The word “astral,” as now commonly accepted, has attained a meaning that ordinarily is not known to have any connection with the stars, although its name shows that it is derived from and must pertain to the stars. In what follows will be shown what is the astral realm and what are the astral entities and forces that come from the “stars,” and just what are the “stars” that influence humanity.

Try to realize that man back through the ages, because of wrong teachings and beliefs, and his gradually coming to look at everything from a selfish and materialistic viewpoint, by his thinking has created in humanity’s consciousness a false heaven, a false God, even a false Jesus Christ, and other deities, according to the religions he professes to worship. These thought-created entities naturally live in and influence their creators from the astral or illusionary realm of man’s mind, which is but a distorted reflection there of the true Heaven, and has no actual existence except in man’s believed to be “separate” mind.

In the following excerpt from a remarkable book, “The Rise and Consummation of the AEon,” * by Holden E. Sampson, the author makes some very unusual statements, which we call to the attention of our readers as confirming what has just been stated, claiming that the sun, moon and stars we see with our physical eyes are not the real planets themselves, but are only man’s mental concepts of them, which because man believes them separate and apart from the One Consciousness or Spirit, they have become concrete in the astral realm of man’s mortal consciousness and seem to him to be as they now appear.

Because of their being man’s creation, and back through the ages by his thinking he having invested them with certain attributes and powers, these powers now re-act on man according to his beliefs; and because of the operation of the law, certain Satanic influences utilize these forces thus set in motion to bring about man’s undoing.

The author claims that men have degenerated through the centuries until now they are in the state of the people of ancient Babylon; that they have again come under the dominion of Satan, the Bel-Istar of Babylonian days; and that what happened in Babylon must happen to the world today, in order to free from