Text: An Eastern term. Region of Desire. The soul-sphere (third and fourth principle) of the earth - not necessarily on the earth's surface - where the astral remnants of the deceased putrefy and are decomposed. In this region the souls of the deceased that are not pure, live (either consciously or in a state of torpor) until their Kama rupas (bodies of desire) are laid off by a second death, and they themselves having been disintegrated, the division of the higher principles takes place. The lower principles being disposed of, the spirit, with his purified affections and the powers he may have acquired during his earthly existence, enters again into the state of Devachan. Kama Loca corresponds to the Hades of the Greeks, and to the purgatory of the Roman Catholic Church - the Limbus.

See Also: ELEMENTARIES

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