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The astral plane, also called the astral world, is a plane of existence (hyperplane
Hyperplane

A hyperplane is a concept in geometry. It is a higher-dimensional generalization of the concepts of a line in the plane and a plane in 3-dimensional space....
 of matter-spirit energy (meta)physics) postulated by classical (particularly neo-Platonic), mediaeval, oriental and esoteric
Esotericism

Esotericism or Esoterism is a term with two basic meanings. In the dictionary sense of the term, it signifies the holding of esoteric opinions, and derives from the Greek ' ', a compound of ' ': "wikt:within", thus "pertaining to the more inward", mystic....
 philosophies and mystery religions. It is the world of the planetary spheres
Celestial spheres

The celestial spheres, or celestial orbs, were the fundamental celestial entities of the cosmological celestial mechanics first invented by Eudoxus, and developed by Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus and others....
, crossed by the soul in its astral body
Astral body

The astral body is a subtle body posited by many religious philosophers, intermediate between the intelligent soul and the physical body, composed of a subtle material....
 on the way to being born and after death
Afterlife

The afterlife is the concept of a continued existence for the soul, spirit or mind of a being after biological death. The major views on the afterlife derive from religion, esotericism and metaphysics....
, and generally said to be populated by angel
Ángel

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s, spirits or other immaterial beings.






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The astral plane, also called the astral world, is a plane of existence (hyperplane
Hyperplane

A hyperplane is a concept in geometry. It is a higher-dimensional generalization of the concepts of a line in the plane and a plane in 3-dimensional space....
 of matter-spirit energy (meta)physics) postulated by classical (particularly neo-Platonic), mediaeval, oriental and esoteric
Esotericism

Esotericism or Esoterism is a term with two basic meanings. In the dictionary sense of the term, it signifies the holding of esoteric opinions, and derives from the Greek ' ', a compound of ' ': "wikt:within", thus "pertaining to the more inward", mystic....
 philosophies and mystery religions. It is the world of the planetary spheres
Celestial spheres

The celestial spheres, or celestial orbs, were the fundamental celestial entities of the cosmological celestial mechanics first invented by Eudoxus, and developed by Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus and others....
, crossed by the soul in its astral body
Astral body

The astral body is a subtle body posited by many religious philosophers, intermediate between the intelligent soul and the physical body, composed of a subtle material....
 on the way to being born and after death
Afterlife

The afterlife is the concept of a continued existence for the soul, spirit or mind of a being after biological death. The major views on the afterlife derive from religion, esotericism and metaphysics....
, and generally said to be populated by angel
Ángel

?ngel is the third single from Belinda Peregr?n's debut album: Belinda. It was a massive hit in Mexico and an international hit for Belinda....
s, spirits or other immaterial beings. In the late 19th and early 20th century the term was popularised by Theosophy
Theosophy

Theosophy is a doctrine of religious philosophy and metaphysics originating with Madame Blavatsky . In this context, theosophy holds that all religions are attempts by the "Mahatma" to help humanity in evolving to greater perfection, and that each religion therefore has a portion of the truth....
 and neo-Rosicrucianism.

The "Barzakh
Barzakh

In Islamic eschatology, Barzakh is the intermediate state in which the soul of the deceased is transferred across the boundaries of the mortal realm into a kind of "cold sleep" where the soul will rest until the Qiyamah ....
" or inter-world in Islam
Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
, the "World of Yetzirah
Yetzirah

Yetzirah is the third of four worlds in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life , following Assiah and Briah. It is known as the "World of Formation"....
" in Lurianic
Isaac Luria

Rabbi Isaac Luria was a Judaism mystic in Safed. His name today is attached to all of the mystic thought in the town of Safed in 16th century Ottoman Palestine....
 Kabbalah
Kabbalah

