astral body

[ as-truhl bod-ee ]

noun

1. Astronomy. a star, planet, comet, or other heavenly body.
2. Theosophy. a nonphysical body believed able to separate from an individual’s physical body at will and to survive the individual after death.

Word History and Origins

Origin of astral body¹

First recorded in 1685–95

Example Sentences

“Nevertheless I’m going to take his astral body for an awful beating.”

From The New Yorker

Imagine yourself an astral body, streaking along, stable in the galaxy … before you know it, the unseen land will disappear behind you.

From Time

The sub-conscious nature, the brain of the medium, or his astral body, the fluidic mind, the unknown powers latent in sensitive organisms, might we not consider these as the mirror which we have just imagined?

From Project Gutenberg

It seemed to be her astral body that was moving through space.

From Project Gutenberg

I should like to talk with a Mahatma about the constitution of the astral body.

From Project Gutenberg