"...Man is a far more complex being than is generally imagined. He has not only a body and a soul, but he is a spirit possessing a soul, which soul has several vehicles for expression, these several vehicles being of different degrees of density, the body being the lowest form of expression. These different vehicles manifest upon different "planes," such as the " physical plane," the " astral plane," etc., all of which will be explained as we proceed. The real self is pure spirit-a spark of the ...