The Physical body is understood in Theosophy as simply the last of seven progressively denser "vehicles of consciousness". Seal of the Theosophical Society Theosophy is a body of ideas which holds that all religions are attempts by man to ascertain the Divine, and as such each religion has a portion of the truth. ...

In Blavatskyian Theosophy it is called by the Vedantic name sthula sarira - "gross body" - and distingusihed from the linga sarira, the "subtle body" or astral double. These two, along with the kama and prana principles, constitute the "lower quaternary", the mortal or transitory aspect of the human being, as opposed to the higher three principles (triad) of the septenary. Helena Blavatsky Helena Petrovna Hahn (also Hélène) (July 31, 1831 (O.S.) (August 12, 1831 (N.S.)) - May 8, 1891 London, England), better known as Helena Blavatsky or Madame Blavatsky was the founder of Theosophy. ... Vedanta (Vedānta, वेदान्त, pronounced as ////) means the anta or culmination or essence of the Vedas. ... LiÅ„ga ÅšarÄ«ra is the Sanskrit term for the invisible double of the human body. ... Kama is the Sanskrit word for desire (e. ... In Hinduism, Prana is the infinite matter of which energy is born. ... Binomial name Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Homo sapiens idaltu† Homo sapiens sapiens Humans, or human beings, are bipedal primates belonging to the mammalian species Homo sapiens (Latin for wise man or thinking man) under the family Hominidae (the great apes). ... The Septenary in H.P. Blavatskys teachings refers to the seven principles of man, In The Key to Theosophy, pp. ...

In later Theosophy, and Theosophically-derived New Age teachings (C. W. Leadbeater, Alice Bailey, David Tansley, Barbara Brennan), the Physical body is distinguished from the etheric body, which serves as its "blueprint", and the structures of the etheric body, such as the chakras, are mirrored in the main glands and nerve ganglia of the physical body. It is stated that by working with and balancing these subtle energies, it is possible to heal physical ailments. New Age describes a broad movement characterized by alternative approaches to traditional Western culture. ... C.W. Leadbeater (1847 or 1854-1934), English clergyman and Theosophical author, contributed to world thought mostly through his work as a clairvoyant. ... Alice A. Bailey (16th June,1880 ‑ 15th December,1949), writer and lecturer on neo-theosophy, was born in England in 1880 as Alice LaTrobe Bateman. ... Barbara Brennan is an author, educator, public speaker, and spiritual healer and has been doing metaphysical healing for 30 years. ... The Etheric Body is one of the Subtle Bodies in Theosophy and New Age thought. ... In Hinduism and its spiritual systems of yoga and in some related eastern cultures, as well as in some segments of the New Age movement—and to some degree the distinctly different New Thought movement—chakra is thought to be an energy node in the human body. ... A gland is an organ in an animals body that synthesizes a substance for release such as hormones, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland). ... This is a dorsal root ganglion (DRG) from a chicken embryo (around stage of day 7) after incubation overnight in NGF growth medium stained with anti-neurofilament antibody. ...

References

• Annie Besant, "Theosophy" online
• H.P. Blavatsky, The Key to Theosophy
• Barbara Brennan, Hands of Light : A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field, Bantam Books, 1987