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

For this Double, or astral body as you call it, is really the seat of the passions, emotions and desires in the psychical economy.

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Then come the chakras already spoken of as the centres for the working of consciousness in the astral body.

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Not only was the shaman endowed with the power of projecting his own 'astral body' into the Land of Spirits.

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How it would be possible for such a pop-eyed, freckle-faced Piute as you to pack an astral body is more than I can understand.

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It moves more or less freely on the astral plane, according to the development of the astral body.

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