Seven Planes

Seven Planes (AKA Seven Worlds)

Origin: hinted at in the mythos of Camazotz; referenced in esotericism, mysticism, and spiritualism

Description, Geography, History, Landmarks

Elemental Plane (First Plane)

To Do - (an unconscious plane of matter; reference with Derleth and his elementalism)

The Dreamlands (Second Plane)

A hallucinatory plane of dream and the unconscious, somewhat malleable in its order of time and space but nevertheless influenced by the other planes. See The Dreamlands.

Daylands (Third Plane)

The "Daylands", "real world", "waking world", etc. - a plane of life conscious living things, somewhat fixed in its order of time and space but nevertheless influenced by the other planes. See The Daylands.

The Other Side (Fourth Plane)

The "spirit world" or Astral Plane. See the Other Side.

Ascension (Fifth Plane)

A world of "divinity" and "magic" beyond the spirit world, where the Spirit Guides, Ascended Masters, "gods", and Ancient Ones dwell. The lower planes are believed by mystics to be ruled and governed by the meddling or guidance of beings on this plane, using an imperfect understanding of the magical rules and boundless energy of higher planes. Beings on the lower planes are believed by mystics to be undeveloped aspects of beings on the fifth plane, often stunted and misled in their spiritual advancement of growth and power by the tampering of more powerful beings, and in that way confined unnaturally to the limitations of the lower planes.

Formulae (Sixth Plane)

A world of the ultimate laws and formulae of the universe, the keys and the doors to unlocking the laws of all reality and unreality such as time, space, electromagnetism, entropy, etc. This is the plane from which all lower planes gain their order and reality; the rules and formulae of this world can be used by sorcerers and miracle-workers, scientists and inventors, artists and dreamers, plants and animals, elementals and Great Old Ones alike to alter the reality of lower planes of existence, though few on the lower planes are aware of the power they can and do access through their typically undeveloped and unconscious aspects from this plane. See Yog-Sothoth.

Energy (Seventh Plane)

A world of unbounded and unrestrained energy from which all other planes draw their power. The limitless energy of all creation and destruction, used in conjunction with the Sixth Plane of Formulae and Laws to alter all of reality, to create and destroy and shape worlds and the laws that govern those worlds. As with the Sixth Plane, few beings on the lower planes have aspects on this plane developed enough to be conscious of or aware of the power they can and do access on this plane. See Azathoth.

Heresies and Controversies

• The above organization of planes is mostly based on esotericism and Theosophy, adjusted slightly to make room for a few Lovecraftian concepts.

References

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