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Over all the world and in all cultures, the etheric body and the ether were known in the mystical or magical secret teachings. The term itself was put forth by the theosophists and refers to a subtle, energetic appearance of the human being, denser than the astral body. It is related to many phenomena of out-of-body experiences.
This book is a thorough compilation of important topics regarding the etheric body - including OBEs and perception in the etheric body, silver cord, false awakening and more. Students of the topic will find valuable information here, including practical advices on out-of-body experiences in the etheric body.
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Out-of-Body Experiences in the Etheric Body
BookRix GmbH & Co. KG81371 MunichOut-of-Body Experiences in the Etheric Body
Text and illustration by Alfred Ballabene
Translated by Corra
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Table of Contents
1. About the "Substance Ether"
2. Other Terms and Names for Ether or Similar Phenomena
3. About the Etheric Body
4. Perception in the Etheric Body
5. Loosening of the Etheric Body
5.1 Taking off
5.2 Rotation as a special form
5.3 Dreams connected to unconscious take-off during sleep
5.4 Stepping out
5.5 Spontaneous partial body separation
6. The Silver Cord
7. The Etheric Web
8. Verification
9. Practical Advices
9.1 Preparatory exercices to develop an imaginary sensory perception
9.2 Fluent transition between etheric body separation and astral travelling
9.3 Separation process caused by overtiredness
9.4 Separation caused by an accident
9.5 Separation during narcosis
9.6 Experience of second body in an (religious, shamanic) ecstatic state
10. False Awakening in the Etheric Body
10.1 Common (spontaneous) false awakening
10.2 False awakening and the forerunner phenomenon
10.3 False awakening as a pre-OBE-state
1. About the "Substance Ether"
Over all the world and in all cultures, the etheric body and the ether were known in the mystical or magical secret teachings. Thus, there exist many very different names for the ether, sometimes not recognizable anymore as being related to the ether. Depending on religion, way of thinking and magical use, various aspects of the ether were emphasized or described differently. This leads to a high diversity of notions and ideas, which results in confusion and misinterpretation.
In India, for instance, the ether (akasha) was understood as the substance from which tones and sounds are formed.
Historical facts about the ether
The term "ether" was coined by the theosophists, mainly by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831 – 1891) and Charles Webster Leadbeater (1847 – 1934). Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 1493-1541) wrote about the "sideric body" – under this term he understood something similar to or the same as the etheric body. After theosophy, "ether" is a linking substance between the astral body (transcendent) and the physical body (material).
Other names for "ether" in the non-physical sense are: fluid, chi, ki, prana, od, bioplasma.
Ether as lifeless substance (if something like lifeless ether exists at all) and ether of a living human may be as different as matter in a test tube and living matter/ a body of a highly evolved being.
In theosophy, the ether is a substance which represents a link to the astral matter.
Proof of the ether
So far, physics couldn’t proof the ether. It is an unfortunate fact for the occult sciences that in the 19th century, when a lot of discoveries were made, phenomena about newly discovered radiations were claimed evidence for the existence of the occult ether. These anticipations made the defenders of the "ether theories" untrustworthy. The superficiality of their postulates was a great mistake of the parapsychologists of that time.
Surely, paranormal phenomena can still be observed. But still they are physically unverifiable. We have to think of the fact that all physical measuring methods are basing on mechanical or electromagnetic parameters. Everything which is beyond this measurability is, automatically, unverifiable. Thus, it is not scientific to deny everything which lies beyond those measuring methods right from the start. No one in natural science would assert that anything beyond measurability doesn’t exist at all.
Ether in Physics
In the 19th century, light was understood as a wave phenomenon. A wave needs a carrier medium. But because light is even able to cross the empty space, this carrier medium could not consist of matter as it was known until then, and thus, a still undiscovered matter was postulated – the ether. Later, when quantum physics defined light as a wave as well as a particle, this postulate became invalid.
The communication between physics and parapsychology was disturbed since 1900, due to the rash interpretations of the parapsychologists. Thus, both sides defined the term "ether" in very different ways. They attempted to disprove the opponent’s theory with arguments of the own definition of ether, not with the opponent’s definition. Thus, agreement was barred from the beginning on – they were talking at cross purposes, insulting each other as fantasists or as narrow-minded.
