The Astral Plane
The subtle world between matter and spirit.
3 traditions5 curated texts
"Astral light" is Éliphas Lévi’s term; Theosophists such as Leadbeater turned it into a mapped plane with its own inhabitants, and twentieth-century authors wrote manuals on "astral projection". The idea draws on older Neoplatonic teaching about a subtle vehicle of the soul.
The texts here trace the concept from Lévi to Theosophy and into early-twentieth-century practice.
Key Texts (5)
The Astral Plane: Its Scenery, Inhabitants and Phenomena
Charles Webster Leadbeater
The Astral Plane: Its Scenery, Inhabitants and Phenomena
Charles Webster Leadbeater
English · Theosophy
The astral world higher occult powers
Joel Tiffany
Traditions Connected
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