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Chakshus is the 19th of the thirty-six Shaiva tattvas — eye; sight — in the jnanendriya category. It is used for meditation, discrimination and cosmology.

Tejas is the 34th of the thirty-six Shaiva tattvas — fire / light — in the mahabhuta category. It is used for meditation, discrimination and cosmology.

The simplest of the five regular solids: four equilateral triangles on six edges, meeting three at a time. Plato gives it to fire, on the argument that fire is the sharpest and most penetrating of the bodies, and the tetrahedron is the sharpest solid, with the smallest volume for its surface. It is the only Platonic solid that is its own dual.

Three-sided form representing trinity, the number three, and manifestation into form

Cat is a fire animal totem of the center in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with independence, magic and mystery. Its medicine is independence, psychic powers and mystery, and its shadow aspect is aloofness and selfishness.

Cobra is a fire animal totem of the south in the Egyptian tradition. It is associated with kundalini, sovereignty and venom. Its medicine is rising power, royal protection and precise strike, and its shadow aspect is vengeance and seduction.

Dragon is a fire animal totem of the center in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with power, magic and treasure. Its medicine is elemental power, ancient wisdom and protection, and its shadow aspect is hoarding and destruction.

Fox is a fire animal totem of the east in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with cunning, adaptability and observation. Its medicine is cunning, stealth and adaptability, and its shadow aspect is trickery and deception.

Horse is a fire animal totem of the south in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with freedom, power and journey. Its medicine is power, freedom and travel, and its shadow aspect is wildness and untamed.

Jaguar is a fire animal totem of the south in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with shamanic power, night sun and seeing. Its medicine is shamanic journey, night sight and fearlessness, and its shadow aspect is predatory control and ruthlessness.

Lion is a fire animal totem of the south in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with courage, strength and leadership. Its medicine is courage, leadership and family, and its shadow aspect is arrogance and aggression.

Peacock is a fire animal totem of the south in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with beauty, display and integrity. Its medicine is beauty, confidence and vision, and its shadow aspect is vanity and pride.

Ram is a fire animal totem of the south in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with initiative, drive and leadership. Its medicine is initiative, leadership and drive, and its shadow aspect is headlong rush and domination.

Snake is a fire animal totem of the south in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with transformation, rebirth and healing. Its medicine is transmutation, wisdom and patience, and its shadow aspect is venom and deception.

Solar Plexus Chakra (Manipura) is the 3rd chakra, at the upper abdomen, of fire, ruled by Mars.

Tiger is a fire animal totem of the south in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with power, passion and solitude. Its medicine is power, passion and will, and its shadow aspect is cruelty and isolation.

One of the fourteen principal nadis, and the channel the hatha handbooks assign to the left eye, so to the faculty of sight. The name is that of the ancient region of Gandhara in the north-west.

The solar channel, warm, active and associated with the right nostril and the sympathetic current.

Digestion and assimilation on every level: food, breath and experience.