Kabbalah is a discipline and school of thought discussing the mysticism aspect of Judaism. It is a set of esoteric teachings that are meant to explain the relationship between an infinite, eternal and essentially unknowable Creator deity with the finite and mortal universe of His creation....
, the "Spirit World" in Spiritualism
Spiritualism

Spiritualism is a monotheism belief system or religion, postulating a belief in God, but the distinguishing feature is belief that spirits of the dead can be contacted, either by individuals or by gifted or trained "Mediumships", who can provide information about the afterlife....
 and the "Fairy
Fairy

A fairy is a type of mythological being or legendary creature, a form of spirit, often described as spirit#Metaphysical and metaphorical uses, supernatural or preternatural....
 World" of Celtic
Celtic mythology

Celts mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism, apparently the religion of the Iron Age Celts. Like other Iron Age Europeans, the early Celts maintained a polytheistic mythology and religious structure....
 spirituality
Spirituality

Spirituality, in a narrow sense, concerns itself with matters of the spirit, a concept closely tied to religion and faith, transcendence , or one or more Deity....
 are all related concepts.

History


Plato
Plato

Plato , was a Classical Greece Greeks philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Platonic Academy in Ancient Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the western world....
 and Aristotle
Aristotle

Aristotle was a Greeks philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, Poetics , theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology....
 taught that the stars were composed of a type of matter different from the four earthly elements
Classical element

Many ancient philosophy used a set of archetype classical elements to explain patterns in nature. In this context, the word element refers to a chemical substance that is either a chemical compound or a mixture of chemical compounds , rather than a chemical element of modern physical science....
 - a fifth, ethereal
Aether

Aether originally was the personification of the "upper sky", space and heaven, in Greek mythology.The term aether, ?ther or ether may also refer to one of the following:...
 element or quintessence
Aether

Aether originally was the personification of the "upper sky", space and heaven, in Greek mythology.The term aether, ?ther or ether may also refer to one of the following:...
. In the "astral mysticism" of the classical world the human psyche was composed of the same material, thus accounting for the influence of the stars upon human affairs. In his commentaries on Plato's Timaeus
Timaeus

Timaeus is a Greek name, meaning "Honour". It may refer to:*Timaeus , a Socratic dialogue by Plato*Timaeus of Locri, the 5th-century Pythagorean philosopher, appearing in Plato's dialogue...
, Proclus
Proclus

Proclus Lycaeus , called "The Successor" or "Diadochos" , was a Greek philosophy Neoplatonist philosophy, one of the last major Classical philosophers ....
 wrote;

"Man is a little world (mikros cosmos). For, just like the Whole, he possesses both mind and reason, both a divine and a mortal body. He is also divided up according to the universe. It is for this reason, you know, that some are accustomed to say that his consciousness corresponds with the nature of the fixed stars, his reason in its contemplative aspect with Saturn and in its social aspect with Jupiter, (and) as to his irrational part, the passionate nature with Mars, the eloquent with Mercury, the appetitive with Venus, the sensitive with the Sun and the vegetative with the Moon." Such doctrines were commonplace in mystery-schools and gnostic sects throughout the Roman Empire and influenced the early Christian church. Among Muslims the "astral" world-view was soon rendered orthodox by Quranic references to the Prophet's ascent through the seven heavens. Scholars took up the Greek Neoplatonist accounts as well as similar material in Hindu and Zoroastrian texts. The expositions of Ibn Sina (Avicenna), the Brotherhood of Purity and others, when translated into Latin in the Norman era, were to have a profound effect upon European mediaeval alchemy and astrology. By the 14th century Dante
DANTE

DANTE is a not-for-profit organisation that plans, builds and operates the international networks that interconnect the various National Research and Education Networks in Europe and surrounding regions....
 was describing his own imaginary journey through the astral spheres of Paradise.

