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Leadbeater, Charles Webster · [1908]

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| I. The Way to Knowledge | 1 |
| II. The Planes of Existence in Nature | 7 |
| III. Clairvoyance | 14 |
| IV. The Bodies of Man | 21 |
| V. The Trinity | 27 |
| VI. The First Life-Streams | 37 |
| VII. The Group Soul of Animals | 43 |
| VIII. The Ascending Arc | 47 |
| IX. Human Consciousness | 52 |
| X. The Third Life-Wave | 59 |
| XI. How Man Evolves | 70 |
| XII. What His Bodies Show Us | 76 |
| XIII. Colors and Their Meaning | 79 |
| XIV. The Image of the Physical | 86 |
| XV. The Savage | 93 |
| XVI. The Average Person | 98 |
| XVII. Sudden Emotions | 102 |
| XVIII. Permanent States | 112 |
| XIX. The Developed Man | 126 |
| XX. The Health Aura | 137 |
| XXI. The Causal Body of the Adept | 144 |
A complex hierarchical chart titled "Realms of Consciousness in Nature." It consists of seven numbered levels, 1 to 7, corresponding to different planes of existence. The chart uses concentric circles to represent "Revelations" and aspects of the human spirit. It details sub-levels such as "atomic," "sub-atomic," and various physical states like solid, liquid, and gaseous.
| 7 | Mahaparanirvanic Plane The highest level of reality in this system | First | Triple Revelation ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ |
| 6 | Paranirvanic Plane The second highest spiritual plane | Second ⦿ ⦿ | |
| 5 | Atmic Plane The plane of the pure spirit or Will | atomic | Third ⦿ |
| Spirit | The triple aspect in man. ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ | ||
| 4 | Buddhic Plane The plane of pure intuition and unity | atomic | |
| The reincarnating Ego or the Soul of man. | Intuition ⦿ ⦿ | ||
| 3 | Mental Plane { without body | atomic | Intelligence The higher mind ⦿ Causal body The lasting vehicle of the soul |
| with body | Mental body The vehicle of concrete thought | ||
| 2 | Astral Plane | atomic | |
| Astral body The vehicle of emotions and desires | |||
| 1 | Physical Plane | atomic | |
| sub-atomic | Etheric body The subtle energy double of the physical body | ||
| super-etheric | |||
| etheric | |||
| gaseous | |||
| liquid | Dense physical body | ||
| solid |