Astral

<p>The term “astral” (from the Greek word meaning “a star”) is of ancient usage in the occult teachings. Astral “regions” and

Astral “beings,” were held to be places and beings of a more ethereal and finer order and degree than our material world

and beings—so far as the bodies of the latter were concerned, at least. In the Astral regions the disembodied entities and the

supernatural beings were held to abide. The term was often used loosely and in a manner tending to confuse the student. In fact, even to‑day the term is used with various shades of meanings, by the different schools of occultism, and confusion results by reason thereof. Some schools use the term “Astral Plane” to designate only the lower sub‑planes of the Astral, using other

terms to designate the higher planes, which latter they often confuse with those of the Spiritual Plane. Others include the

entire series of above‑the‑Material planes, lower and higher Astral and Spiritual alike, under the general term of Astral Plane.</p>