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    A subtle body is a "quasi material" aspect of the human body, being neither solely physical nor solely spiritual, according to various esoteric, occult...
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  • The Subtle Body: The Story of Yoga in America is a 2010 book on the history of yoga as exercise by the American journalist Stefanie Syman. It spans the...
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    The body of light, sometimes called the 'astral body' or the 'subtle body,' is a "quasi material" aspect of the human body, being neither solely physical...
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  • Look up subtle body in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Subtle body is a concept in Eastern mysticism. Subtle body may also refer to: Body of light, a...
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    "physical body" (sthula sarira) and other "psychological, emotional, mind, non-physical" it is called the "subtle body" (sukshma sarira). This subtle body is...
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    astral body is a subtle body posited by many philosophers, intermediate between the intelligent soul and the mental body, composed of a subtle material...
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  • innermost body that veils the atman or true Self. Karana sarira or the causal body is the cause or seed of the subtle body and the gross body. It has no...
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  • body is merely the cause or seed of the subtle body and the gross body. It has no other function than being the seed of the subtle and the gross body...
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  • concept that is particularly important to understandings of the subtle body and the trikaya (body, speech and mind). Traditional Tibetan medicine practitioner...
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    The etheric body, ether-body, or æther body is a subtle body propounded in esoteric and occult philosophies as the first or lowest layer in the human energy...
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    bilocation in which an "etheric body" can release itself from the physical body in rare circumstances. The subtle body theory was also supported by occult...
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    spiritual travel) is an intentional out-of-body experience (OBE) in which a subtle body, known as the astral body or body of light through which consciousness...
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    land Religious cosmology Spirit world Subtle body Takamagahara G. R. S. Mead, The Doctrine of the Subtle Body in Western Tradition, Watkins 1919. Plato...
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    spiritual theory, the energies such as prana of the physical body, the subtle body and the causal body are said to flow. Within this philosophical framework...
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  • collective Doctor Subtilis, John Duns Scotus Subtle body, an idea in mysticism, yoga, and tantra The Subtle Knife, a novel by Philip Pullman and the second...
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    emanation said to enclose a human body or any animal or object. In some esoteric positions, the aura is described as a subtle body. Psychics and holistic medicine...
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    concerns human gestation and birth, the functions within the human body, and the subtle body aspects, mainly the channels, winds, drops and so forth. Human...
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    yogas based on elements of the subtle body (sūkṣma śarīra). This subtle anatomy held that there were channels in the body (nadis) through which certain...
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  • Theosophical subtle body. Astral body may also refer to: Body of light, a concept in Western esotericism, once synonymous with 'astral body' Illusory body, a concept...
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  • The mental body (the mind) is one of the subtle bodies in esoteric philosophies, in some religious teachings and in New Age thought. It is understood...
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    these texts include the widespread use of mantras, meditation on the subtle body, worship of fierce deities, and antinomian and transgressive practices...
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    spiritual centres in the body (chakra), kuṇḍalinī, energetic locks (bandha), energy (prāṇa), channels of the subtle body (nāḍī), and energetic seals...
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  • works of Besant and Leadbeater in a series of books on each of the subtle bodies. The Neo-theosophical concept of Causal Plane proved very influential...
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  • to flow throughout the subtle body. When the mind is agitated due to our interactions with the world at large, the physical body also follows in its wake...
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    Each level contains 5 exercises corresponding to five elements. The subtle body yogas systems like the Six Dharmas of Naropa and the Six Yogas of Kalachakra...
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    in-house staff. The early bodies were built in Italy by Vignale, before Jensen took production in house, making some subtle body modifications. Jensen Motors...
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    color gray) represents the acquisition of a new organ, an embryonic subtle body. It is understood symbolically as “the Adam of one’s being”, since Adam...
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    with the All. The body of light, sometimes called the 'astral body' or the 'subtle body,' is a "quasi material" aspect of the human body, being neither solely...
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  • Indic religions, investigating topics such as yoga, tantra, and the subtle body. Geoffrey Brian Samuel was educated at Leeds Grammar School and University...
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    control of the breath. These concepts were combined in the yoga of the subtle body. Yogananda writes: Kriya Yoga is the real "fire rite" oft extolled in...
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