Thanks again for listening to the Dover Masonic Lodge Podcast! In today’s episode, we cover chapter 8 of ‘The Kybalion’. This chapter is a rigorous exploration of “The Planes of Correspondence”.

For your reference, here is an outline of the planes as mentioned in this chapter:

1. The Great Physical Plane
   1. The Plane of Matter (A)
      1. Solids, Liquids & Gases
   2. The Plane of Matter (B)
      1. Radiant Matter
   3. The Plane of Matter (C)
      1. Subtle and Tenuous Matter
   4. The Plane of Ethereal Substance
      1. “The Ether”
      2. Transmission medium of energy
   5. The Plane of Energy (A)
      1. Heat
      2. Light
      3. Magnetism
      4. Electricity
      5. Attraction (gravity, cohesion, chemical affinity)
      6. Unclassified I
      7. Unclassified II
   6. The Plane of Energy (B)
      1. 7 sub-planes of “Nature’s Finer Forces”
   7. The Plane of Energy (C)
      1. 7 sub-planes of “life-like” energy
2. The Great Mental Plane
   1. The Plane of Mineral Mind
      1. States or conditions of units/entities that animate minerals, chemicals, etc.
   2. The Plane of Elemental Mind (A)
      1. 7 sub-planes
   3. The Plane of Plant Mind
      1. States or conditions of units/entities that animate plants
   4. The Plane of Elemental Mind (B)
      1. 7 sub-planes
   5. The Plane of Animal Mind
      1. States or conditions of units/entities that animate animals
   6. The Plane of Elemental Mind (C)
      1. 7 sub-planes
      2. “Semi-human”
   7. The Plane of Human Mind
      1. Lowest human plane
      2. 2nd “degree”
      3. 3rd “degree”
      4. Current plane of a few of lowest human minds
      5. Current plane of vast majority of today’s human minds
      6. Plane of the “Super-man”
      7. Plane of the “Over-man”
3. The Great Spiritual Plane
   1. 7 sub-planes
   2. Consist of “angels”, “archangles”, “demigods”
   3. Lower planes are “masters” and “adepts”
   4. “The gods”

As also mentioned in today’s podcast, download and read Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton’s “Zanoni” here. This excellent book will likely be a future reading on the Dover Lodge Masonic Podcast. From Wikipedia,here is a brief description of the book:

This piece of literature describes a fascinating story of love and occult aspiration. The plot is as follows: Zanoni, timeless Rosicrucian brother, falls in love with Viola Pisani, promising young and beautiful singer, daughter of Pisani, misunderstood violinist in Italy. Glyndon, English gentleman loves Viola as well but his spiritual growth sees Zanoni as a master. The story develops in the days of the French Revolution in 1789.

Please note: This reading of ‘The Kybalion’ is for your consideration as an informational presentation. It is not a publication of, nor is it necessarily the opinion of Dover Lodge #489 or The Grand Lodge of Ohio. ‘The Kybalion’ was written by The Three Initiates, and is a publication of The Yogi Publication Society, Masonic Temple, Chicago IL. This work is not under copyright protection, and is under the public domain according to United States Copyright law.