Throughout the renaissance
Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
, philosophers, Paracelsians
Paracelsus

Paracelsus was a Medieval physician, botanist, alchemy, astrologer, and general occultist. Born Phillip von Hohenheim, he later took up the name Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim, and still later took the title Paracelsus, meaning "equal to or greater than Celsus", a Roman encyclopedist, Aulus Cornelius Celsus fro...
, Rosicrucians and alchemists continued to discuss the nature of the astral world intermediate between earth and the divine. Once the telescope established that no religious heaven was visible around the solar system, the idea was superseded in mainstream science.

The astral plane and astral experience

According to occult teachings the astral plane can be visited consciously through astral projection
Astral projection

Astral projection refers to episodes of out-of-body experiences perceived as unfolding in environments other than the physical world, by an astral body of the physical body that separates from it and travels to one or more astral planes....
, meditation
Meditation

Meditation is a mental discipline by which one attempts to get beyond the reflexive, "thinking" mind into a deeper state of relaxation or awareness....
 and mantra
Mantra

A mantra can be defined as a sound, syllable, word, or group of words that are considered capable of creating transformation. Their use and type varies according to the school and philosophy associated with the mantra....
, near death experience
Near Death Experience

Near Death Experience can refer to:* A near-death experience is the sensation of an out-of-body experience reported by a person who nearly died or who was clinically dead and revived....
, lucid dreaming
Lucid dreaming

A lucid dream is a dream in which the person is aware that they are dreaming while the dream is in progress, also known as a conscious dream....
, or other means. Individuals that are trained in the use of the astral vehicle can separate their consciousness in the astral vehicle from the physical body at will.

In early theosophical literature the term "astral" may refer to the aether
Aether

Aether originally was the personification of the "upper sky", space and heaven, in Greek mythology.The term aether, ?ther or ether may also refer to one of the following:...
. Neo-Theosophy
Neo-Theosophy

The term Neo-Theosophy is a term, originally derogatory, used by the followers of Blavatsky to denominate the system of Theosophy ideas expounded by Annie Besant and Charles Webster Leadbeater following the death of Madame Blavatsky in 1891....
, as developed by Annie Besant
Annie Besant

Annie Wood Besant was a prominent Theosophy, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Ireland and Indian self rule....
, C. W. Leadbeater, and later Alice Bailey
Alice Bailey

Alice Ann Bailey , known as Alice A. Bailey or AAB, was born as Alice LaTrobe Bateman, in Manchester, England--at 7:32 AM GMT, according to Dane Rudhyar....
, makes the astral finer than the etheric plane
Etheric plane

The etheric plane is a term introduced into Theosophy by Charles Webster Leadbeater and Annie Besant to represent one of the plane in neo-Theosophical and Rosicrucian cosmology....
 but "denser" than the mental plane
Mental plane

The mental plane, or world of thought, in Hermeticism, Theosophy, Rosicrucian, Sri Aurobindo, and New Age thought refers to the macrocosmic or universal Plane or reality that is made up purely of thought or mindstuff....
. In order to create a unified view of seven bodies and remove earlier Sanskrit
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
 terms, an etheric plane
Etheric plane

The etheric plane is a term introduced into Theosophy by Charles Webster Leadbeater and Annie Besant to represent one of the plane in neo-Theosophical and Rosicrucian cosmology....
 was introduced and the term "astral body" was used to replace the former kamarupa - sometimes termed the body of emotion, illusion or desire.

According to Max Heindel
Max Heindel

Max Heindel - born Carl Louis von Grasshoff in Aarhus, Denmark on July 23, 1865 - was a Christian occultist, astrologer, and mysticism. He died on January 6, 1919 at Oceanside, California, United States....
's Rosicrucian
Rosicrucian

The term Rosicrucian describes a secret society of mystics, allegedly formed in late mediaeval Germany, holding a doctrine "built on esoteric truths of the ancient past", which, "concealed from the average man, provide insight into nature, the physical universe and the spiritual realm....
 writings, desire-stuff may be described as a type of force-matter, in incessant motion, responsive to the slightest feeling. The desire world is also said to be the abode of the dead for some time subsequent to death. It is also the home of the archangels. In the higher regions of the desire world thoughts take a definite form and color perceptible to all, all is light and there is but one long day.

