gong (Chinese
equivelant to the Indian pranayama) involves 8 such channnels, and
its training means also the energy circulation from the navel to 4 extremities.
Such a "side structure" of the body can be represented by 4 additional energy centers, connected with the navel. So, the Navel center corresponds to 4 sefirot of different qualities.
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