astral

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"She said that when things were very favorable, and the medium a very good one, the soul that wanted to communicate could make a kind of body for itself out of what she called the astral matter of the medium or the sitters But surely our bodies aren't like that No; I can't say that I think they are.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, emanating from, or resembling the stars.
  2. adjective Biology Of, relating to, or shaped like the mitotic aster; star-shaped.
  3. adjective Of or relating to a supersensible body believed by theosophists to coexist with and survive the death of the human physical body: an astral body; astral projection.

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  • Jareth had promised me that he wouldn't be able to detect me unless he was deliberately focusing on the astral, and it appeared that his attention was wandering elsewhere. —  Yasmine Galenorn - [Sisters of the Moon 03] - Darkling
  • Mastodon's latest album, "Crack the Skye," tells a familiar tale: A paraplegic boy astral-projects into outer space where he is sucked into a wormhole, bringing him to Czarist Russia where he takes control of Rasputin's body all in an attempt to get back home. —  Washington Square News RSS
  • The contrast between guitar and organ allows Black Mountain the freedom to shift smoothly from stoner rock's earthy beat to astral-tripping space rock. —  FasterLouder.com.au > Your Access All Areas pass to the latest in Australian rock music! News, Reviews, Photos, Forums and more
  • The centre of that sight will be in the mental body and not in the astral, and only the organ of it in the astral body. —  London Lectures of 1907
  • Its presence indicates Life--its absence Lifelessness CHAPTER III THE ASTRAL COLORS The term "astral," so frequently employed by all occultists, is difficult to explain or define except to those who have pursued a regular course of study in occult science. —  The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms
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  1. Late Latin astrālis, from Latin astrum, star, from Greek astron; see ster-3 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Late Latin astralis, from Latin astrum, a star, from Greek ἂστρον, a star, a constellation, from ἀστήρ, a star,= English star: see aster and star.
 

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