The Chakra System is a map for spiritual development as well as an illustration of ancient, divine architecture.
Seven wheel-like energy centers, known as chakras, spin at the center of each of us. The seven chakras work together to create a fundamental blueprint for wholeness that merges your mind, body, and spirit.
It is exciting that the chakras, as archetypal elements of consciousness, are finally gaining more attention in the collective consciousness, with more books and sources than ever before.
Although this phenomenon is making chakras more and more popular, it is also promoting a lot of misleading and confusing information.
With this quick, chakra books guide you will be able to:
- Quickly find chakra books, which are most suitable for your current knowledge level.
- Weed out all of the books, which are boring and filled with incorrect information.
- Get the recommendations from the experts who read lots of chakra books – our 7 chakras blog attract thousands of happy readers every day.
- Determine whether you actually need a chakra book – maybe you can just get started on your chakra journey by reading few articles on our website.
So, would like to know what are the best books on chakras?
Let’s have a look at our list.
#1 – Wheels of Life – Anodea Judith
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Anodea’s Judith, Ph.D., ‘Wheels of Life‘ is a fascinating read and an extremely thorough introduction to the modern age understanding of the chakra system. The author does an outstanding job of explaining the chakras and their significance in our life. This book is so thoughtfully written that even a non-spiritual person will enjoy the deep wisdom of this ancient philosophy.
In the final chapters, the author uses excellent detailed explanations to tie the creation of Earth and mankind to each of the chakras. Most of the articles on our blog are, to some extent, based on the information from this wonderful book.
PROS of this chakra book:
- Very well structured, well researched, comprehensive, and relatively easy to read.
- For each chakra, there is an in-depth chapter with practical exercises (such as meditation, breathing, or yoga) to support them.
- Lots of drawings, pictures, diagrams, tables, and other visual elements.
- Many scientific references and a large bibliography of references.
- It’s an all-time chakra classic that sold over 300,000 copies.
CONS of this chakra book:
- If you are a complete beginner you might find it too long and too detailed (it’s +400 pages).
- No citation (or source) was given for some of the ‘scientific studies’ presented in the book..
This book is our number 1 recommendation when it comes to all chakra books currently released, however, any other book from this author is also worth reading. With over one million books in print in 25 languages, many of the Anodea’s best-selling books have won global acclaims and received multiple awards.
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‘The Book of Chakras‘ by Ambika Wauters is probably one the most aesthetically pleasing chakra books currently available to buy. All of the illustrations, photographs, charts, tables, font layout, and text headings are remarkable. It is also beautifully written, well-structured and it has lots of valuable historical references in the opening chapters.
If you are looking for the best chakra book that can be purchased as a gift to someone who is starting to learn about chakras, just buy this amazing, little book!
PROS of this chakra book:
- Wonderful design, lots of photographs, illustrations, and graphical elements.
- Very practical with meditations for each chakra, affirmations, and questionnaires.
- Easy to read and understand, very well-structured, and great for beginners.
- Perfect for a gift as it looks amazing.
CONS of this chakra book:
- It’s not as in-depth as the ‘Wheels of Life‘ and some of the information might seem basic for more advanced readers (the book has 128 pages).
#3 – Chakra Healing: A Beginner’s Guide – Margarita Alcantara
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Chakra Healing by Margarita Alcantra is an extremely straightforward and easy-to-understand book for complete beginners in the world of chakras. Chakra Healing is a visually appealing little handbook that explains chakra energy centers in the body and how to align or unblock them. The book is neatly divided into 4 sections:
– The Powerful Chakra System
– Healing Your Chakras
– Appendix A: Yoga Poses
– Appendix B: Crystals
If you like a step-by-step approach or are a visual learner, this book would be very appealing to you because it contains photos and illustrations in addition to the lessons and guidelines.
PROS of this chakra book:
- Great for beginners.
- Beautiful appendices of yoga poses and colorful images of healing crystals.
- Great book to use as a quick reference guide.
- Very practical and actionable.
- Inexpensive.
CONS of this chakra book:
- Most of the information presented in the book is very basic and it can be found online for free. If you are a complete beginner you can start…
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