Home›Sources›Rainbow Body: A History of the Western Chakra System from Blavatsky to BrennanSourcesRainbow Body: A History of the Western Chakra System from Blavatsky to BrennanCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Rainbow Body: A History of the Western Chakra System from Blavatsky to Brennan." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/rainbow-body-a-history-of-the-western-chakra-system-from-blavatsky-to-brennan.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Rainbow Body: A History of the Western Chakra System from Blavatsky to Brennan. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/rainbow-body-a-history-of-the-western-chakra-system-from-blavatsky-to-brennanCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-rainbow-body-a-history-of-the-western-ch, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Rainbow Body: A History of the Western Chakra System from Blavatsky to Brennan}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/rainbow-body-a-history-of-the-western-chakra-system-from-blavatsky-to-brennan}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXKurt Leland's book length documentary history traces exactly how the now familiar Western seven chakra, rainbow colored scheme was assembled piece by piece, from Blavatsky and Leadbeater through Bailey and Jung to Brennan, naming each named contributor's specific addition rather than presenting the scheme as a single ancient handed down system. It was added to this atlas specifically because the existing chakra sources for this claim, Leadbeater and Hills, are both the tradition's own accounts and could not carry a claim about the scheme's actual documented assembly. That step by step documentary tracing is the book's real evidentiary basis. Use it for the documented Western history of how the modern chakra color scheme was built.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (302 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1A book length documentary history from a specialist small press rather than a university imprint, tracing exactly how the modern Western seven chakra, rainbow colored scheme was assembled piece by piece from Blavatsky and Leadbeater through Bailey, Jung and Brennan, naming each contributor's specific addition. Judged on its own editorial rigor and sourcing rather than on publisher prestige, it earns tier one; it was added specifically because the corpus's other chakra sources for this claim sit at tier three and cannot carry it responsibly.NotesWell-attestedBook-length documentary history of how the Western seven-chakra, rainbow-coloured scheme was assembled from Blavatsky and Leadbeater through Bailey and Jung to Brennan. Added because the corpus's existing chakra sources for this claim (Leadbeater, Hills) are Tier 3 and cannot carry it.CitationAuthorWell-attestedKurt LelandPublisherWell-attestedIbis PressPublication YearWell-attested2016Source TypeWell-attestedScholarly workClaims Backed By This Source (302 claims)This source backs 302 claims across the atlas. As facts: 181 well-attested, 49 scholarly debate, 4 popular myth - corrected. As cited relationships: 21 holds, 7 connected. Plus 40 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicChakras, 139 claims: 79 well-attested, 35 scholarly debate, 4 popular myth - corrected, 7 holds, 7 connected, 7 general references.Articles, 52 claims: 51 well-attested, 1 general references.Aura Layers, 47 claims: 19 well-attested, 14 scholarly debate, 7 holds, 7 general references.Musical Notes, 31 claims: 19 well-attested, 12 general references.Body Parts, 10 claims: 2 well-attested, 7 holds, 1 general references.Glands, 7 claims: 7 general references.Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.Categories, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 general references.Historical Figures, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Sacred Geometry, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested181ArticlesA Centre with No Classical Counterpart: G and IdentityA Centre with No Classical Counterpart: The SpleenA Modern Pairing, Not an Ancient OneA Note With No ChakraA Note With No ChakraA Note With No ChakraA Note With No ChakraA Note With No ChakraA Symbol Borrowed WidelyAjna and the Modern CorrespondenceAnahata and the Modern CorrespondenceAnandamaya and the Three Bodies DoctrineAnnamaya and the Three Bodies DoctrineClaims Made for It, SortedColour CorrespondencesHow the Seven-Chakra System Reached the WestLeadbeater and the Theosophical ReworkingManipura and the Modern CorrespondenceManomaya and the Three Bodies DoctrineMany schemes, many meaningsNine Centres Against a Classical Seven: The AjnaNine Centres Against a Classical Seven: The HeadNine Centres Against a Classical Seven: The RootNine Centres Against a Classical Seven: The SacralNine Centres Against a Classical Seven: The ThroatPranamaya and the Three Bodies DoctrineSahasrara and the Modern CorrespondenceSvadhisthana and the Modern CorrespondenceThe Astral Body, the Fourth LayerThe Celestial Body, the Sixth LayerThe Emotional Body, the Second LayerThe Etheric Body, the First LayerThe Etheric Template, the Fifth LayerThe Glands, and What Can and Cannot Be SaidThe Heart Centre, and a Comparison That Runs BackwardsThe Ketheric Body, the Seventh LayerThe Mental Body, the Third LayerThe Rainbow Colours Are from 1977The Solar Plexus, and a Comparison That Runs BackwardsThe Study of Gland Correspondence: History and MethodVijnanamaya and the Three Bodies DoctrineVishuddha and the Modern CorrespondenceWhere the Astral Body Came FromWhere the Celestial Body Came FromWhere the Emotional Body Came FromWhere the Etheric Body Came FromWhere the Etheric Template Came FromWhere the Ketheric Body Came FromWhere the Mental Body Came FromAura LayersAstral BodyShowing 1 to 50 of 81 entities carrying this claim. NextScholarly debate49Aura LayersAstral BodyCelestial BodyEmotional BodyEtheric BodyEtheric TemplateKetheric BodyMental BodyChakrasCrownHeartRootSacralSolar PlexusThird EyeThroatPopular myth - corrected4ChakrasRootHolds21Aura LayersAstral BodyCelestial BodyEmotional BodyEtheric BodyEtheric TemplateKetheric BodyMental BodyBody PartsAnklesArmsBloodBoneBreastsFeetKneesChakrasCrownHeartRootSacralSolar PlexusThird EyeThroatConnected7ChakrasCrownHeartRootSacralSolar PlexusThird EyeThroatGeneral References40ArticlesThe Study of Gland Correspondence: History and MethodAura LayersAstral BodyCelestial BodyEmotional BodyEtheric BodyEtheric TemplateKetheric BodyMental BodyBody PartsThird EyeCategoriesAura LayersChakrasColorsChakrasCrownHeartRootSacralSolar PlexusThird EyeThroatGlandsAdrenalGonadsPancreasPinealPituitaryThymusThyroidHistorical FiguresPurnanandaMusical NotesAA#BCC#DD#EFF#GG#Sacred GeometryDodecahedronComments (0)No comments yet. 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