Mental body

Planes of existence Gross and subtle bodies
Theosophy
Full list 1. Spiritual/Divine/Logoic/Mahaparanirvanic plane/Adi Divine Spirit/Word; First Logos/Theon/Pranava/Parabrahman. paramatman 2. Spiritual/Monadic/Paranirvanic plane/Anupapaduka Holy Spirit/Word; Second Logos/Monad; Nirguna Brahman. oversoul/monad/jivatman 3. Spiritual/Pneuma/Nirvanic/Atmic plane Holy Spirit/Word; Third Logos/Pneuma; Saguna Brahman. individual spirit/pneuma/atman 4. Spiritual/Soul/Causal/Intuitional/Noetic/Buddhic plane soul/nous/buddhi/causal body 5 Mental/Manasic/Causal/Intellectual plane mind/manas/phren: mental and causal and higher mental bodies, projection/out-of-body experience (OBE) 6. Astral/Emotional plane ghost/thymos/kama/emotional/astral body, projection/OBE 7. Material-Ethereal plane material/soma/sthula and life/ethereal/phasma/linga/vital bodies/shariras, aura/prana, projection/OBE

Rosicrucian
The 7 Worlds and the 7 Cosmic Planes The Seven-fold constitution of Man The Ten-fold constitution of Man
Thelema
Body of light \| Great Work
Hermeticism
Hermeticism \| Cosmogony
Surat Shabda Yoga
Cosmology
Jainism
Jain cosmology
Sufism
Sufi cosmology
Hinduism
Lokas/Talas - Tattvas, Kosas, Upadhis
Buddhism
Buddhist cosmology
Gnosticism
Aeons, Archons
Kabbalah
Atziluth > Beri'ah > Yetzirah > Assiah Sephirot
Fourth Way
Ray of Creation
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The mental body (the mind) is one of the subtle bodies in esoteric philosophies, in some religious teachings and in New Age thought. It is understood as a sort of body made up of thoughts, just as the emotional body consists of emotions and the physical body is made up of matter. In occult understanding, thoughts are not just subjective qualia, but have an existence apart from the associated physical organ, the brain.