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WORLD. The subtle sphere of the Lord’s creation, a universe of light and color composed of finer-than-atomic forces, i.e., and vibrations of life energy or lifetrons. Every being, every object, every vibration on the material plane has an astral counterpart, for in the astral universe is the blueprint of our material universe. At physical death, man goes in his astral body of light to one of the astral planets, according to merit, to continue his spiritual evolution in the greater freedom of that subtle realm. There he remains for a karmically predetermined time until physical rebirth. ASURAS Demons ASVINS Twin gods, equivalents of the Greek Dioskouri. They accompanied the sun god in his fiery three-wheeled chariot and were physicians to the gods of Indra’s heaven. Among their good deeds, were rescuing shipwrecked mariners, providing artificial legs for the maimed and finding husbands for old maids. ATHARVA Veda The fourth of the holy books of the Aryans. It consists mainly of magical spells and verse incantations and is later than Rig Veda and yajur Veda. ATMA Divine self or Soul ATMAKARAKA Significator of the self or Atma ATMAN The Self, soul, Spirit AUDDALAKI The patronymic of Svetaketu. AUM (OM). The basis of all sounds; universal symbol-word for God. Aum of the Vedas became the sacred word Hum of the Tibetans; Amin of the Moslems; and Amen of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Jews, and Christians. Amen in Hebrew means sure, faithful. Aum is the all-pervading sound emanating from the Holy Ghost (Invisible Cosmic Vibration; God in His aspect of Creator); the "Word" of the Bible; the voice of creation, testifying to the Divine Presence in every atom. Aum may be heard through practice of Self-Realization Fellowship methods of meditation. AVATAR. From the Sanskrit avatara, with roots ava, "down," and tri, "to pass." Souls, who attain union with Spirit and then return to earth to help mankind’s are called avatars, divine incarnations. AVIDYA. Literally, "non-knowledge," ignorance; the manifestation in man of maya, and the cosmic delusion (q.v.). Essentially, avidya is man’s ignorance of his divine nature and of the sole reality; Spirit. AYANAMSA Difference between Sidereal and Tropical zodiacs AYURVEDA Vedic medicine, medicinal approach used with Vedic astrology 
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