Subtle body

psycho-spiritual constituents of living beings, according to various esoteric, occult, and mystical teachings

A subtle body is a body that also has a psyche and a soul (not only physical form). One of the subtle body is the astral body.

The subtle body in Indian mysticism, from a yoga manuscript in Braj Bhasa language, 1899. A row of chakras is depicted from the base of the spine up to the crown of the head.

This concept is common in Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, Kabbalah, Sufism.

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