Adi (metaphysical plane)
Adi (Skt., 'first') is a Hindu, Buddhist, and Theosophical term meaning the first part of reality.[1] It has to do with the first cause or even Adi-Ananta—at least as unity of infinity (as Plotinus and others say) emanating the first finite one. This is called Brahm (in Hinduism) and Adi-Buddha, and Theosophy also says it has to do with the Divine Monad, e.g. Logos.
| Planes of existence Gross and subtle bodies | |
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| Theosophy | |
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Full list 1. Spiritual plane / Monadic plane / Divine plane : 2. Spiritual plane: 3. Spiritual plane: 4. Spiritual / Causal plane / Buddhic plane : 5 Mental / Causal plane: 6. Astral-Ethereal plane:
7. Material plane: | |
| Rosicrucian | |
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The 7 Worlds & the 7 Cosmic Planes | |
| Thelema | |
| Body of light | Great Work | |
| Hermeticism | |
| Hermeticism | Cosmogony | |
| Surat Shabda Yoga | |
| Cosmology | |
| Jainism | |
| Jain cosmology | |
| Sufism | |
| Sufi cosmology | |
| Hinduism | |
| Talas/Lokas - Tattvas, Kosas, Upadhis | |
| Buddhism | |
| Buddhist cosmology | |
| Gnosticism | |
| Aeons, Archons | |
| Kabbalah | |
| Atziluth > Beri'ah > Yetzirah > Assiah | |
| Fourth Way | |
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Ray of Creation | |
See also
References
- Charles Webster Leadbeater, A Textbook of Theosophy, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1912.