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Theosophy - Living The Life |
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Psychic Powers and the Astral Light: Behind the Veil of Illusion1). What is the Astral Plane? - Nature's Magic Mirror |
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Related References Wm. Q. Judge, The Ocean of Theosophy |
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Wm. Q. Judge, The Epitome of Theosophy Through the means of the Astral Light and the help of Elementals, the various material elements may be drawn down and precipitated from the atmosphere upon either a plane surface or in the form of a solid object; this precipitation may be made permanent, or it may be of such a light cohesive power as soon to fade away. But the help of the elementals can only be obtained by a strong will added to a complete knowledge of the laws which govern the being of the elementals. It is useless to give further details on this point; first, because the untrained student cannot understand; and second, the complete explanation is not permitted, were it even possible in this space. |
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HPB, Transactions Of The Blavatsky Lodge, Appendix - Dreams A. The former is the "tablet of the memory" of the animal man, the latter of the spiritual Ego. The "dreams" of the Ego, as much as the acts of the physical man, are all recorded, since both are actions based on causes and producing results. Our "dreams," being simply the waking state and actions of the true Self, must be, of course, recorded somewhere. Read "Karmic Visions" in Lucifer, and note the description of the real Ego, sitting as a spectator of the life of the hero, and perhaps something will strike you. Q. What, in reality, is the Astral Light? A. As the Esoteric Philosophy teaches us, the Astral Light is simply the dregs of Akasa or the Universal Ideation in its metaphysical sense. Though invisible, it is yet, so to speak, the phosphorescent radiation of the latter, and is the medium between it and man's thought-faculties. It is these which pollute the Astral Light, and make it what it is --the storehouse of all human and especially psychic iniquities. In its primordial genesis, the astral light as a radiation is quite pure, though the lower it descends approaching our terrestrial sphere, the more it differentiates, and becomes as a result impure in its very constitution. But man helps considerably to this pollution, and gives it back its essence far worse than when he received it. Q. Can you explain to us how it is related to man, and its action in dream-life? A. Differentiation in the physical world is infinite. Universal ideation-- or Mahat, if you like it -- sends its homogeneous radiation into the heterogeneous world, and this reaches the human or personal minds through the Astral Light. |
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HPB, S.D., I, pg. 644 |
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HPB, Isis Unveiled, I, pg. 129 The ancients called it Chaos; Plato and the Pythagoreans named it the Soul of the World. According to the Hindus, the Deity in the shape of AEther pervades all things. It is the invisible, but, as we have said before, too tangible Fluid. Among other names this universal Proteus --or "the nebulous Almighty," as de Mirville calls it in derision -- was termed by the theurgists "the living fire,"** the "Spirit of Light," and Magnes. This last appellation indicates its magnetic properties and shows its magical nature. For, as truly expressed by one of its enemies-- [[magos]] and [[magnes]] are two branches growing from the same trunk, and shooting forth the same resultants. |
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Additional Related References of Interest Articles by Wm. Q. Judge: Articles by H. P. Blavatsky |