In Hinduism exist further 7 lower regions ( Patalas ) as the drawing of Vishnu as cosmic man shows who stands on the cosmic snake Shesha.

The Shiva Purana teaches, that with each set of 500,000 mantra songs, the householder is blessed with the riches and wealth of the various Lokas, beginning with Atala and ending with Satyaloka. (01: Satya-loka 02: Tapa-loka 03: Jana-loka 04: Mahar-loka 05: Svar-loka 06: Bhuvar-loka 07: Bhu-loka ... to the higher worlds / areas - vyahrtis 08: Atala-loka ... from here the lower worlds / areas - patalas 09: Vitala-loka 10: Sutala-loka 11: Talatala-loka 12: Mahatala-loka 13: Rasatala-loka 14: Patala-loka).

The seven etheric Chakras (whirls of energy) of the developed disciple stand in connection with and in relation to the four "elements" and to several planes of creation.
They are of special importance on the magic path and in the tantric tradition.
Besides the seven big chakrams exists several other smaller Chakrams.
It is a theme of the trialpath up to step 14 of the Universal Path to develop these chakras .

== Weblinks ==

• Wiki about Planes of Cosmology
• Esoteric cosmology
• Planes of of existence
• Cosmology of the Jain
• The buddhist Thirty-one Planes of Existence

Literature :

• Sri Y. Giri : The holy science ;
• A. Avalon : Mahanirvana Tantra ;