Theosophical astral cosmology
Clairvoyance
Leadbeater links some clairvoyant phenomena with the astral plane, where matter and inhabitants are said to become perceptible in unfamiliar ways. He treats this as a developed faculty rather than an ordinary visual extension. He distinguishes this from what he calls trained, reliable clairvoyance operating on a higher plane. The book’s hierarchy therefore qualifies its own claims about what astral observation can establish.
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Principal account
ReportedLeadbeater links some clairvoyant phenomena with the astral plane, where matter and inhabitants are said to become perceptible in unfamiliar ways. He treats this as a developed faculty rather than an ordinary visual extension.
Further detail
ReportedHe distinguishes this from what he calls trained, reliable clairvoyance operating on a higher plane. The book’s hierarchy therefore qualifies its own claims about what astral observation can establish.
Context & interpretation
Leadbeater presents a Theosophical classification based on claimed occult investigation. Its planes, beings, and mechanisms belong to that historical esoteric system; the book’s assurance of reality is an authorial claim rather than independent scientific verification.
Original passages
Source 1
The Astral Plane
illusion. It is this characteristic of astral vision which has led to its some times being spoken of as sight in theOpen this page in the book
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Location recorded at citation review: Theosophical astral cosmology; active reader leaf 20
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Source 2
The Astral Plane
examples given. True, trained, and absolutely reliable clairvoyance calls into operation an entirely different set of faculties, but as these belong toOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Theosophical astral cosmology; active reader leaf 112
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