The Astral Plane: Its Scenery, Inhabitants and Phenomena

An unabridged edition to include SCENERY (The Seven Subdivisions - Degrees of Materiality - Characteristics of Astral Vision - The Aura - The Etheric Double - Power of Magnifying Minute Objects - The "Summerland" - Records of the Astral Light) INHABITANTS (I. Human. (1) Living: - The Adept or Chela in Mâyâvirûpa - The Psychically Developed Person - The Ordinary Person in Astral Body - The Black Magician. (2) Dead: - The Nirmânakâya - The Chela awaiting Reincarnation - The Ordinary Person after Death - The Shade - The Shell - The Vitalized Shell - The Suicide - The Victim of Sudden Death - The Vampire - The Werewolf - The Black Magician after Death. II. Non-human: - The Elemental Essence - The Kâmarûpas of Animals - Various Classes of Nature-Spirits, commonly called Fairies - Kâmadevas - Rûpadevas - Arûpadevas - The Devarâjahs III. Artificial: - Elementals formed Unconsciously - Guardian Angels - Elementals formed Consciously - Human Artificials - The True Origin of Spiritualism) PHENOMENA (Churchyard Ghosts - Apparitions of the Dying - Haunted Localities - Family Ghosts - Bell-ringing, Stone-throwing, etc. - Fairies - Communicating Entities - Astral Resources - Clairvoyance - Prevision - Second-Sight - Astral Forces - Etheric Currents - Etheric Pressure - Latent Energy - Sympathetic Vibration - Mantras - Disintegration - Materialization - Why Darkness is required at a Séance - Spirit Photographs - Reduplication - Precipitation of Letters and Pictures - Slate-writing - Levitation - Spirit Lights - Handling Fire - Transmutation - Repercussion)