Kabbalah-of-the-Golden-Dawn-Pat-Zalewski - D Ank Unlimited
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The Soul <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> <strong>Kabbalah</strong> 95<br />
made between <strong>the</strong> two different concepts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nephesch. Again, drawing<br />
an analogy with eastern <strong>the</strong>ology, this is separated into <strong>the</strong> E<strong>the</strong>ric Body<br />
and <strong>the</strong> Astral Body, which is a body subtle anatomy seemingly classed by<br />
<strong>the</strong> Kabbalists in <strong>the</strong> form <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nephesch. For <strong>the</strong> Zohar says:94<br />
For <strong>the</strong>re is a certain Nephesch which does not rest and<br />
<strong>the</strong>re is a Nephesch which is not cut <strong>of</strong>f from <strong>the</strong> body.<br />
The Zohar clearly states that <strong>the</strong>re are both higher and lower forms<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ncphesch, with <strong>the</strong> lower form being equated with <strong>the</strong> E<strong>the</strong>ric<br />
Body, which exists in every living creature, and <strong>the</strong> higher Nephesch,<br />
which equates with <strong>the</strong> Astral Body and which has <strong>the</strong> ability to journey<br />
from one place to <strong>the</strong> next, both with and without <strong>the</strong> knowledge<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> body to which it is attached. Such traveling can involve actual<br />
physical distances or psychic dimensions. The Astral Body can do both.<br />
So much has been written on this subject that <strong>the</strong>re is no requirement<br />
to repeat it here.<br />
The Astral Body, or Higher Nephesch as some prefer to call it, is in<br />
fact also a plasmic body in its own right. As such, it has a certain amount<br />
<strong>of</strong> freedom. The Astral Body feeds on both pleasure and pain, and in<br />
some instances, when <strong>the</strong> individual is at ei<strong>the</strong>r end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> spectrum, a<br />
distortion can occur where ei<strong>the</strong>r pleasure or pain can be <strong>the</strong> main impetus<br />
into this body. The Astral Body <strong>the</strong>n sends down its impulse through<br />
<strong>the</strong> E<strong>the</strong>ric Body and its Seven centers to <strong>the</strong> Physical Body. Distortion<br />
at this level alters <strong>the</strong> balance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> seven centers and can cause both<br />
physical and mental ill health and is rhe major cause <strong>of</strong> disease. Any form<br />
<strong>of</strong> stress build-up carried through to <strong>the</strong> Astral Body will cause it to<br />
release energy through <strong>the</strong> Solar Plexus center in rhe E<strong>the</strong>ric Body to <strong>the</strong><br />
Physical Body, resulring in problems concerned with <strong>the</strong> area this center<br />
governs. In some cases, where extreme karma is called for, <strong>the</strong> energy or<br />
impetus is <strong>the</strong>n broughr to bear on <strong>the</strong> Astral Body from rhe next level up<br />
(<strong>the</strong> Mental Body). This can be in conflict with what <strong>the</strong> Astral Body is<br />
experiencing at <strong>the</strong> moment. It may be that <strong>the</strong> Astral Body is having a<br />
very good time <strong>of</strong> it through <strong>the</strong> experiences <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> physical, and all <strong>of</strong> a<br />
sudden a command comes down to change direction. As a result conflict<br />
can occur, which in turn results in disease in <strong>the</strong> physical.<br />
94 Volume 3, Folio142b.