]> 2026-04-18T18:36:16+00:00 Astral Light 0 en Astral Light The invisible region that surrounds our globe, as it does every other, and corresponding as the second Principle of Kosmos (the third being Life, of which it is the vehicle) to the ''Linga Sharira ''or the Astral Double in man. A subtle Essence visible only to a clairvoyant eye, and the lowest but one (''viz.'', the earth), of the Seven Akâsic or Kosmic Principles. Eliphas Levi calls it the great Serpent and the Dragon from which radiates on Humanity every evil influence. This is so; but why not add that the Astral Light gives out nothing but what it has received; that it is the great terrestrial crucible, in which the vile emanations of the earth (moral and physical) upon which the Astral Light is fed, are all converted into their subtlest essence, and radiated back intensified, thus becoming epidemics— moral, psychic and physical. Finally, the Astral Light is the same as the ''Sidereal Light ''of Paracelsus and other Hermetic philosophers. “Physically, it is the ether of modern science. Metaphysically, and in its spiritual, or occult sense, ether is a great deal more than is often imagined. In occult physics, and alchemy, it is well demonstrated to enclose within its shoreless waves not only Mr. Tyndall’s ''‘promise ''and potency of every quality of life’, but also the ''realization ''of the potency of every quality of spirit. Alchemists and Hermetists believe that their ''astral'', or sidereal ether, besides the above properties of sulphur, and white and red magnesia, or ''magnes'', is the ''anima mundi, ''the workshop of Nature and of all the Kosmos, spiritually, as well as physically. The ‘grand magisterium’ asserts itself in the phenomenon of mesmerism, in the ‘levitation’ of human and inert objects; and may be called the ether from its spiritual aspect. The designation ''astral ''is ancient, and was used by some of the Neo‐platonists, although it is claimed by some that the word was coined by the Martinists. Porphyry describes the celestial body which is always joined with the soul as ‘immortal, luminous, and star‐like’. The root of this word may be found, perhaps, in the Scythic ''Aist‐aer''—which means star, or the Assyrian ''Istar, ''which, according to Burnouf has the same sense.” ''(Isis Unveiled.'') [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]] (TG). Occult. The invisible region that surrounds our globe, as it does every other, and corresponding as the seco... Astral Light Astral Light Astral Light 2022-01-08T07:28:45Z

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