A Journey Through Spirit, Soul and Form
“You are light expressing itself in form. From spirit to skin, you are divine intelligence woven into being.”
APRIL 2025
Understanding the Layers of Our Energetic Body: A Journey Through Spirit, Soul and Form
You are not just your body, thoughts or feelings. Your consciousness does not reside in the mind. You are a radiant, multidimensional being — a living constellation of consciousness, light, and frequency expressing itself in form, intricately woven into the one sacred whole.
This energetic body, sometimes called the subtle body or auric field — is composed of interpenetrating layers that surround and support the physical body. Each layer holds its own wisdom, frequency, and purpose. Together, they form a bridge between spirit and matter, influencing how we feel, experience life on Earth and heal.
Let’s explore these layers from the outermost spiritual realms through to the densest and most familiar, the physical body. We’ll also traverse their interplay with the 3D world and how understanding this system can support greater healing, alignment and wholeness.
What Are the Layers of the Energetic Body?
The energetic body is traditionally described as comprising seven main auric layers. Each layer is associated with a different dimension of our being — spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical. These layers are often described in spiritual and healing traditions, including Vedic teachings (koshas), Theosophy, shamanic wisdom and modern energy medicine. Each layer is nested within the others, moving from the expansive outer fields inward toward the denser vibrational frequency of the physical form.
Let’s begin with the most subtle — the soul’s domain — and move inward to the tangible vessel through which we live, breathe and create.
1. Causal Body (Ketheric Template) – The Soul’s Evolutionary Wisdom
Outermost layer | Pure divine light
The causal body holds the blueprint of the soul’s journey — across lifetimes, timelines, and dimensions. This is the field of divine memory and karmic imprints, the source of your soul contracts and sacred lessons. It’s here that we find the essence of your spiritual evolution, your soul gifts, and the higher purpose guiding your incarnation.
It is often experienced as a brilliant golden or white light surrounding the entire auric field. Healing at this level often involves past-life work, soul retrieval, and deep spiritual mentorship.
2. Celestial Body – Spiritual Light and Higher Consciousnessg
Layer of divine love and intuition
The celestial body is where we experience divine inspiration, unconditional love, and communion with Source, our guides, and higher dimensional beings. It is the realm of spiritual ecstasy and transcendence, where you may feel a deep remembrance of home beyond the stars.
This is the layer through which Light Language flows, where intuitive downloads are received, and where we connect with the multidimensional aspects of self. Meditation, prayer, sound healing, and connection to the angelic realm nourish and activate the celestial body, facilitating soul-aligned inspiration and spiritual clarity.
3. Etheric Template Body – The Soul’s Blueprint for Form
Higher template of the etheric and physical bodies
This layer contains the divine template for your physical body in its highest vibrational state. It’s like the sacred architecture behind the physical — a harmonic field of geometric patterns and structure that guides the formation and function of your bodily systems.
When this layer is out of alignment, physical imbalances may occur. Working with sound frequency, energy healing, and vibrational tools like Field Tuning can help restore the original pattern of health and harmony.
4. Astral Body – Love, Connection and Heart Consciousness
Bridge between spirit and human
The astral body is the realm of relationships, emotions, and heart connection — with others, with the Earth, and with Spirit. It is the meeting point between the upper spiritual layers and the lower energetic bodies. This is where your aura expands in love and contracts in fear.
It is also the space we visit in dreams, soul travel, and deep spiritual journeys. Healing the astral body allows for emotional intimacy, spiritual connection, and a sense of unity with all life. Reiki and Sacred Space help clear and strengthen this layer, especially if you're highly empathic or sensitive to the energies of others.
5. Mental Body – Thoughts, Beliefs and Inner Dialogue
The realm of mind and perception
This layer governs logic, memory, analysis, and belief systems. It holds the mental patterns that shape your worldview — both consciously and unconsciously. A clear, balanced mental body supports clarity, focus, and aligned decision-making.
When out of harmony, this body can hold loops of self-doubt, anxiety, or overthinking. Mindfulness, journaling, and meditative inquiry are beautiful tools for soothing and restructuring the mental body with intention.
6. Emotional Body – Feeling, Flow and Expression
The waters of your inner world
Your emotional body stores the full spectrum of human emotion — joy, sorrow, love, grief, anger, compassion which governs the emotional frequency you carry. It is sensitive, fluid, and responsive to both internal states and external energies. This layer can become congested with unprocessed feelings, especially from childhood or trauma and if left unacknowledged, begins to affect the other layers.
Gentle healing like Reiki, field tuning and breathwork help release stored emotional energies and restore your emotional field to equilibrium. Healing the emotional body brings liberation, self-compassion and greater emotional resilience.
7. Etheric Body – Life Force and Subtle Vitality
The energetic twin of the physical body
This is your subtle double — the field that mirrors your physical body. It pulses with chi, prana, or life force energy. Often seen as a faint glow around the skin, it supports and nourishes your organs, tissues and systems via energetic pathways like meridians and chakras.
Disruptions in this body often precede physical symptoms. Practices like Reiki energy healing, grounding, hydration, and conscious breath are essential to keeping this layer strong and resilient, especially in times of stress or fatigue.
8. Physical Body – The Sacred Vessel
Innermost layer | Manifested expression
The physical body is where your spirit takes shape. It is not separate from your energetic self — it is the most grounded expression of it. The body listens, holds, and communicates through energetic sensation. It reflects imbalances in your toroidal field, making it an intuitive guide when we become still enough to listen. Listening to its messages with reverence and care allows for deep transformation. Nourishment, rest, movement, water, and nature are fundamental to supporting your physical layer — as are all the energetic healing practices that ripple inward from the subtle realms.
A Living Tapestry of Light, Form and Frequency
Each layer of the energetic body exists in harmony with the others — like an orchestra of frequencies, each playing a vital role in the symphony of your being. Dis-ease or disharmony often begins in one layer and trickles into the others, which is why holistic and energetic healing is so potent: it addresses the root, not just the symptom to support the entirety of the being.
At Henosis, I work across these energetic layers through deeply intuitive offerings including:
Reiki for energy balancing and emotional clearing
Field Tuning to restore balance and harmony to your energetic field
Light Language for multidimensional activation and healing
Sacred Space & Space Clearing to calm the emotional and mental layers in the physical environment
My studio practice is easily accessible for clients on the South Coast of NSW from Coalcliff, Wollongong, Shellharbour to Kiama as well as the Southern Highlands areas of Bowral, Moss Vale, Mittagong and Berrima. Remote sessions also carry the same potency as in person sessions, bridging the frequency of love and wisdom wherever you are.
Musing In Summary: You Are Light in Form
Your energetic body is not separate from you — it is you. Each layer, from the cosmic vastness of the causal field to the earthy presence of your physical body, is sacred. Understanding and nurturing these layers empowers you to live with more presence, alignment, and spiritual integrity.
At Henosis, I work within the framework of this multidimensional truth. Healing offerings are designed to support your whole being — body, mind spirit and soul — in a way that is gentle, grounded, and intuitively led.
May this knowledge be a reminder of your radiance. May your layers sing in harmony. May you feel held in every dimension of your being.