Space — ākāśa at the crown

Subtle openness and dissolution

Space is the uppermost elemental rung in this map, shown at the crown as the field into which the denser principles are contemplated as resolving. The crown endpoint is a cross-textual visual convention and does not assert that one canonical source fixes a single geometric point.

Earth — pṛthvī at mūlādhāraWater — apas at the lower abdomenFire — tejas at the navelAir — vāyu at the heartSpace — ākāśa at the crownSpace — ākāśa at the crown

Point 5 of 5 in Laya Yoga — Elemental Dissolution (लय)

Cross-tradition overlaps

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Sat-Cakra-Nirūpaṇa (secondary_translation)

Verses 13–14, viśuddha and its ether element, with the ascent toward the upper centre in the standard Avalon transmission.

Śiva Saṃhitā (primary)

Chapter 5, central-channel and internal-yoga sections (verses 75–125 in the Mallinson edition).

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