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Astral Shell

The astral remnant of the dead after the “second death,” when the consciousness withdraws to devachan. They still retain the memory and characteristics of the dead person, and hence when drawn to mediums, appear to be the authentic individual who had died.

See DEATH AND AFTER-DEATH STATES.

 

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