In his book Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramhansa Yogananda mentions the astral plane. When one dies the soul moves to the astral plane where the result of past actions or karma
Karma

Karma is the concept of "action" or "deed" in Indian religions understood as that which causes the entire cycle of causality originating in ancient India and treated in Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhism philosophies....
 is reaped.

Astral projection author Robert Bruce
Robert Bruce (author)

Robert Bruce is an English-born mysticism author living in Australia. Bruce is best known for his studies of out of body experience, which first became public in the early 1990s through his activity in the alt.out-of-body Internet news group....
 describes the astral as seven planes that take the form of planar surfaces when approached from a distance, separated by immense coloured "buffer zones". These planes are endlessly repeating ruled cartesian grids, tiled with a single signature pattern that is different for each plane. Higher planes have bright, colourful patterns, whereas lower planes appear far duller. Every detail of these patterns acts as a consistent portal to a different kingdom inside the plane, which is itself comprises many separate realms. Bruce notes that the astral may also be entered by means of long tubes that bear visual similarity to these planes, and conjectures that the grids and tubes are in fact the same structures approached from a different perceptual angle.

The astral plane in popular culture

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*The Astral Plane is referred to in the song Draw the Line
Draw the Line

Draw the Line is the fifth album by United States hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 1977.The album was recorded in an abandoned convent near New York City, rented out for that purpose....
 by Aerosmith
Aerosmith

Aerosmith is an United States hard rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston, Massachusetts" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band"....
, Mary Jane
Mary Jane (Megadeth song)

"Mary Jane" is the fourth song in Megadeth's album So Far, So Good? So What!, written by Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson....
 by Megadeth
Megadeth

Megadeth is an American Heavy metal music band led by founder, front man, guitarist, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. Formed in 1983 by Mustaine and bass player David Ellefson following Mustaine's departure from Metallica, the band has since released eleven studio albums, six live albums, two Extended play, thirty single , thirty-two music video...
, Dream Weaver
Dream Weaver (song)

"Dream Weaver" is a song by Gary Wright that was a hit single in the US reaching #2 in the Billboard charts while it reached #1 in the Cash Box charts, Australia, Canada and Europe in 1976....
 by Gary Wright
Gary Wright

Gary Wright is an United States musician, most famous for his song, "Dream Weaver " and the piano player on one of the biggest selling and most famous ballads of all time, Harry Nilsson's version of "Without You"....
, Legend of a Mind
Legend of a Mind

"Legend of a Mind" is a song by the British progressive rock band The Moody Blues, and was written by the band's flautist Ray Thomas, who provides the lead vocals....
 by The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues

The Moody Blues are an England band originally from Erdington in the city of Birmingham. Founding members Michael Pinder and Ray Thomas performed an initially rhythm and blues-based sound in Birmingham in 1964 along with Graeme Edge and others, and were later joined by John Lodge and Justin Hayward as they inspired and evolved the progressi...
 and in rap artist Method Man
Method Man

Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man, is an United Statesn hip hop music, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop culture collective Wu-Tang Clan....
's song Bring the Pain, which was later quoted by rap artist 2pac in the chorus of his song "No More Pain". The two songs Astral Plane and Astral Plane Pt Deux by Morphine Machine are specifically about it. "Astral Plane" is the name of song on the debut album of Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Richman

Jonathan Richman is an United States singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970 he founded The Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band, but since the mid-1970s has worked either solo or with low-key, generally acoustic backing....
 and The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers

The Modern Lovers were an American rock band led by Jonathan Richman in the 1970s and 1980s.The original band, billed simply as "The Modern Lovers", existed from 1970?74 but their recordings were not released until 1976 or later....
 and the term provided the title and informed the lyrics of Van Morrison
Van Morrison

