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Concept in Yoga and Vedanta
The causal body, originally Karana-Sarira, is a yogic and Vedantic concept that was adopted and modified by Theosophy and from the latter made its way
Causal_body
Philosophical concept
Mind"), or Causal Body. The equivalent cosmic plane is the Causal Plane. A detailed description of the Causal Plane, along with the Causal Body, is provided
Causal_plane
Doctrine in Vedanta: the gross body, the subtle body, and the causal body
Shaivism.[1] Karana sharira or the causal body is merely the cause or seed of the subtle body and the gross body.[2] It has no other function than being
Three_bodies_doctrine
Separate apparatuses within a being that dictate its specific functions
centers: intellectual, emotional, and moving. These centers in the human body are analogous to a three-storey factory, the intellectual center being the
Centers_(Fourth_Way)
Open question in philosophy of how abstract minds interact with physical bodies
the mind and body two distinct entities, or a single entity? If the mind and body are two distinct entities, do the two of them causally interact? Is
Mind–body_problem
Concept in neo-Theosophy
The etheric body, ether-body, or æther body is a subtle body propounded in esoteric and occult philosophies as the first or lowest layer in the human energy
Etheric_body
How one process influences another
which are also said to be causal factors for it, and all lie in its past. An effect can in turn be a cause of, or causal factor for, many other effects
Causality
Subtle energy channels described in yoga and Tantra
spiritual theory, the energies such as prana of the physical body, the subtle body and the causal body are said to flow. Within this philosophical framework
Nadi_(yoga)
Concept of a subtle body, intermediate between the soul and body
The astral body is a subtle body posited by many philosophers, intermediate between the intelligent soul and the mental body, composed of a subtle material
Astral_body
Topics referred to by the same term
Three body may refer to: Three bodies doctrine, doctrine in Vedanta: the gross body, the subtle body, and the causal body Trikaya, the Buddhist Nirmāṇakāya
Three_body
Concept in Vedantic philosophy
the next three more outer koshas, it constitutes the karana sarira or causal body. It is associated with the state of dreamless sleep and samadhi. The
Anandamaya_kosha
Concept of a world of celestial spheres
this transitional stage, the soul may then move upward to the more subtle causal spheres where many more incarnations allow them to further refine before
Astral_plane
Subschool of Kaula-Shaivism
doership. Kārma māla exists in the physical body, māyīya māla in the subtle body, and āṇava māla in the causal body. Āṇava māla affects the spirit and contracts
Trika
Philosophical theory
dualism. Most substance dualists hold the view that the mind and body are capable of causally affecting each other, known as interactionism. Notable defenders
Mind–body_dualism
Mental disorder
unrealistic and unattainable looks that may be a causal factor in triggering BDD. Historically, body dysmorphic disorder was originally coined "dysmorphophobia"
Body_dysmorphic_disorder
Subtle state, level, or region of reality
Path. Theosophical Press. Mead, G. R. S. (1919). The Doctrine of the Subtle Body in Western Tradition. Watkins. McClelland, N. C. (2010). Encyclopedia of
Plane_(esotericism)
Indian guru
(manas) The Intellect (Buddhi) The Causal Body, characterized by "emptiness", "ignorance" and "darkness" The Great-Causal Body, the knowledge of "I am" that
Siddharameshwar
Theosophical philosophical concept
physical phenomena. The esoteric concepts of Adi, the Buddhic plane, the causal plane, and the monadic plane are also related to that of the etheric plane
Etheric_plane
Concept in theosophy and other philosophies
is understood as a sort of body made up of thoughts, just as the emotional body consists of emotions and the physical body is made up of matter. In occult
Mental_body
Colombian gnostic writer
identical, have crystallized the solar bodies: solar astral body, solar mental body, and solar causal body. Lunar bodies are vehicles that receive the energy
Samael_Aun_Weor
Concept of world in Indian religions
Fourth Way Ray of Creation Subtle bodies Etheric body Astral body Body of light Mental body Causal body Illusory body Related Astral projection In fiction
Loka
Philosophical view that events are determined by prior events
but exert no causal influence, free or determined (epiphenomenalism, occasionalism) Immaterial souls do not exist – there is no mind–body dichotomy, and
Determinism
Concept of sheath in Hinduism
Pranamaya Kosha, Manomaya Kosha and Vijnanamaya Kosha. the causal body karana sarira - This body consists of Anandamaya Kosha. The atman is behind the Panchakoshas
Kosha
Upper worlds or realms in Hindu mythology
description, with later interpretive traditions that map the lokas onto the subtle body or psychosomatic centers - an association that belongs to a distinct, later
Urdhva_lokas
Postulated continued existence after death
three bodies: a physical body composed of water and biomatter, sthūla śarīra; an energetic/psychic/mental/subtle body, sūkṣma-śarīra; and a causal body comprising
Afterlife
Subtle body centers in esoteric traditions
