Astral spirits

Astral spirits

Astral spirits are spirits believed to animate or to people the heavenly bodies, to whom worship was paid, and to hover unembodied through space exercising demonic influence on embodied spirits. They typically feature heavily in Shamanistic religions.


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  • Astral spirits — Astral As tral, a. [L. astralis, fr. astrum star, Gr. ?: cf. F. astral. See {Star}.] 1. Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike. [1913 Webster] Shines only with an astral luster. I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Some… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • astral spirits — plural noun Spirits supposed to animate the heavenly bodies, forming, as it were, their souls • • • Main Entry: ↑astral …   Useful english dictionary

  • Astral spirits — Spirit Spir it, n. [OF. espirit, esperit, F. esprit, L. spiritus, from spirare to breathe, to blow. Cf. {Conspire}, {Expire}, {Esprit}, {Sprite}.] 1. Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. [Obs.] All of spirit… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ASTRAL SPIRITS —    spirits believed to animate or to people the heavenly bodies, to whom worship was paid, and to hover unembodied through space exercising demonic influence on embodied spirits …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Astral — As tral, a. [L. astralis, fr. astrum star, Gr. ?: cf. F. astral. See {Star}.] 1. Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike. [1913 Webster] Shines only with an astral luster. I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Some astral forms …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Astral lamp — Astral As tral, a. [L. astralis, fr. astrum star, Gr. ?: cf. F. astral. See {Star}.] 1. Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike. [1913 Webster] Shines only with an astral luster. I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Some… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Spirits of turpentine — Spirit Spir it, n. [OF. espirit, esperit, F. esprit, L. spiritus, from spirare to breathe, to blow. Cf. {Conspire}, {Expire}, {Esprit}, {Sprite}.] 1. Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. [Obs.] All of spirit… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Spirits of wine — Spirit Spir it, n. [OF. espirit, esperit, F. esprit, L. spiritus, from spirare to breathe, to blow. Cf. {Conspire}, {Expire}, {Esprit}, {Sprite}.] 1. Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. [Obs.] All of spirit… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Astral projection — (or astral travel) is an esoteric interpretation of a type of out of body experience that assumes the existence of an astral body separate from the physical body and capable of traveling outside it. [… …   Wikipedia

  • Astral plane — This article is about a plane of existence. In the context of Unicode, astral characters consist of planes above the Basic Multilingual Plane. The astral plane, also called the astral world, is a plane of existence postulated by classical… …   Wikipedia

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