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CHAPTER VI
THE ASTRAL BODY AND THE ETHERIC BODY
THE diagrams given below illustrate the relationship of the etheric body to the astral body to the physical body, and what is meant by the etheric double.
The ETHERIC BODY is a strip of ether marked A, which may be shown as light streaks when the astral body has been discarded some time after the death of the physical body.
The ASTRAL BODY surrounds the etheric body, and is more or less egg-shaped, and is spoken of in the Scriptures as the "golden bowl” because of its shape, and the orange ray emanating from it : I have marked it B in my sketch.
The PHYSICAL BODY is indicated by the dotted lines.
The ETHERIC DOUBLE is indicated by the radiating lines of force, the short being positive, and the long ones being negative.
You will notice that both the astral and etheric bodies are sexless, having no extremities. The etheric double is the connecting link between
