The Dense Material Physical. Western secular knowledge and the physical mind pertain only to the lower or mundane level of the physical, and the "outer aspect of the outer being" of that "dense physical" at that. This is familiar physical reality of Material Form and Matter and energy, physical and mundane consciousness, and embodied existence. In this thin slice of reality, all the vast ramifications of modern secular knowledge and the fruits of the physical intellect may be found. (dense plane or resonance within/of Kosmic Physical/Matter)

The Paraphysical (or Etheric-Physical Interface). On the more subtle reaches of the Dense Physical, between the objective physical and the etheric is an intermediate or transitional region, which correspond to paraphysics and paranormal phenomenon, alternative healing modalities, and other phenomena on the fringes of science, or considered quackery because they don't fit within the secular-reductionistic paradigm that recognises only the material-physical. Richard Gerber (Vibrational Medicine) uses the term Physical-Etheric Interface. However I consider this is not simply an interface, but a distinct "band" of reality, albeit one in close proximity to the material physical. (transition between the preceeding and following)

The Etheric Subtle Physical is here interpreted as the region intermediate between the dense physical and the astral. Following Steiner, I use refer to this reality as "the etheric plane", although the word "etheric" is not infrequently used in New Age literature to designate a higher spiritual reality. This is like the objective physical, but larger and more fluid, more multifaceted. Here we have auras and the etheric or subtle bodies, orgone energy, Earth energies, Anthroposophy and so on, as well as the more subtle blueprints that reside in the etheric or formative regions, and entire regions with no objective correlate. (Form plane or resonance within/of the Kosmic Physical/Matter)

The Astral Subtle Physical is often confused with the larger astral and Orectic universe, but is a more restricted octave of it, the astral in the physical. It is usually considered supra-material, but it is only the Physical or Material Octave of the true Orectic Universe. We find here various subtle bodies (taking Brennan 1987 Hands of Light as a guide in this matter. This would include, at the more subtle level, both incarnate and disincarnate human and other spirits, as well as devas (nature beings), thoughtforms, and many other phenomena. This reality, more fluid, ideo-plastic, and polymorphic than the etheric, has been explored in various diverse ways by Theosophy, Shamanism, Hermeticism, and other teachings all present either the theory or the practice of interacting with these realities. Some, like much of mediumistic spiritualism, are not recommended because they do not provide safeguards or correct understanding (see critiques by Blavatsky). Others, like exoteric religions, give only distorted or fundamentalist understandings. (Orectic plane or resonance within/of the Kosmic Physical/Matter)

The Causal or Spiritual Physical represents further regions, wherein are found the archetypes of the lower octaves, as well as various hierarchies of spiritual or angelic beings. Rudolf Steiner talks at great length about these realities, under terms like "Devachen" (Steiner [1904] 1970. Theosophy: An introduction to the supersensible knowledge of the world and the destination of man. London: Rudolf Steiner Press.) and "Spiritland" (Steiner, [1909] 1969. Occult science - An Outline. Trans. George and Mary Adams. London: Rudolf Steiner Press), exploring their multidinous phenomena and aspects in his various lectures. Rupert Sheldrake's morphogenetic fields might also be located here. The Formative or Spiritual Physical can be considered the Ideational plane or resonance within/of the Kosmic Physical/Matter)

The above three realities or octaves would seem to be what are referred to by Sri Aurobindo as the "Subtle Physical" (ref). In esoteric Islam this is the Imaginal Realm, the Barzakh or the Intermediate World, in which "bodies are spiritualitised and spirits corporalised".

Finally, the Transcendent Spiritual Physical represents the most transcendent dimension, the inner Divine principle in matter

Physical, Chthonic, and Hylic It is also suggested that what most occult teachings call the "physical" is not a level beneath the "etheric", but rather the "outer" aspect or perspective of it, incorporating also the outer perspective of the chthonic and hylic. And while occult and esoteric philosophies often explore those realities above the ordinary physical consciousness, they very rarely consider the levels below the ordinary physical. Exceptions are the Mother's yoga of the transformation of the body (Mother's Agenda), Timothy Leary's psychedelic psycho-cosmology (Leary 1987 Infopsychology), Kenneth Grant's Maatian occultism, and (although this isn't esotericism) depth psychology. However traditional mytho-cosmologies (shamanic, buddhist, etc) all speak of levels of existence below the physical world as well as above. But this insight was lost in the western wisdom traditions due to Platonic dualism and Gnostic world-negating spirituality which emphasised only ascent and not descent.