A Shell of a Finer Kind of Matter

Water, in its various states, serves as an analogy for understanding the astral body and its relationship to the physical body. Just as water exists as ice, water, and steam at different temperatures, the physical body has a counterpart known as the astral body, the second principle of us, humans.

And what is the purpose of this astral body? It is a shell and nothing more. Composed of a finer quality of matter than that of the physical body, but matter nonetheless. Both bodies are eventually discarded at the appropriate time, disintegrating after someone dies.

Throughout the ages, the astral body has intrigued people and given rise to numerous superstitions and mysteries due to the limited understanding of its nature. It has been described as the ethereal body, the fluidic body, the double, or the Doppelganger.