On the astral plane when one travels, one traverses rates of vibration - that is to say, one passes from a higher rate of vibration to a lower, or vice versa. These various planes or sub-planes of vibratory energy constitute the astral plane. There are countless planes and sub-planes which may be travelled, but all astral travel is performed simply by passing from one degree of vibration to another. For the sake of simplicity, we shall speak of travel on the astral plane as the travel between the different planes and sub-planes of the astral - as if it were on the material plane. That is to say, instead of saying that the soul or individual life force passes from one state of vibration to another, we shall speak of it as proceeding from one sub-plane or plane to another. With this understanding, we shall proceed further on our journey of the astral plane.
The planes and sub-planes in the astral plane are inhabited by individual life forces fit to dwell on the particular series of planes or sub-planes upon which they awaken from the soul-slumber. Subtle principles of individual life force attraction draw each soul to the particular place for which it is fitted. The great law of attraction operates unerringly here. The law operates with absolute precision and uniformity; it makes no mistakes. Each soul is restricted in its range by its own inherent limitations and degree of development. There is no need of astral policemen to keep the disembodied individual life forces in their rightful places.
It is impossible for the disembodied individual life force to travel into planes above its own immediate series. The law of vibration prevents this. However each and every individual life force may, if it so chooses freely visit the planes and sub-planes beneath its own series and freely witness the phenomena of those lower planes and mingle with the inhabitants.
This is a very wise provision of the law, otherwise the higher planes would be open to the influence of those dwelling on the lower and the soul-life and development would be interrupted.
All creeds and religious dogmas are man-made. Underlying these man-made creeds and dogmas eternally exists the intuitive perception of the race regarding the existence of truth.
The mind may not be able to correctly interpret the intuitive perception, but it finds itself positively impressed by the fact that the truth does exist.
Man has made a God of nearly everything in the material world, and has fallen down and worshipped his own creation, this is so because of his limited power of interpretation.
However in worshipping the stick or stone or an image, he was actually worshipping something which was the cause of the religions intuition within his soul.