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Sources

Books-

Lucid Dreaming -Stephen LaBerge

The Dimensions of Dreams- Ole Vedfelt

Cupid and Psyche- Apuleius

The Astral H.D.- Matte Robinson

Ramacharaka author of the "Yogi Books" "events commonly reported in the popular press-ghost sightings, poltergeists, and so on- are everyday occurrences, the products of the automatic functions of the astral body

Ramacharaka- "Human being is more complex than simply body-mind-spirit"

"The development of psychic powers is just a sideline to the real goal: the development of the spiritual mind, a kind of "superconscious mind"

first stage in development is "mastery of the physical body and its care and attention" pertains not only to the physical body but also to its double in the astral.

Must spend time tuning the "instinctive mind", first 3 subdivisions, and passions, desires, and lusts

second stage is the intellect

after both stages are completed the spiritual mind can be awakened. Someone operating largely out of the distinctive mind would "have only a glimmering of intellect", therefore those who are centered in the intellect would only have an inkling of the spiritual

-the astral body is described as a body; vehicle of consciousness - Ramacharaka believes that death is the greatest advancement of the spiritual as one is no longer tied to a physical body and the astral body can pass freely between planes, it is the highest form of illumination in the astral plane -"remember this, even these highest planes are but parts of the high Astral Plan, which plane is but one of the lower ones of the Universe, and above comes plane after plane of existence

States of Mind- Adrian Parker

Drawing Down the Moon- Margot Adler

With the Eyes of the Mind- Gabbard Twemlow

Man, Myth & Magic- Richard Cavendish

In Popular Culture-

The Astral Plane mentioned in season 1 episode 4 and episode 5 of Netflix's "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"

-"Only the dead can astral travel" - American Horror Story Season 3 (Coven) and Season 8 (Apocalypse) mention and perform the act of Descensum" a way of traveling to the astral plane.

Song- "The Astral Plane" by Valerie June