impermanent body as interacting in three overlapping states: the gross body (sthula sarira), the subtle body (sukshma sarira), and causal body (karana sarira)
Chakra
Good spirit in Greek mythology
sometimes defined as a symbol of "higher self", or the individual in the "causal body." As well it is a symbol of intelligence on the "buddhic plane" and higher
Eudaemon_(mythology)
System of connecting reality on the physical and the metaphysical level
Astral body Mayavi-rupa – the "Illusion-body" Causal Body – the vehicle of the higher Mind The Linga Sharira is the invisible double of the human body, elsewhere
Theosophical_mysticism
Topics referred to by the same term
a Western esoteric concept Causal body, a Hindu and Theosophical concept Etheric body, a Theosophical concept Illusory body, a Vajrayana and Tibetan Buddhist
Subtle_body_(disambiguation)
American sculptor
four interlinked bodies: the physical body of flesh, the subtle body of energy, the causal body of mind, and the supra-causal body of Universal Consciousness
Mark Griffin (spiritual teacher)
Mark_Griffin_(spiritual_teacher)
Refutation of a logical fallacy
language of scientific causal notation. Causal inference is said to provide the evidence of causality theorized by causal reasoning. Causal inference is widely
Correlation does not imply causation
Correlation_does_not_imply_causation
Hindu philosophical term for the perceiving self as ''atman''
(prabhav-apyayau hi bhutanam)". This is the causal body. Turiya is liberation, the autonomous realization of the non-causal Brahman beyond and underlying these
Turiya
Hindu celestial abode
Kāraṇodaka) or the Garbhodaka (IAST: garbhodaka), also referred to as the Causal Ocean, is the origin of material creation. It is the place in the spiritual
Causal_Ocean
Term used in esoteric forms of spirituality and alternative medicine
Hindu and Buddhist thought, the astral body (sūkṣma śarīra) and the causal body (kāraṇa śarīra) are described as non-material sheaths that house consciousness
Energy_(esotericism)
Fourth Way Ray of Creation Subtle bodies Etheric body Astral body Body of light Mental body Causal body Illusory body Related Astral projection In fiction
Earth_Level
Ability to make choices voluntarily
different levels of the causal chain that would naturally lead to action. Correspondingly, there can be physical restrictions to the body, psychological restrictions
Free_will
Sanskrit term for the reflected Universal Self
Individual Self. The philosophical conditionedness belongs to chidabhasa. The causal body or the Karana Sarira which is the cause of man’s enjoyment or suffering
Chidabhasa
Branch of philosophy
all supposedly causal relations between physical events, or between physical and mental events, are not really causal at all. While body and mind are different
Philosophy_of_mind
Hindu and Sanskrit term
consciousness or pragyanaaghana and the characteristic of the blissful causal body, the ultimate experience of Brahman. Yajnavalkya tells Janaka that Indha
Taijasa
Study of health and disease within a population
informed assertions about which relationships are causal, and about exactly how they are causal. Epidemiologists emphasize that the "one cause – one
Epidemiology
Attraction of masses and energy
gravitation, which describes gravity as an attractive force between any two bodies that is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional
Gravity
In religion and philosophy, immaterial essence of a living being
parallelism, which denies any causal link between the two realms. In this framework, the mind is likened to a bodily shadow: while the body actively produces effects
Soul
Philosophical theory
correlation between mental and physical events there is not any causal relationship. The body and mind do not interact with each other but simply operate
Psychophysical_parallelism
Classical statement of gravity as force
two charged bodies. Both are inverse-square laws, where force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the bodies. Coulomb's law
Newton's law of universal gravitation
Newton's_law_of_universal_gravitation
Religious tradition in Hinduism
(physical), subtle (mental) or subtlest (relating to the causal body or soul). Thus external world, body, mind and soul are considered kindred parts of the
Kaula_(Hinduism)
Causal relationship in philosophy
In philosophy, downward causation is a causal relationship from higher levels of a system to lower-level parts of that system: for example, mental events
Downward_causation
Physics of the cause–effect relation
states that the causal structure of a spacetime suffices to reconstruct its conformal class, so knowing the conformal factor and the causal structure is
Causality_(physics)
Theory in the philosophy of mind
and independent substances that exert causal effects on one another. An example of your mind influencing your body would be if you are depressed (which
Interactionism (philosophy of mind)
Interactionism_(philosophy_of_mind)
Theory of culture
inter-individual transmission". Representations transfer via so-called "cognitive causal chains" (cf. Table 1); these representations constitute a cultural phenomenon
Epidemiology of representations
Epidemiology_of_representations
Theory about the relationship between consciousness and body
higher-level features of the brain. This entails that the brain has the right causal powers to produce intentionality. However, Searle's biological naturalism
Biological_naturalism
