Meaning

Relating to or resembling the stars; starry..

Definitions by Sense

1. Relating to or resembling the stars; starry.
2. (biology) Relating to an aster.
3. (parapsychology, theosophy, fantasy) Composed of ethereal material or non-physical (sometimes supersensible), and capable of sometimes separating from the physical body (as an astral body) to travel to other places or to other realms of existence (in or via the astral plane).
4. (parapsychology) A supernatural being from the astral plane.

Example Sentences

Some Aſtral forms I muſt invoke by prayer, / Fram'd of all pureſt Atoms of the Air; [...]

astral rays

astral sphere

In the case of an inanimate body, […] when the physical object was broken the astral counterpart would also be divided; but it would not be possible to break an astral counterpart, and in that way to affect the physical object. In other words the act of fraction must begin on the physical plane. One could of course move a purely astral object by means of an astral hand if one wished, but not the astral counterpart of a physical object. In order to perform this latter feat it would be necessary to materialize a hand and move the physical object, when the astral counterpart would of course accompany it.

"[I could] see her astral form sitting on the edge of her bed. She was waiting for me."

[He could] see her astral projection; she looked like a celestial being, holding her hand out to him. With relief rushing through his body, he called out to her, "I've got you angel, and I'm coming!" Hammering the gas the car took off[…]

[Other actions], such as the moving of solid articles, either by an astral hand projected to draw them towards her, or by using an Elemental; others by reading in the Astral Light, and so on. But the proof of the reality of her mission from those whom she spoke of as Masters lay not in these[…]

Now both of you sit there and wait for any guides to come to you, any astrals or people from that life to make themselves known to you.

Word Forms

• more astral
• most astral
• astrals

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