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(4588) Fri 21 May 93 12:53
By: Glenda Stocks
To: All Fido-New Age
Re: Astral 1 of 4 [C]
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star," and was originally used in describing the heavens of the Greeks -
the abodes of their gods. From this sense and usage the term widened in
application, until it was employed to indicate what might be called the
"ghostland" of the ancient people. This ghostland was believed to be
inhabited by beings of an etheral nature, not only disembodied spirits,
but also angelic beings of a higher order.
The ancient occultists of Greece, and other Western lands, thus
naturally fell into the custom of using the familiar term to indicate that
which we know as the Astral Plane in modern occultism. Of course, the
Oriental occultists had their own terms for this plane of manifestation,
which terms were derived from old Sanskrit roots, and which were much
older than the Greek terms. But, as the use of Sanskrit terms has a
tendency to confuse Western students, the best Oriental teachers, today,
in teaching Western students, almost always use the old Greek occult
terms.
At this point, I must answer a question which usually presents itself
to the mind of the intelligent student at about this particular stage of
the teaching. It is probably in the mind of the student who is reading
these words, at this particular moment. The Question may be stated as
follows: "How is it possible for anyone to speak intelligently of the
phenomena of the Astral Plane, if that plane is on a higher vibratory
scale than the physical senses. How can one visit, and perceive things on,
the Astral Plane, without his body being dematerialized?"
This question is a natural and perfectly fair one, and evidences the
inquiring mind which the true occultist always possesses. And no true
occult teacher will hesitate for a moment in frankly answering it. For,
remember this always, my students, the occult teaching is not based merely
on the principles laid down as "gospel" by the old occultists. Respect,
yes! Great respect is paid to these old teachings, of course, but every
advanced occultist knows that he must actually experience the
manifestation of occult phenomena before he can positively pronounce the
same to be an occult truth. Such experience comes to every advanced
occultist, when he reaches the necessary stage of development which alone
renders such experience safe for him. Like the scientist, the true
occultist learns by his own experience, built upon the recorded previous
experience of others. To the advanced occultist the phenomena of the
Astral Plane is just as real - just as readily sensed - as is the
phenomena of the material plane to those functioning upon it.
But, to answer the question: One does not have to disintegrate or
dematerialize his physical body in order to visit or sense the Astral
Plane and its phenomena. There are two avenues of approach to the Astral
Plane, as follows: (1) by the employment of the astral senses; and (2) by
visiting in the so-called "astral body." Let us consider each of these
avenues in turn.
By the term "the astral senses," occultists indicate that wonderful
secondary set of senses, corresponding in office to the five physical
senses, by means of which man is able to receive impressions on the Astral
Plane.
Each of the physical senses of man has its astral counterpart, which
functions on the astral plane just as the physical senses do upon the
material plane. Thus every man has, in latency, the power of seeing,
hearing, feeling, smelling, and tasting, on the astral plane, by means of
these five astral senses. Nay more, as all advanced occultists know, man
really has seven physical senses instead of five, though these additional
two senses are not sufficiently developed for use in the average person
(though the occultist of fair attainment generally unfolds them into use).
And even these two extra physical senses also have their astral
counterparts.
In the cases of persons who, accidentally or through cartful training,
have developed the power of astral vision - perception through astral
sight - the scenes of the Astral Plane are perceived just as clearly as
are those of the material plane perceived by the physical sense of sight.
The ordinary clairvoyant has flashes of this astral vision, as a rule,
and is not able to sense astrally by an act of will. The trained
occultist, on the other hand, is able to shift from one set of senses to
another, by an act of will, whenever he wishes to do so. In fact, such
occultists may function on both planes at the same time, in this way, if
they so desire.
In cases of clairvoyance, or astral visioning, the occultist remains in
his physical body, and senses the phenomena of the Astral Plane quite
naturally or easily. It is not necessary for him even to enter into a
trance condition, or any abnormal mental state or condition. And still
less is it necessary for him to leave his physical body in such cases. In
the instance of the higher form of clairvoyance, he may even sense events
both on the physical plane, as well as the astral planes, at a distance -
though, strictly speaking, this belongs to a somewhat different order of
occult phenomena. To vision astrally, the occultist has merely to shift
his sensory mechanism, just as the operator of the typewriter shifts from
the small letter type to the capitals by a shift-key. This, then, is the
simplest and most common way of occult sensing on the Astral Plane. It is
possible to many to whom the second method is impossible.
The second avenue of approach to the Astral Plane is that in which the
individual leaves his physical body, and actually travels on the Astral
Plane in his astral body. The astral body is composed of an etheral
substance of a very high degree of vibration. It is not mere matter, and
yet is not mere force - it is composed of astral substance which resembles
very fine matter, but which is far more tenuous than anything that is
known as matter. Ordinarily the astral body can be sensed only by means of
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