Jungian concept of the meaningfulness of acausal coincidences
coincide in time and appear meaningfully related, yet lack a discoverable causal connection. Jung held that this was a healthy function of the mind, although
Synchronicity
Ancient Sanskrit scripture
dissolution of created things (prabhav'-apyayau hi bhutanam)". This is the causal body. Turiya, "the fourth," is the background that underlies and transcends
Mandukya_Upanishad
Study of circular causal processes
Cybernetics is the transdisciplinary study of circular causal processes such as feedback and recursion, where the outcomes of actions return as inputs
Cybernetics
2007 film by Nacho Vigalondo
stars Karra Elejalde as Héctor, a man who unwittingly becomes part of a causal loop and must stop his other selves from continuing to exist. In the Spanish
Timecrimes
Form of child abuse
examination of a small sample of CSA-discordant twins also supported a causal link between child sexual abuse and adult psychopathology; the CSA-exposed
Child_sexual_abuse
Concept in philosophy of mind
assertion "I think therefore I am", played a major role in developing the mind–body problem. He describes his theory of mental substance (which he calls res
Mental_substance
Welsh theosophist (1882–1969)
The Etheric Double (1925) The Astral Body and Other Astral Phenomena (1927) The Mental Body (1927) The Causal Body And The Ego (1928) The Solar System
Arthur_E._Powell
Process where information about current status is used to influence future status
cause-and-effect has to be handled carefully when applied to feedback systems: Simple causal reasoning about a feedback system is difficult because the first system
Feedback
Thought experiment on artificial intelligence
detecting their causal properties. Since they cannot detect causal properties, they cannot detect the existence of the mental. Thus, Searle's "causal properties"
Chinese_room
Phrase of the philosopher René Descartes
there is neither God, nor sky, nor bodies, and that we ourselves even have neither hands nor feet, nor, finally, a body; but we cannot in the same way suppose
Cogito,_ergo_sum
Kinetic theory of gravity
Applicata, 3: 137–159 Buonomano, V.; Engel, E. (1976), "Some speculations on a causal unification of relativity, gravitation, and quantum mechanics", Int. J.
Le Sage's theory of gravitation
Le_Sage's_theory_of_gravitation
Interpretation of out-of-body experiences
material universe, like the body, is made as a faded image of the Intelligible". Each succeeding plane of manifestation is causal to the next, a world-view
Astral_projection
Quasi material aspect of the human body
body" as the English equivalent of the Vedantic sūkṣmaśarīra, which in Adi Shankara's writings was one of three bodies (physical, subtle, and causal)
Subtle_body
Totality of psychological phenomena
effects on dependent variables. This approach makes it possible to identify causal relations between the variables. For example, to determine whether people
Mind
Supervillain appearing in Marvel Comics
encountered different causal rules; Gavaler and Goldberg note a 1968 Avengers story utilizing Doom's invention actually presented a closed causal loop where attempting
Doctor_Doom
American politician (born 1954)
theory, HIV/AIDS denialism, and the scientifically disproved claim of a causal link between vaccines and autism. He has drawn criticism for fueling vaccine
Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.
Satanic and left-hand path occultist group
believing that they are able to do it by channeling energies into their own "causal" realm from an "acausal" realm where the laws of physics do not apply, and
Order_of_Nine_Angles
American musician (1993–2026)
fire. Identification of Tree's body was confirmed on June 16 using dental records. A formal investigation into the causal factors of the collision was opened
Oliver_Tree
Progressive neurodegenerative disease
rotenone—are the most established environmental toxicants for PD and are likely causal. PD prevalence is associated with local pesticide use, and many pesticides
Parkinson's_disease
Italian esotericist (1915–1983)
ascend through subtle or “energetic” bodies held to permeate the physical body, with the aim of reaching the causal body where the “immortal I” is said to
Tommaso_Palamidessi
Statistical models in epidemiology
Marginal structural models are a class of statistical models used for causal inference in epidemiology. Such models handle the issue of time-dependent
Marginal_structural_model
The causal adequacy principle (CAP), or causal reality principle, is a philosophical claim made by René Descartes that the cause of an object must contain
Causal_adequacy_principle
Korean-American philosopher (1934–2019)
entails the causal impotence of mental properties. The first principle, which most ontological physicalists would accept, is the causal closure of the
Jaegwon_Kim
American feminist and queer philosopher (born 1956)
not done with, over, relegated to a past, which then becomes part of a causal or narrative reconstruction of the self. On the contrary, that prehistory
Judith_Butler
Coordinate system using perpendicular axes
argument Cogito, ergo sum Evil demon Trademark argument Causal adequacy principle Mind–body dichotomy Cartesian circle Cartesian diver Balloonist theory
Cartesian_coordinate_system
Symbol used on the Indian flag
present cosmic cycle. Alternatively, the 24 spokes represent the twelve causal links taught by the Buddha and paṭiccasamuppāda (Dependent Origination,
