According to my
school dictionary (Pocket Oxford
Dictionary, 1966), astral means ‘of stars’ of the ‘spiritual appearance of
the human form’ (which raises the
possibility of some interesting philosophical conjectures about ancient legends
and history and how this association came into being, but I won’t go into that
now J
)
In New Age
terminology (or in metaphysical considerations,
if you prefer that term), the word ‘astral’ is used to cover both:
(a) all
nonphysical levels of existence (i.e.,
worlds and bodies on much higher frequencies than physical frequencies),
and
(b) the
particular set of nonphysical frequencies above the ‘etheric’
nonphysical set of frequencies and below the ‘mental’ set of nonphysical
frequencies (which is more precise usage).
The astral parts of
our aura are created largely by our emotions and long-term characteristics of
our personality.
The astral body
survives the death of the physical body (the
etheric body does not – it dissipates).
The astral world is
the level of existence that most people go to between incarnations. The level
responds to our thoughts and emotions, and the sense of ‘distance’ on this
level is largely about emotional closeness.
As of the time this
definition was written, I’ve touched on this topic in the following posts:
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