The pineal gland (=Zirbeldrüse) is a small grey gland, the size of an almond, which is situated in the brain where the spinal cord reaches up into the brain. Anatomists discovered that the pineal gland is large in children and around puberty - when we naturally become less imaginative - the pineal gland begins a process of calcification and also shrinks.
The hormone Melatonin is mainly produced in the pineal gland, mostly at night. Melatonin is essential for the rhythm of waking and sleeping and the maintenance of the immune system. Melatonin causes us to have dreams and, in sufficient dosages, can also cause waking hallucinations. Research has shown that the right meditation on the pineal glant causes it to release a rush of melatonin.
In esoteric physiology our pineal gland begins to vibrate when we have a hunch (=Vorahnung). The ancients knew how to manipulate the pineal gland to achieve altered states. They saw the pineal gland as an organ of perception of higher worlds, a window opening on to the brightness and wonder of the spiritual hierachies. This window could be opened systematically by meditation and other secret practices which gave rise to visions.
If spiritual disciplines are used to increase and prolong this vibration of the pineal gland, it may lead to the opening of the Third Eye. The Third Eye is situated in the middle of the brow. The Egyptians clearly depicted it as a uraeus snake and in Indian literature it is shown as the Third Eye of Enlightenment, or the Eye of Siva.
The brow chakra is sometimes called the Third Eye.
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