George Ivan Morrison Order of the British Empire is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s....
's Astral Weeks
Astral Weeks

Astral Weeks is a folk-rock and Rhythm and blues album by Northern Ireland singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in November 1968 on Warner Bros....
. An early piece by the progressive rock band Yes
Yes (band)

Yes are an England progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968 in music. Their music is marked by sharp dynamic contrasts, extended song lengths, abstract lyrics, and a general showcasing of instrumental prowess....
 was entitled "Astral Traveller"
Time and a Word

Time and a Word is the second album by progressive rock band Yes , released in mid-1970 in the UK and November 1970 in the US. This was the last Yes album to feature the group's original line-up, as Peter Banks was fired before the album's release....
.

  • In the Marvel Universe
    Marvel Universe

    The Marvel Universe is the universe where the stories published by Marvel Comics take place.The Marvel Universe actually exists within a Multiverse consisting of thousands of separate universes, all of which are the creations of Marvel Comics and all of which are, in a sense, "Marvel universes"....
    , Doctor Strange
    Doctor Strange

    Doctor Strange is a Character , a comic book Magician and superhero in the Marvel Comics Marvel Universe. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Steve Ditko, he First appearance in Strange Tales #110 ....
     has practised astral projection since his inception in 1963. Illyana Rasputin [alias Magik
    Magik (comics)

    Magik was a Marvel Comics fictional character, associated with the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Dave Cockrum, she first appeared in Giant-Size X-Men #1 ....
    ] was able to astral project her own consciousness in New Mutants
    New Mutants

    The New Mutants are two now-defunct series featuring an eponymous group of teenaged Mutant superheroes-in-training, both spin-offs of the popular X-Men franchise published by Marvel Comics....
     (Series 1) #15. Other mutants such as Professor X
    Professor X

    Professor Charles Francis Xavier, also known as Professor X, is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero known as the leader and founder of the X-Men....
    , Emma Frost
    Emma Frost

    Emma Grace Frost is a Character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #129 , and was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne....
    , Jean Grey
    Jean Grey

    Jean Grey-Summers is a fictional comic book superhero#superheroines appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. She has been known under the aliases Marvel Girl and Phoenix , and is best known as one of five original members of the X-Men....
    , and other powerful psychics, have access to the astral plane. Professor X imprisons the Shadow King on the astral plane. There are beings who live there such as Cassandra Nova
    Cassandra Nova

    Cassandra Nova is a fictional enemy of the X-Men in the Marvel Comics Marvel Universe. Created by writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, Cassandra first appeared in New X-Men #114 ....
    .


  • In the DC/Vertigo Universe
    DC Universe

    The DC Universe is the shared universe where most of the comic book stories published by DC Comics take place. The fictional characters Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman are well-known superheroes from this universe....
    , the Astral planes are used for travel and magic by a certain number of individuals such as Doctor Fate
    Doctor Fate

    Doctor Fate is the name of a succession of fictional Magician who appear within DC Comics' DC Universe. The original version was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Howard Sherman, and first appeared in More Fun Comics #55 ....
    , Zatanna, and Doctor Occult, though use of astral projection is mostly illusionary.


  • In the standard Dungeons & Dragons
    Dungeons & Dragons

    Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by TSR, Inc....
     RPG
    Role-playing game

    A role-playing game is a game in which the participants assume the roles of fictional characters. Participants determine the actions of their characters based on their characterization, and the actions succeed or fail according to a role-playing game system of rules and guidelines....
     planar cosmology, the Astral Plane
    Plane (Dungeons & Dragons)

    In the standard cosmology of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, the planes of existence are Parallel universe . They can be grouped into five basic categories: the Inner Planes ; the Outer Planes ; the Material Planes ; the transitive planes ; and the demiplanes ....
     is a dimension coexistent with all others, used as a means of transportation between planes. The Astral Plane is the final level of the computer game NetHack
    NetHack

