The Etheric Body

“There are six major propositions which govern all consideration of the etheric body, and I would like to present them to students as a first step:

1. There is nothing in the manifested universe – solar, planetary or the various
kingdoms in nature – which does not possess an energy form, subtle and
intangible yet substantial, which controls, governs and conditions the outer
physical body. This is the etheric body.

2. This energy form – underlying the solar system, the planets and all forms
within their specific rings-pass-not – is itself conditioned and governed by the
dominant solar or planetary energy which ceaselessly and without break in
time, creates it, changes and qualifies it. The etheric body is subject to
ceaseless change. This, being true of the Macrocosm, is equally true of man,
the microcosm, and – through the agency of humanity – will eventually and
mysteriously prove true of all the subhuman kingdoms in nature. Of this, the
animal kingdom and the vegetable kingdom are already evidences.

3. The etheric body is composed of interlocking and circulating lines of force
emanating from one or [143] other, or from one or many, of the seven planes
or areas of consciousness of our planetary Life.

4. These lines of energy and this closely interlocking system of streams of force are related to seven focal points or centers to be found within the etheric
body. These centers are related, each of them, to certain types of incoming
energy. When the energy reaching the etheric body is not related to a
particular center, then that center remains quiescent and unawakened; when
it is related and the center is sensitive to its impact, then that center becomes
vibrant and receptive and develops as a controlling factor in the life of the
man on the physical plane.

5. The dense physical body, composed of atoms – each with its own individual
life, light and activity – is held together by and is expressive of the energies
which compose the etheric body. These, as will be apparent, are of two
natures:

a. The energies which form (through interlocked “lines of forceful
energy”) the underlying etheric body, as a whole and in relation to all
physical forms. This form is qualified then by the general life and
vitality of the plane on which the Dweller in the body functions, and
therefore where his consciousness is normally focused.
b. The particularized or specialized energies by which the individual (at
this particular point in evolution, through the circumstances of his daily
life and his heredity) chooses to govern his daily activities.

6. The etheric body has many centers of force, responsive to the manifold
energies of our planetary Life, but we shall consider only the seven major
[144] centers which respond to the inflowing energies of the seven rays. All
lesser centers are conditioned by the seven major centers; this is a point
which students are apt to forget. It is here that knowledge of the egoic and of
the personality rays is of prime usefulness.” Book – Telepathy & The Etheric Vehicle

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