posthumously published Theosophical Glossary (1892)...
Rupaloka / Rupadhatu
World of Form
is the celestial world of 'Rupa' (Form)
or what we call 'Devachan' (Dwelling of the Gods)
With the uninitiated Brahmans, Chinese and other Buddhists, the Rupadhatu is divided into eighteen Brahma or Devalokas.
The life of a soul therein lasts from half a Yuga up to 16,000 Yugas or Kalpas, and the height of the 'Shades' is from half a Yojana up to 16,000 Yojanas (where a Yojana measures from five and a half to ten miles).
Esoteric Philosophy teaches that, though for the Egos for the time being everything or everyone preserves its form (as in a dream), yet as Rupadhatu is a purely matter world, and a state, the Egos themselves have no form outside their own consciousness.
Esotericism divides this world into seven Dhyanas, 'regions', or states of contemplation, which are not localities but mental representations of these.
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