A closer look
Charles Webster Leadbeater basically invented the modern Western concept of vibrant, rainbow-colored chakras in a 1927 book, heavily adapting and altering complex Hindu tantric traditions to fit into an easy, digestible mystical framework. He randomly assigned the seven colors of the rainbow to these energy centers, creating a highly marketable aesthetic that currently dominates every yoga studio and alternative healing retreat from Los Angeles to London. People will passionately argue that their throat chakra is blocked because of toxic cosmic energy, completely ignoring the fact that they have been drinking iced coffee instead of water for three consecutive days. The entire multi-million-dollar modern chakra alignment industry is entirely based on a British occultist deciding that human spiritual anatomy needed a color-coordinated upgrade to look better on a poster
