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  • I'll stick to my Akasa stand with built-in fans ..

    $8 DIY Aluminum Laptop Stand | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • And wounded therein by the mighty (Indra), he overwhelmed the Akasa

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • Thought-Force is the concentration of a high form of vibratory energy in the Akasa (universal ether) and the ether, as you know, permeates all space, interpenetrates and pervades all forms of matter, from atom to the sun and the stars.

    The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga A. P. Mukerji

  • The favourite analogy of the thinkers of this school for explaining the connection of the Supreme Soul with the universe is derived from the connection of Akasa with Ghatakasa, i.e., space absolute and unconditioned and space as confined by the limits of a vessel.

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • This may be stated in many ways, but to put it briefly, there is at first one divine Substance-Principle, Flame, Motion or the Great Breath; from this emanate the elements Akasa, ether, fire, air, water and earth; the spiritual quality becoming gradually lessened in these as they are further removed from their divine source; this is the descent into matter, the lowest rung of manifestation.

    AE in the Irish Theosophist George William Russell 1901

  • This is the "Word" which St. John says was in the beginning (the plane of causation); in another sense it is the Akasa of occult science, the element of sound, it is the Pythagorean "music of the spheres."

    AE in the Irish Theosophist George William Russell 1901

  • The Glossary says that this "is one of the forms of Akasa within which the mystic word calls it into existence:" it is a bridge by means of which the soul can cross over to the world of the Immortals.

    AE in the Irish Theosophist George William Russell 1901

  • _Prana_, or the Universal Energy Principle; and _Akasa_, or the

    A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga William Walker Atkinson 1897

  • Then, in obedience to the same Laws, the _Prana_ involved itself in the _Akasa_, or Universal Matter Principle.

    A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga William Walker Atkinson 1897

  • Matter -- the most subtle form of Ether, or _Akasa_.

    A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga William Walker Atkinson 1897

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