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96 The Kabbalah ofthe Golden Dawn
Apart from the Astral Body of the individual human being, we also
have the Astral Body of various other energies that can equally affect us.
One example is the Astral Body formed through groups of people and
their emotions. Another is the Astral Body of the Planet Earth itself. A
contributing factor here is the energies from the Zodiac which ate Astral
in emanation. In group Astral energy we have the effect of various religious
organizations and Hermetic Orders, such as the Golden Dawn,
which generates a great deal of power on the Astral level. It is this energy
that is tapped through ritual and pushed through to the Etheric bodies
of the groups or of individuals involved in ritual work. Equinox is a particularly
good example, where contacts with energies and thought-forms
are done through the Astral Body of the Order as a whole. This also
opens the doors to individual contact.
Another example of Astral energy at work through the individual is
the Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, which can be done either on the
Etheric or Astral level, depending on the degree of competence of the
operator. A good rule of thumb is that if one wishes to do either a Pentagram
or Hexagram ritual in the Astral, that is, without physical movement,
the Astral level is then tapped and utilized.
Another example of the Astral in ritual is the Vault of the Adepti
in which no invocations or banishing can be done due to the fact that the
Vault functions on the Astral level. To bring any form of mundane physical
movement into the Vault would reduce the interior energy to function
on the Etheric level. When in the Vault, the Adept must be able to
reach and work from the Astral level so that the higher energies can be
tapped. The Etheric energies do, however, exist in the Vault by virtue of
its color scheme, but this is merely a web that uses the colors to draw
down the Astral power. Once again, to achieve this successfully depends
on the Will of the Temple Officers or Adepti and for the Etheric level is
never utilized directly within the Vault.
The next level to consider is the use of the Astral Body on the physical
plane of the Earth. Bythis I mean the ability to astrally travel to any part
of the globe, return and give an accurate account of what is happening
there, whether it be next door or the next country. The Astral Body will,
during sleep, shock, or direction, actually vacate the physical body at certain
times with an attachment of a silver cord to the solar plexus center of the
Etheric Body. This type of voyaging with the Astral Bodycan be induced by