| Students of the paranormal, especially those who | | | | drugs, alcohol, meditation, illness, near-death experience, |
| have not experienced themselves in their astral | | | | and so on. The physical body is capable of sensation |
| doubles, will naturally wonder about the nature of the | | | | only when the astral double returns to it. |
| astral body. In fact, those people who aspire to have | | | | The astral body looks just like the blood-and-flesh |
| an astral projection or an out-of-body experience | | | | body, though not composed of the same elements. |
| (OOBE), should know about the nature of their astral | | | | This body is extremely sensitive. Its shape and colors |
| double before making any attempts to leave their | | | | depend a lot on the quality of a person's thoughts. A |
| physical bodies. | | | | person with psychic abilities can, therefore, tell a lot |
| Our astral body, also known as the astral double, | | | | about a person's state of mind and nature just by |
| etheric body, or energy body, is the etheric or the | | | | observing his/her etheric body. A person who is close |
| spiritual aspect of our physical body. It is the exact | | | | to spiritual perfection usually has an ovoid energy body. |
| replica of the flesh body, but without the gross matter. | | | | A person who thinks spiritually inferior thoughts has a |
| It is pure energy. This body plus the consciousness has | | | | reddish energy body. A person who thinks higher, |
| the ability to travel at will and perform any feat. | | | | evolved spiritual thoughts has a bluish energy body. |
| The physical body and its astral double are connected | | | | The astral double is much more powerful than the |
| to each other by a silver cord, which cannot be | | | | physical body. It is capable of feats that the latter isn't. |
| severed by any force. The silver cord breaks only | | | | This body can travel through space, fly high in the sky, |
| when an individual dies. Astral projection is a | | | | dive to the depths of the ocean, carry huge weights, |
| paranormal phenomenon in which the astral double | | | | and go wherever it wills, to mention a few of its |
| separates from the physical body and acts | | | | abilities. Moreover, it is unchanging unlike the physical |
| independent of it. In case of astral projection, however, | | | | body, which undergoes change every moment of the |
| the silver cord remains intact. | | | | day. The etheric body is flexible and elastic, a feature |
| According to Theosophy, the astral double is the | | | | that enables it to pass through walls and other solid |
| vehicle of an individual's passions, desires, emotions, | | | | objects. |
| and thoughts. It not only penetrates, but also crosses | | | | If you want to experience the glory and beauty of |
| the boundaries of the physical body. The astral double | | | | your astral body, you really must experience astral |
| is capable of sensation only when it separates from | | | | projection. |
| the physical body in case of astral projection, sleep, | | | | |