THEOSOPHY - ASTRAL BODIES - THE ETHERIC BODY One of the spiritual bodies of man, as revealed by higher clairvoyance.From the 1920 edition of Charles Leadbeater's, Man Visible and Invisible. Examples of Different Types of Men as Seen by Means of Trained Clairvoyance. The Etheric Body is invisible to ordinary vision, yet it must be understood as being a mass of faintly luminous violet-grey mist, interpenetrating he denser part of the physical body. Among other things, it is the vehicle of he vital forces on the physical plane: for this reason, it is sometimes called the Health-Aura. The picture illustrates an unhealthy Etheric Body, with the blue filaments within the sheath drooping.