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| 'Astral Plane' |
What is an astral
plane?...the astral plane which is also called the astral world, is a plane of
existence suggested by many classical, mediaeval, oriental and esoteric
philosophies and others on the fringe mystery religions…it is a world of planetary
spheres…spheres that are crossed by the soul in its astral body on the way to
being born…and after death…and generally said to be populated by roving
spirits, benevolent angels and other forms of shadowy beings…the term became
quite popular in the late 19th and early 20th century…both Aristotle and Plato
taught that the stars were composed of a type of matter that was quite
different from the four earthly elements…according to them, there was a fifth,
ethereal element or quintessence…in this "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…this gave rise to
much discussion of the nature of the astral world intermediate between earth
and the divine…now once the telescope was invented and no heaven could be seen
in the solar system, mainstream science dropped the idea…an astral plane is
mentioned in a song called ‘Legend Of A Mind’ by The Moody Blues.
