Case file · Anomaly hotspot
The Wawel chakra
Since the 1930s some believers have held that a corner of Wawel Hill in Kraków, under the closed chapel of St Gereon, is one of the Earth's seven 'chakras', radiating spiritual energy.
1932 CE · 50.05, 19.93 · status: legend
The account
The idea grew from Theosophists, including George Arundale, who wrote about Wawel's aura in 1932, and a mid-1930s press story about Indian visitors interested in the courtyard. Kazimierz Chodkiewicz's 1966 book spread it, and in the 1980s visitors queued to lean against the courtyard wall. The spot was roped off in 2001.
The sceptical view
The castle museum and the Church reject the 'chakra fallacy'; no measurable energy has been documented, and the roping-off protected the wall from wear.