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Seven '''planes''' (from {{EnS}} ''plane'' "level"), '''levels''' or '''worlds''' are distinguished by [[Rudolf Steiner]] following the Indian-[[theosophical]] tradition, which are connected with the regular evolution of our [[world evolutionary stages|planet chain]]. In addition, there is the so-called [[eighth sphere]]:
Seven '''planes''' (from {{EnS}} ''plane'' "level"), '''levels''' 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]]:


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       <td vAlign="centre" colSpan="3"><font size="2">1. <b><i>[[Physical Plan]]</i></b>,
       <td vAlign="centre" colSpan="3"><font size="2">1. <b><i>[[Physical plane]]</i></b>,
         physical world, physical-etheric world, world of mind</font></td>.
         [[physical world]], [[physical-etheric world]], world of intellect</font></td>.
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       <td vAlign="centre"><font size="2">[[physical world]] ({{HeS|עולם עשיה|[[Olam Assiah]]}}, the ''world of action'')</font></td>
       <td vAlign="centre"><font size="2">[[physical world]] </font></td>
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       <td vAlign="centre"><font size="6">}</font></td>
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       <td vAlign="centre"><font size="2">[[ethereal world]], [[ether world]] ({{HeS|עולם יצירה|[[Olam Jetzira]]}}, the ''world of shaping'').
       <td vAlign="centre"><font size="2">[[etheric world]], [[ether world]]
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       <td vAlign="centre" colSpan="3"><font size="2">2. <b><i>[[Astral Plan]]</i></b>, astral world, soul world, soul land, elemental world, imaginative world ({{HeS|עולם בריאה|[[Olam Briah]]}}, the ''world of creation'')</font></td>
       <td vAlign="centre" colSpan="3"><font size="2">2. <b><i>[[Astral plane]]</i></b>, [[astral world]], [[soul world]], [[soul land]], [[elementary world]], [[imaginative world]] </font></td>
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           <li><font size="2">region of fluid irritability</font>
           <li><font size="2">region of fluid irritability</font>
           <li><font size="2">Region of wishes</font>
           <li><font size="2">Region of wishes</font>
           <li><font size="2">Region of desire and displeasure</font></li>
           <li><font size="2">Region of pleasure and displeasure</font></li>
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       <td vAlign="centre" colSpan="3"><font size="2">3. <b><i>[[Devachan]]</i></b>
       <td vAlign="centre" colSpan="3"><font size="2">3. <b><i>[[Devachan]]</i></b>
         or <b><i>Mental Plan</i></b>, Spiritual world, spirit land</font> ({{HeS|עולם אצילות|[[Olam Atziluth]]}}, the ''World of Sublimity'')</td>
         or <b><i>[[Mental plane]]</i></b>, [[spiritual world]], [[spirit land]]</font> </td>
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       <td vAlign="centre"><font size="2"><i><b>[[Arupa Devachan]]</b></i> ([[Upper Devachan|upper]]
       <td vAlign="centre"><font size="2"><i><b>[[Arupa Devachan]]</b></i> ([[Upper Devachan|Upper]]
         or [[higher Devachan]], [[World of Reason]], [[World of True Intuition]])</font></td>
         or [[Higher Devachan]], [[World of Reason]], [[World of True Intuition]])</font></td>
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       <td vAlign="centre" colSpan="3"><font size="2">4. <b><i>[[Buddhiplan]]</i></b>,
       <td vAlign="centre" colSpan="3"><font size="2">4. <b><i>[[Buddhi plane]]</i></b>,
         [[Shushupti plane]], [[World of Providence]], [[World of Foreseeing]], [[World of Primordial Images]]</font></td>.
         [[Shushupti plane]], [[World of Providence]], [[World of Foreseeing]], </font></td>.
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       <td vAlign="centre">5. <b><i><font size="2">[[Nirvana plane]]</font></i></b></td>
       <td vAlign="centre">5. <b><i><font size="2">[[Nirvana plane]]</font></i></b></td>
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       <td vAlign="centre" rowSpan="3"><i><b><font size="2">[[Nirvana]]</font></b></i> (this is where [[creation]] springs from nothingness and where the spiritual essence of [[man]]s, the [[monad]], comes from)</td>
       <td vAlign="centre" rowSpan="3"><i><b><font size="2">[[Nirvana]]</font></b></i> (this is where [[creation]] springs out from nothingness and where the spiritual essence of [[man]], the [[monad]], comes from)</td>
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== Literatur ==
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Bewusstsein, Leben, Form. Grundprinzipien der geisteswissenschaftlichen Kosmologie.'', [[GA 89]] (2001), Berlin, 3. November 1904 {{Lectures|89}}
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Der Christus-Impuls und die Entwickelung des Ich-Bewusstseins'', [[GA 116]] (1982), Erster Vortrag, Berlin, 25. Oktober 1909 [[Lectures|116}}
{{GA}}


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Seven planes (from English plane "level"), levels 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:

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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

References to the work of Rudolf Steiner follow Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works (CW or GA), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach/Switzerland, unless otherwise stated.
Email: verlag@steinerverlag.com URL: www.steinerverlag.com.
Index to the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner - Aelzina Books
A complete list by Volume Number and a full list of known English translations you may also find at Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works
Rudolf Steiner Archive - The largest online collection of Rudolf Steiner's books, lectures and articles in English.
Rudolf Steiner Audio - Recorded and Read by Dale Brunsvold
steinerbooks.org - Anthroposophic Press Inc. (USA)
Rudolf Steiner Handbook - Christian Karl's proven standard work for orientation in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works for free download as PDF.