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	* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/elysian-field Elysian Field] in Theosophy World		* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/elysian-field Elysian Field] in Theosophy World
	* [http://tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com/en/index.php/Devachan Devachan] in Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia.		* [http://tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com/en/index.php/Devachan Devachan] in Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia.
			* Sinnett, A. P. ''The Devachanic State'' ''The Theosophist''38 no.12 (September, 1917): 673-678.

	===Books===		===Books===

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	*[[Avichi]]		*[[Avichi]]

	==~~Online~~ resources==		== Additional resources ==

			===Articles===
			*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v5/y1883_102.htm# Devachan - Western Stricture and Eastern Version], [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v5/y1883_103.htm# The Real and the Unreal] , [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v5/y1883_104.htm# Dream Life] and [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v5/y1883_105.htm# The Various States of Devachan] by H. P. Blavatsky and others.
			* [http://www.blavatsky.net/index.php/devachan# Devachan] by William Q. Judge
			* [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/sp-1550110798?highlight=WyJiYWt1bGEiXQ== The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Tour] by Joann S. Bakula
	* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/devachan Devachan] at Theosophy World		* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/devachan Devachan] at Theosophy World
	* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/elysian-field Elysian Field] in Theosophy World		* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/elysian-field Elysian Field] in Theosophy World
	* [http://tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com/en/index.php/Devachan Devachan] in Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia.		* [http://tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com/en/index.php/Devachan Devachan] in Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia.

	~~===Articles===~~

	*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v5/y1883_102.htm# Devachan - Western Stricture and Eastern Version], [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v5/y1883_103.htm# The Real and the Unreal] , [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v5/y1883_104.htm# Dream Life] and [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v5/y1883_105.htm# The Various States of Devachan] by H. P. Blavatsky and others.
	*[http://www.blavatsky.net/index.php/devachan# Devachan] by William Q. Judge
	*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/sp-1550110798?highlight=WyJiYWt1bGEiXQ== The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Tour] by Joann S. Bakula

	===Books===		===Books===
	*[https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/DevachanicPlane_CWLeadbeater.pdf# The Devachanic Plane] by C. W. Leadbeater		* [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/DevachanicPlane_CWLeadbeater.pdf# The Devachanic Plane] by C. W. Leadbeater

	===Video===		===Video===
	*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhWqnl1YB0U "Bardo - from Death to Reincarnation"] by Paul Benedict and Terry Hunt.		* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhWqnl1YB0U "Bardo - from Death to Reincarnation"] by Paul Benedict and Terry Hunt.

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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	==Online resources==		==Online resources==
	* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/devachan Devachan] at Theosophy World		* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/devachan Devachan] at Theosophy World
			* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/elysian-field Elysian Field] in Theosophy World
	* [http://tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com/en/index.php/Devachan Devachan] in Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia.		* [http://tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com/en/index.php/Devachan Devachan] in Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia.

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Online resources

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	*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v5/y1883_102.htm# Devachan - Western Stricture and Eastern Version], [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v5/y1883_103.htm# The Real and the Unreal] , [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v5/y1883_104.htm# Dream Life] and [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v5/y1883_105.htm# The Various States of Devachan] by H. P. Blavatsky and others.		*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v5/y1883_102.htm# Devachan - Western Stricture and Eastern Version], [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v5/y1883_103.htm# The Real and the Unreal] , [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v5/y1883_104.htm# Dream Life] and [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v5/y1883_105.htm# The Various States of Devachan] by H. P. Blavatsky and others.
	*[http://www.blavatsky.net/index.php/devachan# Devachan] by William Q. Judge		*[http://www.blavatsky.net/index.php/devachan# Devachan] by William Q. Judge
	*[~~http~~://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/~~1452#~~ The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Tour] by Joann S. Bakula		*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/sp-1550110798?highlight=WyJiYWt1bGEiXQ== The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Tour] by Joann S. Bakula

	===Books===		===Books===

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	==Online resources==		==Online resources==
	* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/devachan Devachan] at Theosophy World		* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/devachan Devachan] at Theosophy World
			* [http://tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com/en/index.php/Devachan Devachan] in Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia.

