Deva (New Age)

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A Deva in the New Age movement refers to any of the spiritual forces or beings behind nature. According to Theosophists like Leadbeater, Devas represent a separate evolution to that of humanity. The concept of Devas as nature-spirits derives from the writings of the Theosophist Geoffrey Hodson

In the Findhorn material, the term refers to archetypal spiritual intelligences behind species, in other words the group soul of a species. But elsewhere the term is used to designate any elemental or nature spirit, the equivalent of fairies.

Reference

Hodson, Geoffrey, Kingdom of the Gods ISBN 0766181340

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