Kamaloka
The kamaloka (Sanskrit: काम kama "desire" and लोक loka "place"; literally the "place of desire") is referred to in Christian terminology as purgatory[1] and is seen in close connection with the particular judgement to which man must submit immediately after death.
The Kamaloka at the boundary of the physical-etheric and the astral world
The Kamaloka is where the three uppermost regions of the physical-etheric world (light ether, sound ether and life ether) intersect with the three lowermost regions of the astral world (glow of desire, flowing irritability and region of desires); this is also the sublunary sphere:
„If we start from the physical plan, we have here (it is drawn) seven subdivisions of the physical plan; then would come seven subdivisions of the astral plan. Of these, the three lowest coincide with the three highest of the physical plan. We must regard the astral plan as being pushed together with the physical plan in such a way that the three uppermost sections of the physical plan are at the same time the three lowermost sections of the astral plan. We can speak of a marginal zone, that is, the one which our souls cannot leave after death, when they are still bound to the earth by desires. It is called kamaloka.“ (Lit.:GA 101, p. 223)
| physical-etheric world | astral world | |
|---|---|---|
| Region of soul life | ||
| Region of active soul force | ||
| Region of soul light | ||
| Region of pleasure and displeasure | ||
| Life ether | Region of wishes | |
| Sound ether | Region of flowing irritability | Kamaloka |
| Light ether | Region of the glow of desires | |
| Fire/Heat ether | ||
| Air | ||
| Water | ||
| Earth |
Literature
- Romano Guardini: Die letzten Dinge: Die christliche Lehre vom Tode, der Läuterung nach dem Tode, Auferstehung, Gericht und Ewigkeit, Topos Verlag 2008 (1. Aufl. 1952), ISBN 978-3836704618
- Karl Rahner: Grundkurs des Glaubens, 2. Auflage, Herder Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3451288227, eBook ASIN B00P693HC8
- Martin Burckhardt: Die Erlebnisse nach dem Tode. Der nachtodliche Weg des Menschen durch die übersinnliche Welt. Eine Zusammenfassung von Schilderungen Rudolf Steiners, Edition Verlag Die Pforte, Dornach 1996
- Rudolf Steiner: Theosophie - Einführung in übersinnliche Welterkenntnis und Menschenbestimmung, GA 9 (1904), Kapitel Die Seele in der Seelenwelt nach dem Tode English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
- Rudolf Steiner: Mythen und Sagen. Okkulte Zeichen und Symbole, GA 101 (1992) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
- Rudolf Steiner: Okkulte Untersuchungen über das Leben zwischen Tod und neuer Geburt, GA 140 (1961) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
- Rudolf Steiner: Der Tod als Lebenswandlung, GA 182 (1996), ISBN 3-7274-1820-6 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
- Rudolf Steiner: Geisteswissenschaftliche Menschenkunde, GA 107 (1988), ISBN 3-7274-1070-1 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
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References
- ↑ The concept of "purgatory", in which venial sins are purged, was introduced into Christianity by Pope Gregory the Great (* c. 540; † 12 March 604) into Christian theology.
