Theosophical astral cosmology
Levitation
Leadbeater describes levitation as the floating of a human body in the air. For séance cases he proposes support by spirit hands. He also claims occult operators can neutralize or reverse gravity and speculates that similar forces assisted ancient construction. That extension is conjecture in the book, not evidence for how pyramids or monuments were built.
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Principal account
ReportedLeadbeater describes levitation as the floating of a human body in the air. For séance cases he proposes support by spirit hands.
Further detail
ReportedHe also claims occult operators can neutralize or reverse gravity and speculates that similar forces assisted ancient construction. That extension is conjecture in the book, not evidence for how pyramids or monuments were built.
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
the floating of a human body in the airOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Theosophical astral cosmology; active reader leaf 122
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0005-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0005-E001-P0122
- Original scan leaf
- 125
- Recorded leaf number
- 125
- Current Reader position
- 118
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
Source 2
The Astral Plane
in cyclopean architecture, or in the building of the Pyramids and Stone- henge. With the knowledge of the forces of nature which the SOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Theosophical astral cosmology; active reader leaf 123
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0005-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0005-E001-P0123
- Original scan leaf
- 126
- Recorded leaf number
- 126
- Current Reader position
- 119
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
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Materialization
The claimed temporary formation of a visible or tangible spirit body.
Same subject and traditionPrecipitation of Letters and Pictures
The Theosophical claim that a mental image can be made into writing or an image.
Same subject and traditionRepercussion
A claimed transfer of marks or injuries from a manifested form to a physical body.
Same subject and traditionSpirit Photography
Images attributed to unseen presences, given an etheric explanation by Leadbeater.