Theos-Talk Archives (March 2002 Message tt00331)

Right on, John. GRS Mead wrote a whole book on this
historical question called THE SUBTLE BODY.

--- John Beers <johnb@quickinfo.net> wrote:
> Bri wrote, "The "astral body" hypothesis is a
> left-over from 18th century
> Mesmerism and is still popular in Theosophical
> circles..."
> 
> The following was posted on the Pythagorean forum. 
> I've talked a little (by
> email) with Apollonius, the author of this post. 
> He's not a Theosophist,
> and he is very knowledgable about ancient Greek
> religion and philosophy.
> Here is his post in its entirety:
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Apollonius" <mclennan@cs.utk.edu>
> To: <Pythagorean@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 1:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [Pythagorean] "Bodies" of man
> 
> 
> In message <a5aaus+la99@eGroups.com>, "gblt"
> writes:
> Some traditions held that man had four bodies: the
> physical body, the astral
> body, the mental body, and the causal body. ...
> 
> Neo-Pythagoreans typically distinguish several
> Vehicles (Okhemata) or
> Raiments (Khitones) of the soul: the Material
> Vehicle (Huliaion Okhema); the
> Spiritous or Pneumatic Vehicle (Pneumatikon Okhema,
> Pneuma, Okhema), which
> is the vehicle of the lower soul; and the Luminous
> Body or Garment
> (Augoeides Okhema or Khiton), also called the
> Aitherial (Aitheroeides) or
> Astral (Astroeides) Body, which is the vehicle of
> the higher soul. (The
> material vehicle or gross body may be associated
> with the elements Earth and
> Water, the spirit body with Air, and the radiant
> body with Fire. See "Air"
> in the Ancient Greek Esoteric Doctrine of the
> Elements
> http://omphalos.org/BA/AGEDE.)
> 
> The Gnostics thought that man had seven "souls:" ...
> Would anyone know of other, similar belief systems?
> 
> You might be interested in "The Parts of the Soul
> (An Ancient Greek System
> of Chakras)" http://omphalos.org/BA/JO-TEP.html.
> 
> What does the Sacred Tetrad refer to, as in:
> "I swear it by the One who in our hearts engraved
> The sacred Tetrad, symbol immense and pure,
> Source of Nature and model of the Gods."
> 
> Well, of course, in Greek it's not Tetrad but
> Tetractys. Here is my
> translation:
> 
> I swear by him that gave our family the
> Tetractys,
> which holds the everflowing Fount and Root of
> Nature.
> (Ou ma ton hamatera genea paradonta Tetraktun,
> pagan aenaon Phuseos rhizoma t'ekhousan.)
> 
> For an introduction to the meaning of the
> Tetractys, you can look at the
> Pythagorean Tarot http://omphalos.org/BA/PT; look
> under Introduction/Back
> Design and under Spreads/Tetractys. The Tetractys
> represents the levels of
> reality as well as the stages in the Ascent to
> the One.
> 
> Hugieia!
> Apollonius
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "But before all, thy soul to its faithful duty,
> Invoke these Gods with fervour, that whose aid,
> Thy work begun, alone can terminate.
> Instructed by them, naught shall then deceive thee:
> Of diverse beings thou shalt sound the essence;
> And thou shalt know the principle and end of All."
> 
> "But before all, thy soul to its faithful duty,
> Invoke these Gods with fervour, that whose aid,
> Thy work begun, alone can terminate.
> Instructed by them, naught shall then deceive thee:
> Of diverse beings thou shalt sound the essence;
> And thou shalt know the principle and end of All."
> 
> 
> 
> 
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