Note 11:1 — PART I. Pre-Islamic Persian Philosophy.
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Geiger Vol. I, p. 104. (The ṣūfī Cosmology has a similar doctrine concerning the different stages of existence through which the soul has to pass in its journey heavenward. They enumerate the following five Planes; but their definition of the character of each plane is slightly different:—
1. The world of body. (Nāsūt).
2. The world of pure intelligence. (Malakūt).
3. The world of power. (Jabrūt).
4. The world of negation. (Lāhūt).
5. The world of Absolute Silence. (Hāhūt).
The ṣūfīs probably borrowed this idea from the Indian Yogīs who recognise the following seven Planes:—(Annie Besant: Reincarnation, p. 30).
1. The Plane of Physical Body.
2. The Plane of Etherial double.
3. The Plane of Vitality.
4. The Plane of Emotional Nature.
5. The Plane of Thought.
6. The Plane of Spiritual soul—Reason.
7. The Plane of Pure Spirit.