Ashoka_Chakra
1637 treatise by Descartes
seem to be totally independent of what we think, and concludes that our bodies are separate from our souls. He does not seem to distinguish between mind
Discourse_on_the_Method
Anatomy method to describe locations
transect the body, in order to describe the location of structures or the direction of movements. In anatomy, planes are mostly used to divide the body into sections
Anatomical_plane
classification defines 6 tasks, namely estimation, decision, hypothesis assessment, causal attribution, recall, and opinion reporting. The biases are further loosely
List_of_cognitive_biases
Theory of gravitation as curved spacetime
defined by the set of light cones (see image). The light-cones define a causal structure: for each event A, there is a set of events that can, in principle
General_relativity
Statistical paradox
data, but causal conclusions require an underlying (untestable) causal model. Judea Pearl used these examples to illustrate how graphical causal models resolve
Lord's_paradox
Degenerative neurological disorder
complexes are disrupted, make it likely that these 25-nm particles are the causal TSE virions". Australia has documented 10 cases of healthcare-acquired CJD
Creutzfeldt–Jakob_disease
Type of meditational and devotional practices
as the ability to recollect past lives (pubbenivāsānussati), also called causal memory. The three recollections: Recollection of the Buddha (Pali: buddhānussati;
Anussati
Branch of Rodnovery
"mental body" (ментальное тело, mental'noye telo), which is the body that a person makes as an image of thought to move on such plane. The "causal body" (каузальное
Ynglism
Postulation about the act of dreaming
argument Cogito, ergo sum Evil demon Trademark argument Causal adequacy principle Mind–body dichotomy Cartesian circle Cartesian diver Balloonist theory
Dream_argument
Class of mental disorder
term psychogenic usually implies that psychological factors played a key causal role in the development of the illness. The term psychosomatic is often
Psychogenic_disease
American political party
2024). "The Populist Backlash Against Globalization: A Meta-Analysis of the Causal Evidence". British Journal of Political Science. 54 (3): 892–916. doi:10
Republican Party (United States)
Republican_Party_(United_States)
Intelligence of machines
Pseudorandomness – Appearing random but actually being generated by a deterministic, causal process Robotic process automation – Form of business process automation
Artificial_intelligence
2025 mid-air collision over Washington, D.C.
the agency's oversight, and an overreliance on visual separation. Also causal was helicopter pilot error, loss of situational awareness by air traffic
2025 Potomac River mid-air collision
2025_Potomac_River_mid-air_collision
Apparent, but false, correlation between causally-independent variables
as economics, usually employ observational data to establish causal relationships. The body of statistical techniques used in economics is called econometrics
Spurious_relationship
Conceptual issue in the philosophy of mind
problem divides into several distinct sub-problems, including the problem of causal exclusion, the problem of anomalism, and the problem of externalism. However
Problem_of_mental_causation
2025 Indian film by Ashwin Kumar
younger brother, Hiranyaksha, kidnaps Bhumi and imprisons her under the Causal Ocean to provoke Vishnu, throwing the world into chaos. The deities desperately
Mahavatar_Narsimha
Study of meaning in language
that an expression evokes in the minds of language users. According to causal theories, meaning is determined by causes and effects, which behaviorist
Semantics
Topics referred to by the same term
Indonesia Structural Causal Model, a graphical modelling used for Causal Inference in Machine Learning and Statistics, a Causal Model. Scanning capacitance
SCM
Event done by an agent for a purpose
is a causal relation between volitions and bodily movements. Critics have pointed out that this position threatens to alienate us from our bodies since
Action_(philosophy)
Philosophical argument for the existence of God
arguments, such as Aquinas's Second Way, which rests on the impossibility of a causally ordered infinite regress, and those of Leibniz and Samuel Clarke, which
Kalam_cosmological_argument
occurs after taking a drug, but are not making any assertion that there is a causal connection between taking the drug and the occurrence of the side effect
List of common misconceptions about science, technology, and mathematics
List_of_common_misconceptions_about_science,_technology,_and_mathematics
Belief in the connection of unrelated events
thinking is the belief that unrelated events are causally connected despite the absence of any plausible causal link between them, particularly as a result
Magical_thinking
Altered perception of one's body image
insufficient and "provide no basis to answer the question whether body image disturbance is a (causal) risk factor for anorexia nervosa". As suggested by the author
Body_image_disturbance
Naturally recurring resting state of mind and body
Herzog, Michael H. (1 July 2019). "The unfolding argument: Why IIT and other causal structure theories cannot explain consciousness". Consciousness and Cognition
Sleep
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