The Dan Tian of Qigong and the Three Souls of Feri

[00goddess]

In the coaching program I am studying, we use some energetic body concepts from Qigong: the three dan tian and the central channel.

As soon as I encountered these in a meditation it was like BOOM. This makes sense to me. While the dan tian don't correspond exactly to the Feri 3 souls, I feel a strong connection there. I searched the web to see if any Feris saw that connection also and was surprised to find only one mention of the lower dan tian in relation to the three treasures inTaoism. Since then I've found one more thing, from a witch connecting Talker to the middle dantian. So I am not the only one to make this connection and I would love to see how other witches experience it.

Comments

[queenofhalves]

i don't know if this is the way you were understanding it, but: the three souls have centers that may correspond to the dan tian. however, they aren't *located* in those parts of the body. the etheric and astral bodies (vehicles of the fetch and talker) permeate and surround the dense body and intersect with the body of the personal god.

some recent "feri" stuff i've seen makes it sound like the souls are like chakras and you can only align them through these elaborate esoteric energy exercises that are like building bridges across chasms (which can be transmitted to you via skype for the low rate of $120!). but the bodies are naturally aligned; they're all interpenetrating. getting them into communication should be a simple thing, as natural as breathing, and requiring no unusual means. i have never found it super-important to work with their centers, although i'm most likely to work with the one below the navel, the etheric center.

i have a loose plan to write an article about this as soon as i can figure out how to frame it in terms other than "somebody was wrong on the internet"! ;> but i do think some of the etheric anatomy stuff that's cropping up on the internet with the label "feri" is pretty unhelpful as far as advancing feri practice. it might do something else useful, but it won't do the job of laying down the particular energetic habits that are needed to get anywhere with feri because of the way it frames alignment as something that has to be striven for and made to happen, rather than something that is a natural resting state.