kamaloka means according to the theosophy of Helena Blavatsky: a semi-material plane of existence, subjective and invisible to humans, inhabited by disembodied personalities created from human and animal passions and desires.
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An intermediate, astral plane of existence, formed from the passions and desires shed at death, where disembodied personalities linger in a semi-material state. Its name transliterates the Pali kāmaloka, from kāma ("desire, passion, lust") and loka ("world"). Unlike "Devachan," a blissful state of spiritual rest between lives, or "Brahmaloka," a high celestial world of pure form, the Kamaloka is a shadowy, desire-bound realm. It is the smoker still reaching for phantom cigarettes, the lover pacing rooms that no longer exist, the echo of a long-ended argument in an empty room—a ghostly dormitory for all that was too urgent to dissolve, and too insubstantial to remain.
Etymology
Transliteration of Pali kāmaloka, from kāma (“desire, passion, lust”) + loka (“world”).
noun
- According to the theosophy of Helena Blavatsky: a semi-material plane of existence, subjective and invisible to humans, inhabited by disembodied personalities created from human and animal passions and desires.
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