Lesson 18: The Interior Diagram of Man

Vital (Etheric)

• The Etheric world is the Eden from the Bible, the earthly Paradise, the Garden of Hesperides, the land of a thousand and one nights.
• The Vital body is the superior (4th dimensional) part of the Physical body.
• It is an Energy body.
  • It is the energy that allows the physical body to have life.
  • It is the basis for all chemical, caloric, reproductive, perceptual, etc. processes that take place in the physical body.
  • When the physical body is asleep, the vital body charges it with solar energy that collects from the atmosphere.
• Insightful people see it as an aura of colors.

Astral

• It is the world of Emotions.
• Every time the physical body sleeps, we go to the Astral world.
  • We can do this consciously or unconsciously.
  • Dreams are Astral experiences.
• People who are disembodied, go to this world.
• It is the world of Colors.
  • The various emotions that one feels are expressed in one’s Astral Body like colors.
• It is the world of mysteries and magic.
• It contains superior and inferior realms.

Mental

• Is the world of Cosmic Mind, the world of knowledge.
• Every human thought takes a corresponding form in the Mental World.
• Every inventor sees his invention first in the Mental world (via imagination) and then crystallizes it in the physical world.
• This world contains superior and inferior realms.
• The Mental body is related with:
  • Thoughts, reasoning, concepts, ideas, etc.
  • Spiritual inspiration (In its higher expression).
• It is the body of Concrete Thought.
  • The thoughts of the Mental body always have some form (shape).
  • In order to make thoughts without form, we must use the Causal body.

Causal

• Is “Heaven” in various religions.
  • “ego” cannot have access in this world.
• Is called “Causal” because there, we meet the causes of things.
• Is the world of Music.
  • The Music of the Spheres is heard there.
• There we find the Akashic archives where we can see everything that has happened in the past, in past lives, in previous Tribes, the history of the planet, etc.
• Is the body of Human Soul (Manas).
  • Human Soul is the Will.
  • Our Essence is a small part of the Human Soul that we have incarnated.
• It is the body of Abstract Thought.
  • With the Causal body we can think without form (shape).
  • E.g. purely philosophical, moral, religious issues, etc.

Buddhic

• It is the world of intuition.
  • Intuition is the ability to know without thinking.
• It is the world of unity, of the Cosmic Consciousness.
  • In the Buddhist world life is one and we are all one.
  • It is a world of love and brotherhood.
• The Buddhic body is the Body of the Divine Soul (Buddhi).
  • The Buddhi is the Consciousness.

Atmic

• Is the World of the Being, the Pure Spirit.
• Is the body of Divine Spirit (Atman).
  • Atman is Our Real Inner Being.
  • He is the Intimate, the Innermost, our inner God.
• Is the world of Mathematics.
  • There we see everything in a complete, completely objective way.

Lunar Bodies

The Lunar Bodies are protoplasmic, cold, like ghosts.

• Lunar Causal Body: Demon of Ill Will.
  • Caiapha: wants to do his own will.
• Lunar Mental Body: Demon of the Mind.
  • Pilate: always justifies his mistakes.
• Lunar Astral Body: Demon of Desire.
  • Judas: always wants to satisfy his passions.

Solar Bodies

Solar Bodies are immortal, heavenly, they shine like the Sun in the internal worlds.

• Only those who have created them in Alchemy, own the Solar bodies.
  • Solar Causal Body (Conscious Will)
  • Solar Mental Body (Superior Logic)
  • Solar Astral Body (Superior Sentiment)
• In order to be able to incarnate the Being, someone must first construct the Solar Bodies.