Plane (esotericism)

Planes of existence

Gross and subtle

bodies
Theosophy

Full list

1. Spiritual plane:
Divine Spirit / Wo
rd

2. Spiritual plane:
Holy Spirit / Word

3. Spiritual plane:
Spirit / Word

4. Spiritual / Causal
plane:
Human
spirit / Oversoul,
Soul / Causal
body

5 Mental / Causal plane:

Mind, Causal
body, Mental
body, Projection /
OBE

6. Astral-Ethereal plane:
Life / Ether-Astral
body, Projection /
OBE

7. Material plane:
Material body

Rosicrucian

The 7 Worlds & the 7

Cosmic Planes
The Seven-fold
constitution of Man
The Ten-fold constitution
of Man
Thelema
Body of light | Thelemic
mysticism

Hermeticism

Hermeticism | Cosmogo
ny

Surat Shabda Yoga

Cosmology

Jainism

Jain cosmology

Sufism

Sufi cosmology

Hinduism

Talas/Lokas - Tattvas, Kosa

s, Upadhis

Buddhism

Buddhist cosmology

Gnosticism

Seven earths

Kabbalah

Atziluth -> Beri'ah -> Yetzi

rah -> Assiah

Sephirot
Fourth Way

Ray of Creation
The Laws
Three Centers and Five
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In esoteric cosmology, a plane other than the physical plane is conceived as a

subtle state of consciousness that transcends the known physical universe.[citation
needed]
The concept may be found in religious and esoteric teachings—
e.g. Vedanta (Advaita
Vedanta), Ayyavazhi, shamanism, Hermeticism, Neoplatonism, Gnosticism, Kashmir
Shaivism, Sant Mat/Surat Shabd
Yoga, Sufism, Druze, Kabbalah, Theosophy, Anthroposophy, Rosicrucianism (Esoteric
Christian), Eckankar, Ascended Master Teachings, etc.—which propound the idea of
a whole series of subtle planes or worlds or dimensions which, from a center,
interpenetrate themselves and the physical planet in which we live, the solar
systems, and all the physical structures of the universe. This interpenetration of
planes culminates in the universe itself as a physical structured, dynamic and
evolutive expression emanated through a series of steadily denser stages,
becoming progressively more material and embodied.
The emanation is conceived, according to esoteric teachings, to have originated, at
the dawn of the universe's manifestation, in The Supreme Being who sent out—from
the unmanifested Absolute beyond comprehension—the dynamic force of creative
energy, as sound-vibration ("the Word"), into the abyss of space. Alternatively, it
states that this dynamic force is being sent forth, through the ages, framing all
things that constitute and inhabit the universe.
Origins of the concept
Conceptions in ancient traditions
Esoteric conceptions
Emanation vs. Big Bang
The planes
31 planes
The Summerland
Inhabitants of the various planes
See also
References
Further reading
External links