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OBE/Astral Projection vocabulary modern/western?
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11-26-2008, 09:54 AM
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Hammaduersnes
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Hey Azeem.
When theosophy coined the terminology for a lot of the metaphysical disciplines, they did it on the basis of what they learned from eastern traditions, mainly, but not restricted to, Hindu metaphysics. The problem with some of this is that this approach carried religious and spiritual baggage, and also since the theosophists established these systems westerners changed the way we look at some of these theories and classifications.
So what we ended up getting was a small group of people schooled and versed in these specific doctrines, and everyone else. When latter experiencers decided to change the way they described their experiences, not based on religion or specific spiritual philosophies, we ended up with two almost different systems to describe a series of experiences that in my opinion are more uniform than different.
Various people have attempted to reconcile these terms/experiences/approaches, and I think if you stick around long enough you may find the correspondeces you seek. For example, Robert has described a scenario that is reminiscent of the traditional theosophical/Hindu map of the planes, but in contemporary energetic language, and Tempest and I wrote a correspondent article which compares Monroe's focus levels, for example, with Robert's system.
Aunt Clair, in her site River of Enlightenment (and here, since she is a long standing member) has numerous posts which compare the Mystical Jewish system of Kabbalah with the energy body structures (Stones) of Hermeticism, and in other articles she has compared how stones are formed around the Chakra system.
In other words, the information has been extensively referenced and cross-referenced- the thing is to find the information and put it all together in a comprehensive single 'concordance'.
Perhaps you're the right person to put this all together?
I'll be glad to point you at some of this information.
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