Devas
In Theosophy
In
the teachings of Theosophy,
Devas, the equivalent of
angels, are regarded as living
either in the atmospheres of
the planets of the solar
system (Planetary Angels) or
inside the Sun (Solar Angels)
(presumably other planetary
systems and stars have their
own angels). They are believed
to help to guide the operation
of the processes of nature
such as the process of
evolution and the growth of
plants. Their appearance is
reputedly like colored flames
about the size of a human
being. Some (but not most)
devas originally incarnated as
human beings. Smaller, less
important, evolutionarily
undeveloped minor angels are
called nature spirits,
elementals, and fairies.
The
Cottingley Fairies photographs
in 1917 (revealed by the
"photographers" in 1981 to
have been faked) were
originally publicized by
Theosophists, many of whom
believed them to be real. C.W.
Leadbeater and other
Theosophists wrote many books
on supernatural creatures,
emphasizing that any
sufficiently enlightened human
should be able to see devas,
nature spirits, elementals
(gnomes, ondines, sylphs, and
salamanders), and fairies when
the third eye is activated.
They are said to have etheric
bodies that are composed of
etheric matter, a type of
matter finer and more pure
that is composed of smaller
particles than ordinary
physical plane matter.
Theosophists
believe that these less
evolutionarily developed
beings have never been
previously incarnated as human
beings; they are regarded as
being on a separate line of
spiritual evolution called the
“deva evolution” or "angel
evolution path"; eventually,
as their souls advance as they
reincarnate, it is believed
they will incarnate as devas
- Hodson,
Geoffrey, Kingdom of the
Gods ISBN 0-7661-8134-0 —
includes color pictures of
what Devas supposedly look
like when observed by the
third eye — their
appearance is reputedly
like colored flames about
the size of a human being.
Paintings
of some of the devas
claimed to have been
seen by Hodson from
his book "Kingdom of the
Gods":
- C.W. Leadbeater, The Astral
Plane.
Published in 1895. Entire
text online at archive.org.
Page found 2011-11-01.
- Powell,
A.E. The Solar System
London:1930 The
Theosophical Publishing
House (A Complete Outline
of the Theosophical Scheme
of Evolution) See
"Lifewave" chart (refer to
index)
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