Macrocosm and Microcosm
GA 119
Varying terminology employed (see Lecture Six and onwards) for the super-sensible worlds:
In Oriental Theosophy:
- Physical Plane
- Astral plane
- Rupa-Devachan or Lower Mental plane
- Arupa-Devachan or Higher Mental plane
In Rosicrucian Theosophy:
- Physical World
- Imaginative World
- World of Inspiration or of the Harmony of the Spheres
- World of true Intuition
In the Movement that has associated itself with that of the Rosicrucians:*This fivefold division is based on a different approach.
- The Little World or the World of the Intellect
- World of the Elements (Elementary World)
- World of Spirit (or, occasionally, Heaven World)
- World of Reason
- World of Archetypal Images or World of Providence
The Astral World might also be called the Soul-World and the Devachanic World the Spirit-Land. (See the book, Theosophy) European languages, “if they are honest with themselves”, have as yet no designations suitable for application to the Nirvana plane.