The Astral Plane

By Arthur E. Powell

Book Overview

The Astral Plane by Arthur E. Powell is a comprehensive guide to the world beyond the physical realm. The book explores the concept of the astral plane, which is believed to be a realm of existence that exists beyond the physical plane. The author provides a detailed description of the astral plane and its inhabitants, including ghosts, spirits, and other entities. The book also covers topics such as astral projection, astral travel, and the various levels of the astral plane. The author draws on a wide range of sources, including the teachings of Theosophy and the experiences of spiritual practitioners, to provide a detailed and insightful exploration of this fascinating subject. The Astral Plane is a must-read for anyone interested in exploring the mysteries of the spiritual world.THIS 24 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Astral Body and Other Astral Phenomena, by Arthur E. Powell. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 076610253X.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1425337929
• ISBN13: 9781425337926
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.3" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

A great starting point to learn about the Astral World

This book is a classic, written in the 1920s, but still valid today. The astral plane is talked about and lectured on in New Age groups everywhere. It is a feature of teachings in the modern Wiccan movement and most occult schools of today. However, the ideas of the astral world were first put forward as a result of the late 19th century Spiritualist and Theosophical groups. There were many well-reasoned books written by early theosophical society members, notably by Leadbeater and Besant, but others too. Arthur Powell has done us all a great service by collecting many of the published tales and insights and putting them into this volume. It is well written, and contains most of what is still current knowledge on this subject. The astral plane is where we go in dreams, and also in life after death. There are all kinds of stories about ghosts and spirits nowadays which can be explained using material from this book. The book explains the Christian Heaven, Purgatory and Hell realms as being various astral worlds. It also describes the American Indian's Summerland. I've seen many books relating astral experiences, but Powell's book is often used as the definitive text.

Irreplaceable

Like the reader from California, I, too, thought I could obtain all the information I needed by reading newer, more modern books. I was mistaken. These old Theosophical texts contain important information that is ignored in contemporary books on the subtle bodies and metaphysics in general. Powell sifted through the voluminous literature available to him at the time and organized it in a fashion which reads clearly and logically. Especially important is his book "The Causal Body and the Ego" - material which is of central concern to any explorer of the subtle bodies - and which is rarely even mentioned in works by modern authors.

My new Bible

I have read many books about the astral world and this is the most infomative book I have found. It is not easy reading, you have to think about what you read and take time with the book, but once you have finished you will find yourself uplifted and going back to reread diffrent chapters again. Even years later I still keep it close so I can enjoy it over again.A must buy for anyone interested in the astral world or afterlife!

For the enquiring and serious student on occult matters

The author's purpose in compiling the books in this series was to save students much time and labour by providing a condensed synthesis of the considerable literature on the respective subjects of each volume, cming mostly from the pens of Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater.Contents:1) Introduction 2) General Description 3) Composition and Struture 4) Colours 5) Functions 6) Chakrams 7) Kundalini 8) Thought-Forms 9) Physical Life 10) Sleep-Life 11) Dreams 12) Continuity of Consciousness 13) Death and the Desire-Elemental 14) After-Death Life : Principles 15) After-Death Life : Particulars 16) After-Death Life : Special cases 17) The Astral Plane 18) Miscellaneous Astral Phenomena 19) The Fouth Dimension 20) Astral Entities: Human 21) Astral Entities: Non-Human 22) Astral Entities: Artificial .......etc