Kanyâ [the sixth sign of the Zodiac, or Virgo] means a virgin, and represents Shakti or Mahâmâyâ. The sign in question is the sixth Râshi or division, and indicates that there are six primary forces in Nature [synthesized by the Seventh].... These Shaktis stand as follows: (1) _Parâshakti._—Literally the great or supreme force or power. It means and includes _the powers of light and heat_. (2) _Jñânashakti._—Literally the power of intellect, of real wisdom or knowledge. It has two aspects: I. The following are _some_ of its manifestations _when placed under the influence or control of material conditions_. (_a_) The power of the mind in interpreting our sensations. (_b_) Its power in recalling past ideas (memory) and raising future expectation. (_c_) Its power as exhibited in what are called by modern psychologists “the laws of association,” which enables it to form _persisting_ connections between various groups of sensations and possibilities of sensations, and thus generate the notion or idea of an external object. (_d_) Its power in connecting our ideas together by the mysterious link of memory, and thus generating the notion of self or individuality. II. The following are _some_ of its manifestations _when liberated from the bonds of matter_: (_a_) Clairvoyance. (_b_) Psychometry. (3) _Ichchhâshakti._—Literally _the power of the will_. Its _most ordinary manifestation_ is the generation of certain nerve currents, which set in motion such muscles as are required for the accomplishment of the desired object. (4) _Kriyâshakti._—The mysterious power of thought which enables it to produce external, perceptible, phenomenal results by its own inherent energy. The ancients held that _any idea will manifest itself externally if one’s attention is deeply concentrated upon it_. Similarly _an intense volition will be followed by the desired result_. A Yogi generally performs his wonders by means of Ichchhâshakti and Kriyâshakti. (5) _Kundalinî Shakti._—The power or force which moves in a serpentine or curved path. It is the universal life‐principle which everywhere manifests in Nature. This force includes the two great forces of attraction and repulsion. Electricity and magnetism are but manifestations of it. This is the power which brings about that “continuous adjustment of _internal relations to external relations_,” which is the essence of life according to Herbert Spencer, and that “continuous adjustment of _external relations to internal relations_,” which is the basis of transmigration of souls, Punarjanman (Re‐birth), in the doctrines of the ancient Hindû philosophers. A Yogi must thoroughly subjugate this power or force, before he can attain Moksha....