The Astral Plane: Its Inhabitants, Scenery, and Phenomena


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Few words are needed in sending this little book out into the world. It is the fifth of a series of Manuals designed to meet the public demand for a simple exposition of Theosophical teachings. Some have complained that our literature is at once too abstruse, too technical, and too expensive for the ordinary reader, and it is our hope that the present series may succeed in supplying what is a very real want. Theosophy is not only for the learned; it is for all. Perhaps among those who in these little books catch their first glimpse of its teachings, there may be a few who will be led by them to penetrate more deeply into its philosophy, its science and its religion, facing its abstruser problems with the student's zeal and the neophyte's ardour. But these Manuals are not written for the eager student, whom no initial difficulties can daunt; they are written for the busy men and women of the work-a-day world, and seek to make plain some of the great truths that render life easier to bear and death easier to face. Written by servants of the Masters who are the Elder Brothers of our race, they can have no other object than to serve our fellow-men. - Preface to the book
(3 hr 54 min)

Chapters

Preface 1:51 Read by Owlivia
Introduction 14:33 Read by Owlivia
Scenery 23:48 Read by Owlivia
Inhabitants 1: Human, Living and Dead 14:21 Read by Owlivia
Inhabitants: Dead, continued 19:51 Read by Owlivia
Inhabitants: Dead, continued 18:20 Read by Owlivia
Inhabitants: Dead, continued 9:28 Read by Owlivia
Inhabitants 2: Non-Human 17:27 Read by Owlivia
Inhabitants 2: Non-Human, continued, Elemental Essences, Kamarupas of Animals 12:52 Read by Owlivia
Inhabitants 2: Non-Human, Nature Spirits 11:32 Read by Owlivia
Inhabitants 2: Non-Human, The Devas 12:53 Read by Owlivia
Inhabitants: 3: Artificial, Elementals formed Unconsciously 18:13 Read by Owlivia
Inhabitants 3: Artificial, Continued, Elementals formed Consciously 16:21 Read by Owlivia
Phenomena 16:13 Read by Owlivia
Phenomena, Continued 22:38 Read by Owlivia
Conclusion 4:21 Read by Owlivia