astral plane

American  

[as-truhl pleyn] / ˈæs trəl ˈpleɪn /

Or Astral Plane

noun

1. Theosophy. a nonphysical level or realm of being, separate from the physical one but accessible from it by means of one’s astral body or by people with psychic powers: believed to be inhabited by angels and other nonphysical beings, including the souls of people who have died or have yet to be born.

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Etymology

Origin of astral plane

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

She’s joined by Edred, a Legolas-type elven swordsman who was Melinda’s lover in a previous life, and Seng, a floating bald kid who recalls Avatar Aang, drifting in and out of the astral plane.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2023

The label says this greeting-card-quality doodle is made with pastel and colored pens on “imported paper,” which perhaps means the sheet floated in from an astral plane.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2022

The post-credits scene indicates that Wanda has figured out how to hang in the astral plane, so if the side-jaunt to Salem takes place anywhere other than the land of metaphor, it might be there.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2021

The result is an absorbing yarn and yet another lens on that era’s social history that baby boomers are now excavating with frantic enthusiasm before their sources transition to another astral plane.

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2020

As a matter of occult fact the average good man will find the astral plane life a happy existence and will soon pass on to the blissful heaven world.

From Elementary Theosophy by Rogers, L. W. (Louis William)