Recently, the term "ether" comes up in physics again – mostly in unacknowledged outskirts of physics, to explain gravitation through a moving ether (in the 19th century, when ether was postulated as carrier medium for light, it was postulated to be static). But these theories have nothing to do with the occult term of ether.
2. Other Terms and Names for Ether or Similar Phenomena
Bioplasm is a term for etheric substance especially used by East European parapsychologists – it is believed there that it can be made visible through Kirlian photography. The term was coined in 1966 by the Russian scientist V. S. Grishenko as a term for the 5th state of aggregation (the other four states being solid, liquid, gaseous, plasmatic). After Grishenko, bioplasm is identical with the vital force.
Chi (Chinese)/ Ki (Japanese). The Chinese call the etheric energy "Chi". There is a Taoistic discipline similar to yoga where it is believed that through sexual energy (water, abdomen) working together with fire (belly), a new form of energy is developed (Chi) – likewise to the development of water vapour from water and heat. This is the reason why deities and Buddhas are often depicted with a big belly in China, which is a sign that they possess a great amount of Chi energy.
Fluid substance is a term coined by French occultists. Regarding this subject, Hector Durville and Albert de Rochas are known.
Ectoplasm is a common term in spiritism. This term refers to a very dense etheric discharge, which is believed to be responsible for materialisations and various poltergeist phenomenona. Ectoplasm develops through an inner alchemic process in the abdomen. It can be emitted from the body in different ways:
it can evaporate from the whole body surface like fine mistin its densest manifestation, ectoplasm can flow out of orifices of the body, slowly and in a honey-like consistency, whereat it vaporizes at the edges
In common language use, "ectoplasm" is understood as the dense manifestation which is flowing out of body orifices. Its colour is light to dark grey. Ectoplasm does not have to be homogeneous and can contain granulate material. In a few experiments, ectoplasm has been successfully photographed. There have been attempts to make measurements on ectoplasm, but those tests showed very varying results without any significance (electrical conductivity, Albert Freiherr v. Schrenk-Notzing, 1862-1929, Munich, physician and parapsychologist). For searching photos of ectoplasm in the internet, the term "teleplasm" is useful as well.
Od is a term which is rather rare in recent esotericism. In my opinion, this is a knowledge gap, because the observations connected to "Od" are a valuable addition to the Eastern notions of Prana and Chi. Our occidental researches – although they are not acknowledged – allow us an experimental access to the most fundamental esoteric facts. Maybe it will once be achieved to bring structure into the maze of traditions from all over the world through these researches.
The term "Od" was coined by Karl Freiherr von Reichenbach. Reichenbach was a chemist, natural scientist, industrialist and discoverer of creosote and paraffin. He did very thorough research on polar emanations of objects and persons, using the help of the observations by "sensitive people".
English translations of Reichenbach's books:
The Odic Force: Letters on Od and Magnetism. Book Tree; Facsimile edition (2000)
Physico-physiological researches on the dynamics of magnetism, electricity, heat, light, crystallization, and chemism, in their relations to vital force. New York, J. S. Redfield; Boston, B. B. Mussey & co. (1851)
Somnambulism and cramp. New York, C. Blanchard (1860)
Orgone is a term coined by Wilhelm Reich (1897 – 1957), referring to an energy that was postulated by him initially as "biological", later as "primordial cosmic" energy. He stated to have found this kind of energy during the conduction of "bion experiments", as he used to call it. He conceptualised the science of "Orgonomy", basing on a system of postulates and theorems.
Prana is a term from the Indian Yoga. Under this term is understood a vital energy which can be accumulated in the body through breathing techniques.
After the teachings of Indian Yoga, vital energies are inhaled with the breath. In the human body, these energies are divided into different qualities and used to awaken the chakras (energy centres). There are five kinds of Prana energies, the Pranavayus:
Prana (which influences the heart/ Anahata chakra)Apana (Muladhara/ root chakra)Samana (Manipura/ navel chakra)Udana (Vishuddha/ throat chakra)Vyana (whole body)
The Prana energies flow through the body in different energy channels, similar to the meridians in acupuncture. The most important energy channels are:
Sushumna – central channel in the spinal column