    NetHack is a single-player roguelike video game originally released in 1987 in video gaming. It is a descendant of an earlier game called Hack , which is a descendant of Rogue ....
    . In Ironclaw
    Ironclaw

    Ironclaw is an anthropomorphic fantasy role-playing game published by Sanguine Productions set in a renaissance-inspired fictional world, on a continent called Calabria....
     some characters can use an astral body
    Astral body

    The astral body is a subtle body posited by many religious philosophers, intermediate between the intelligent soul and the physical body, composed of a subtle material....
    .
    • In R. A. Salvatore's series of books based in the Forgotten Realms
      Forgotten Realms

      The Forgotten Realms is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, created by game designer Ed Greenwood, around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories....
      , the main character Drizzt Do'Urden has a black panther named Guenhwyvar who resides in the Astral Plane and is "summoned" through a small, onyx figurine.


  • The Apple II and PC video game Windwalker
    Windwalker

    Windwalker was a four-piece rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia who were active from 1990 to 1993.The band recorded one album, Rainstick and contributed songs to three compilations: a cover of Ministry 's "Burning Inside" on The Mint Is A Terrible Thing To Taste ; a cover of Donovan's "The Fat Angel" on Island of Circles...
     identifies the Astral Plane as a dimension through which a character called the Alchemist can summon demons, influence dreams and cause evil.


  • The Astral plane is featured as a level in the video game X-Men Legends
    X-Men Legends

    X-Men Legends is an action game console role-playing game released on several consoles in 2004. Players can play as one of 15 X-Men characters, switching between four computer controlled characters within one team....
    .


  • The Astral plane as well as other planes of existence such as the etheric are featured prominently in the Deverry cycle
    Deverry cycle

    The Deverry cycle is a series of Celts fantasy novels by Katharine Kerr set in the fictional land of Deverry. As of May 2008, fourteen books have been published in the series and one more is planned....
     of fantasy books by Katharine Kerr
    Katharine Kerr

    Katharine Kerr is a science fiction and fantasy novelist, best known for her series of Celtic mythology-influenced high fantasy novels set in the fictional land of Deverry....


  • The Astral Plane is featured in the surreal 2000 comedy film The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz. It is a major part of the musical "The True Story of the Bridgewater Astral League
    The True Story of the Bridgewater Astral League

    The True Story of the Bridgewater Astral League is the first album by The World/Inferno Friendship Society. It is a Musical theatre, telling the story of a gang of New Jersey youths who would steal cars by astral projection....
    " by The World/Inferno Friendship Society
    The World/Inferno Friendship Society

    The World/Inferno Friendship Society is a Circus Punk band from Brooklyn, New York. Its style merges Punk rock, klezmer, and gospel, while its Musical collective membership features horn section, piano, guitar, a number of percussionists, as well as a variety of other instruments such as accordion, xylophone and orchestra bells....
    . It is featured in the television show Charmed
    Charmed

    Charmed is an award-winning, Television in the United States cult television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998 until May 21, 2006, when its network, The WB Television Network, ceased operation....
    , in which it is described as a realm of "spirits and energies".


See also


  • Archangel
    Archangel

    Archangels are members of the second choir of angels. Archangels are found in a number of religious traditions, including Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism....
    s
  • Plane (cosmology)
  • Esoteric cosmology
    Esoteric cosmology

    Esoteric cosmology is cosmology that is an intrinsic part of an Esoteric knowledge or Occultism system of thought. It almost always deals with at least some of the following themes: emanation, Involution , spiritual evolution, Epigenesis , Plane or higher worlds , hierarchies of List of deities, cosmic cycles , Yoga or spiritual disciplines...
  • Linga sarira
  • Astral projection
    Astral projection

    Astral projection refers to episodes of out-of-body experiences perceived as unfolding in environments other than the physical world, by an astral body of the physical body that separates from it and travels to one or more astral planes....