We feel it is necessary to emphasize the fact that not everyone is born with an Astral Body, despite what common New Age disinformation may tell you. The other bodies must be developed through intense spiritual discipline and sexual transmutation. The few that are born with these additional bodies had attained them through spiritual progress in their previous life. If one wants to travel the Astral Plane then one would have to successfully develop their Astral Body, and this takes much effort and devotion. "The authentic and legitimate Astral, Mental and Causal Vehicles are born of Sexual Magic. It is obvious that during the copula between man and woman, the aura of the husband and wife is totally opened. Then, within our own depths, marvelous psychic fertilizations can be performed. The final outcome becomes precisely the birth of our legitimate Astral, and later the birth of the other bodies in successive order." - Samael Aun Weor Just as ordinary physical bodies are born of sex between a man and a woman, so the solar bodies can only be constructed by individuals practicing Sexual Magic (retaining and transmuting the sexual energy according to God's will during the sexual act) with a spouse. While single individuals practicing Chastity, transmutation and Meditation can embark upon the work of establishing psychological equilibrium, eliminating their ego and passing through the Minor Mysteries, Sexual Magic is required to awaken the Kundalini and enter into the Major Mysteries, during which the solar bodies are constructed. The gradual construction of these bodies is the true meaning of the phrase "to be born again." Within the Major Mysteries, the initiate must pass over the Three Mountains in order to reach the Absolute and attain complete development as a human being. The solar bodies are constructed on the First Mountain, also called the Mountain of Initiation, which consist of two parts: the serpents of fire (in which the solar bodies are created) and the s...