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Diagram of the Astral Plane
Nested circular bands surround an antechamber of hell and expand through numbered astral divisions towards fairyland and paradise. Handwritten labels assign different beings and conditions to the rings. The caption identifies the Astral Plane. The diagram records the spiritualist cosmology presented in A Subaltern in Spirit Land, using concentric space to organise the book’s account rather than mapping a physical astronomical structure.
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Illustrator not identified. "Diagram of the Astral Plane" [editorial title]. In A Subaltern in Spirit Land: A Sequel to Gone West, J. S. M. Ward. 1920 William Rider & Son edition, 1920, William Rider & Son, Ltd.. Source scan leaf 185. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0067-0183
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Illustrator not identified. Diagram of the Astral Plane. A Subaltern in Spirit Land: A Sequel to Gone West. Scan leaf 185. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0067-0183