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AETHER OR FATHER AETHER

A symbol of the fifth plane of being; the plane of Atma. The highest plane of manifestation.

“The fifth element some call Heaven, some Light, others Ether." - PLUTARCH, On the Fat Delphi, § 11.

"Ether was considered one of the elementary substances out of which the universe was formed. It was regarded as pure upper air,' the residence of the Gods, and Zeus, Lord of the Ether, or Æther itself personified." - Smith's Class. Dict.

“Out of this same Self the ether rose, from ether air, from air fire, from fire water, from water earth, from earth plants, from plants food, from food the germ of life, from the germ of life man." - Tait. Upanishad.

 

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ATMA PLANE
DÆMONS
ELEMENTS (Five)
WORLDS (Five)