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  2. Body of light - Wikipedia

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    The body of light, sometimes called the 'astral body' [a] or the 'subtle body,' [b] is a "quasi material" [1] aspect of the human body, being neither solely physical nor solely spiritual, posited by a number of philosophers, and elaborated on according to various esoteric, occult, and mystical teachings.

  3. Subtle body - Wikipedia

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    Max Heindel divided the subtle body into the Vital Body made of Ether; the Desire body, related to the Astral plane; and the Mental body. [37] Barbara Brennan 's account of the subtle bodies in her books Hands of Light and Light Emerging refers to the subtle bodies as "layers" in the "Human Energy Field" or aura.

  4. Astral projection - Wikipedia

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    Astral projection (also known as astral travel, soul journey, soul wandering, spiritual journey, spiritual travel) is a term used in esotericism to describe an intentional out-of-body experience (OBE) [1] [2] that assumes the existence of a subtle body, known as the astral body or body of light, through which consciousness can function separately from the physical body and travel throughout ...

  5. Ceremonial magic - Wikipedia

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    The body of light, sometimes called the 'astral body' [d] or the 'subtle body,' [e] is a "quasi material" [8] aspect of the human body, being neither solely physical nor solely spiritual, posited by a number of philosophers, and elaborated on according to various esoteric, occult, and mystical teachings.

  6. Etheric body - Wikipedia

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    The etheric body, ether-body, or æther body is a subtle body propounded in esoteric and occult philosophies as the first or lowest layer in the human energy field or aura. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The etheric body is said to be in immediate contact with the physical body and to sustain it and connect it with "higher" bodies.

  7. Dzogchen - Wikipedia

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    Tögal practice may lead to full Buddhahood and the self-liberation of the human body into a rainbow body [note 1] at the moment of death, [67] when all fixation and grasping has been exhausted. [68] Tibetan Buddhism holds that the rainbow body is a nonmaterial body of light with the ability to exist and abide wherever and whenever as pointed ...

  8. Magic (supernatural) - Wikipedia

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    The English words magic, mage and magician come from the Latin term magus, through the Greek μΞ¬γος, which is from the Old Persian maguš. (𐎢𐎦𐎒𐏁|𐎢𐎦𐎒𐏁, magician). [11] The Old Persian magu-is derived from the Proto-Indo-European megΚ°-*magh (be able). The Persian term may have led to the Old Sinitic *M γ ag (mage or ...

  9. Illuminationism - Wikipedia

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    In his Philosophy of Illumination, Suhrawardi argued that light operates at all levels and hierarchies of reality (PI, 97.7–98.11). Light produces immaterial and substantial lights, including immaterial intellects , human and animal souls, and even 'dusky substances', such as bodies. [9] Suhrawardi's metaphysics is based on two principles.