Physical plane
The physical plane, physical world, or physical universe refers, in emanationist metaphysics such as are found in Neoplatonism, Hermeticism, Hinduism and Theosophy, to the ordinarily perceptible realm of space and time, energy and matter. In such systems of occult and esoteric cosmology, the physical universe is the lowest or densest of a series of planes of existence.
| Planes of existence Gross and subtle bodies | |
|---|---|
| Theosophy | |
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Full list 1. Spiritual plane / Monadic plane / Divine plane : 2. Spiritual plane: 3. Spiritual plane: 4. Spiritual / Causal plane / Buddhic plane : 5 Mental / Causal plane: 6. Astral-Ethereal plane:
7. Material plane: | |
| Rosicrucian | |
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The 7 Worlds & the 7 Cosmic Planes | |
| Thelema | |
| Body of light | Great Work | |
| Hermeticism | |
| Hermeticism | Cosmogony | |
| Surat Shabda Yoga | |
| Cosmology | |
| Jainism | |
| Jain cosmology | |
| Sufism | |
| Sufi cosmology | |
| Hinduism | |
| Talas/Lokas - Tattvas, Kosas, Upadhis | |
| Buddhism | |
| Buddhist cosmology | |
| Gnosticism | |
| Aeons, Archons | |
| Kabbalah | |
| Atziluth > Beri'ah > Yetzirah > Assiah | |
| Fourth Way | |
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Ray of Creation | |
References
- Heindel, Max, The Rosicrucian Mysteries (Chapter III: The Visible and the Invisible Worlds), 1911, ISBN 0-911274-86-3