By Samuel Sagan

In reality, the third eye is more like a pipe or tunnel, going from the area between the eyebrows to the occiptal bone at the back of the head. All along the tunnel are a number of centres of energy, through which one can connect with different worlds and areas of consciousness.

This explains why different systems may 'locate' the third eye in different places: each of them chooses a different centre along the pipe, or even a structure of energy adjacent to the tunnel as a reference point.

Another important point to keep in mind is that the third eye is not physical. The grossest part of the third eye is a structure of energy belonging to the etheric body or layer of life force. The etheric body has many connections with the physical body and therefore, the third eye, being the 'main switch' of the etheric body, is also closely connected to certain structures of the physical body, for instance the pituitary and pineal glands.

However, it would be over-simplified to say that the third eye is the pineal gland or pituitary gland, as stated by certain books. As explained before, the tunnel of the third eye is not physical. It impacts its energy on a number of structures of the physical body, including the frontal sinus, the optic nerves and their chiasma, the nerves of the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone, the pituitary and pineal glands, some of the nuclei at the centre of the brain, the ventricles of the brain, and others.

It would be far too simplistic and limiting to pick one of these physical structures and label it 'third eye'. Once more the third eye is not physical, it is an organ of energy. It may have some privileged connections with certain physical structures, but cannot be limited to any of them.

The ventricles of the brain are not attributed a major role in present neurophysiology. Yet to clairvoyant investigation they appear to hold a key role in the articulation of human consciousness with cosmic space.

I predict that sooner or later some very unexpected scientific discoveries will be made related to chemical and physical activities taking place in the ventricles and their cerebrospinal fluid.

This is an extract from Awakening the third eye by Dr Samuel Sagan and is available in the Soothingminds online shop.