Acts as a guide to how societies throughout the world and over time have seen our physical and energetic bodies. Organized according to culture, this book discusses modern and ancient approaches, and connects the approaches to show the importance of viewing them as a continuum in order to understand how our bodies work and humanity in general.

"The Gaia Atlas of Mind, Body and Spirit" is a ground-breaking reference guide to how societies throughout the world and over time have seen our physical and energetic bodies. Organized according to culture, this book discusses modern and ancient approaches, including the Western view of the body, the Indian Chakra system and the Chinese Jing Luo, or meridian maps of acupuncture. This book goes further than other books, however, as it connects the approaches and shows the importance of viewing them as a continuum in order to understand how our bodies work and humanity in general.

Introduction
CHAPTER
1. Form --
The maps of human anatomy.
CHAPTER
2. Function --
The maps of physiology.
CHAPTER 3. Freedom --
Our senses and consciousness.
CHAPTER 4. Mirrors --
What our body is showing.
CHAPTER 5. Chakras --
Yoga' s maps of energy centres.
CHAPTER 6. Sephiroth --
The Kabbalah' s tree of life.
CHAPTER 7. Meridians --
The meridian maps of acupuncture.
CHAPTER 8. Nommo --
The African map of the Dogon masters.
CHAPTER 9. Tzolkin --
Body maps of the Mayan cosmic calender.
CHAPTER 10. Remember the future --
The cosmic human.
Glossary. Index. Acknowledgements.