[Main Blog Post] A (Beginner's) Manual of the Planes

[jprussell]

This week, I've put together a very basic primer on the model of the planes of being taught in the occult philosophy I currently study. This is as much to gather my thoughts and make them clearer to myself as anything, and I'm still pretty new at this, so even more so than usual, I welcome corrections and thoughts.

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[randomactsofkarmasc]

To share: One of the metaphors I meditated on when studying the Five Rites was envisioning the Astral as light, an electromagnetic wave. Light, as an electromagnetic wave, is actually composed of two waves that are perpendicular to each other. One of the waves is magnetic (Etheric); the other is electric (Material… nerve impulses).

To ask: One of the ideas I have been trying to figure out is the different levels of consciousness and how they relate to the planes/bodies. Do you have any insights to share about that?

PS: Great article!!!

[thinking_turtle]

Thanks for the short descriptions of the planes!

Experienced astrologists seem to use the planets or planes to describe things that are otherwise taboo. For example, a Dutch astrologist talked about the Ukraine war using Mars and Saturn, and she seemed to say Russia was not the aggressor.

You put twentieth century physics as an example of our knowledge of the material plane. In my opinion twentieth century physics belongs exclusively in the Astral plane.