Plane

Seven planes or worlds are distinguished by Rudolf Steiner following the Indian-theosophical tradition, which are connected with our regular world evolution. In addition, there is the so-called eighth sphere.

The seven planes or worlds at a glance

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1: Physical plane, physical world, physical-etheric world, world of intellect
Earth Water Air Heat Light ether Sound ether Life ether	}	physical world
	}	etheric world, ether world
2: Astral plane, astral world, soul world, soul land, elementary world, imaginative world
Region of the Glow of Desire region of fluid irritability Region of wishes Region of pleasure and displeasure	}	Kamaloka (lower soul world)
Region of soul light Region of active soul power Region of the soul life	}	higher soul world
3: Devachan or Mental plane, spiritual world, spirit land
Continental area (archetypes of the physical) Sea region (archetypes of the living) Air circle (archetypes of the soul) etheric circle (archetypal thoughts)	}	Rupa Devachan (Lower Devachan, Heavenly world, World of Harmony of Spheres, World of Inspiration) At the boundary between lower and upper Devachan. begins that part of the Akashic Chronicle which contains everything that has ever been has ever been thought.
Germinal points of the soulful Germinal points of the living Germinal points of the physical	}	Arupa Devachan (Upper or Higher Devachan, World of Reason, World of True Intuition)
4: Buddhi plane, Shushupti plane, World of Providence, World of Foreseeing,
5: Nirvana plane	}	Nirvana (this is where creation springs out from nothingness and where the spiritual essence of man, the monad, comes from)
6: Parinirvana plane
7: Mahaparinirvana plane

Literatur

• Rudolf Steiner: Bewusstsein, Leben, Form. Grundprinzipien der geisteswissenschaftlichen Kosmologie., GA 89 (2001), Berlin, 3. November 1904 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Der Christus-Impuls und die Entwickelung des Ich-Bewusstseins, GA 116 (1982), Erster Vortrag, Berlin, 25. Oktober 1909 [[Lectures|116}}

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