	===Articles===		===Articles===

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Relationship with loved ones

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	=== Relationship with loved ones ===		=== Relationship with loved ones ===

	A person in Devachan is said to be able to establish a relationship with those he/she loves, even though these people may still be alive and have no physical awareness of this relationship. This is sometimes interpreted to mean that this relationship in Devachan is an illusion created by the mind of the "devachanee". However, Blavatsky explains that the relationship ~~really~~ happens between the higher selves of people:		A person in Devachan is said to be able to establish a relationship with those he/she loves, even though these people may still be alive and have no physical awareness of this relationship. This is sometimes interpreted to mean that this relationship in Devachan is an illusion created by the mind of the "devachanee". However, Blavatsky explains that the relationship is real, and happens between the higher selves of people:

	<blockquote>The glorious “Higher Self” with which we are united during life, gathers around itself the Higher selves of all those whom it loved on earth with an immortal spiritual love.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1987), 317.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The glorious “Higher Self” with which we are united during life, gathers around itself the Higher selves of all those whom it loved on earth with an immortal spiritual love.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1987), 317.</ref></blockquote>

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	=== Spiritual Growth ===		=== Spiritual Growth ===
	[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|~~Mme~~. Blavatsky]] ~~wrote~~:		Besides the aspect of joy and happiness, Devachan is also a place where spiritual growth may take place. In the words of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|H. P. Blavatsky]]:

	<blockquote>ENQUIRER. Do we possess more knowledge in Devachan than we do in Earth life?<br>		<blockquote>ENQUIRER. Do we possess more knowledge in Devachan than we do in Earth life?<br>

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	Devachan is not a fully "spiritual" state. It still is conditioned by the experiences of the "personal ego" of the previous incarnation:		Devachan is not a fully "spiritual" state. It still is conditioned by the experiences of the "personal ego" of the previous incarnation:

	<blockquote>Of course it is a state, one, so to say, of intense selfishness, during which an Ego reaps the reward of his unselfishness on earth. He is completely engrossed in the bliss of all his personal earthly affections, preferences and thoughts, and gathers in the fruit of his meritorious actions. No pain, no grief nor even the shadow of a sorrow comes to darken the bright horizon of his unalloyed happiness: for, it is a state of perpetual "Maya"<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 68 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 190-191.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Of course it is a state, one, so to say, of intense selfishness, during which an Ego reaps the reward of his unselfishness on earth. He is completely engrossed in the bliss of all his personal earthly affections, preferences and thoughts, and gathers in the fruit of his meritorious actions. No pain, no grief nor even the shadow of a sorrow comes to darken the bright horizon of his unalloyed happiness: for, it is a state of perpetual "Maya."<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 68 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 190-191.</ref></blockquote>

	Since the experience of Devachan is associated to the manasic principle, this state is lower when compared to the experience of a liberated Monad in Nirvana:		Since the experience of Devachan is associated to the manasic principle, this state is lower when compared to the experience of a liberated Monad in Nirvana, and is therefore still an "illusion," although of a more real nature than the illusion of physical existence:

	<blockquote>The participation of the manas in the Devachanic bliss, does not add to, but on the contrary takes away from, the reality that would fall to the lot of the monad were it altogether free from its presence [as in ~~the case of an enlightened being~~]. . . . It is all this that leads the occultist to regard the association or “intercourse” between two disembodied entities in the Devachan—however more real than life it may ~~be as~~ an illusion, and from his standpoint still "a dream."<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. IV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1991), 78.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The participation of the manas in the Devachanic bliss, does not add to, but on the contrary takes away from, the reality that would fall to the lot of the monad were it altogether free from its presence [as in Nirvana]. . . . It is all this that leads the occultist to regard the association or “intercourse” between two disembodied entities in the Devachan—however more real than life it may be—as an illusion, and from his standpoint still "a dream."<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. IV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1991), 78.</ref></blockquote>

	Because of this, those who are not caught in the illusion of the personality do not enter in Devachan:		Because of this, those who are not caught in the illusion of the personality do not enter in Devachan: