The Akashic Records are a concept found in New Age discourse and pseudoscience, referring to a mystical collection of knowledge encoded in the aether, or non-physical plane of existence. The term “Akasha” comes from Sanskrit, meaning “sky”, “space”, or “aether”.

The Akashic Records are believed to have existed since the beginning of The Creation and even before. These records are said to encode Universal lore across various domains, such as:

• Human
• Animal
• Plant
• Mineral

This concept implies that all phenomenal experiences and transcendental knowledge are encoded in these records.

Proponents assert that the Akashic Records were accessed by ancient peoples from various cultures, including:

• Indians
• Moors
• Tibetans
• Bonpo
• Egyptians
• Persians
• Chaldeans
• Greeks
• Chinese
• Hebrews
• Christians
• Druids
• Mayans

In particular, ancient Indian sages are believed to have understood that each soul recorded every moment of its existence in a “book”. Access to this book could supposedly be attained through proper attunement.

Prominent figures who claimed to access the Akashic Records include:

• Nostradamus
• Charles Webster Leadbeater
• Annie Besant
• Alice Bailey
• Samael Aun Weor
• William Lilly
• Manly P. Hall
• Lilian Treemont
• Dion Fortune
• George Hunt Williamson
• Rudolf Steiner
• Max Heindel
• Edgar Cayce

Notable reports include:

• Sujujin, a Chinese man who could access the Akasha using only a person's first name to describe their life history.
• Tajao, another Chinese seer, who explored topics in the Records spanning over two thousand years.

In Surat Shabda Yoga cosmology, the Akashic Records are located within the causal plane of Trikuti.

Believers in the Akasha make several claims about its historical usage, including:

• The Vedas and Sanskrit language were extracted from the Akasha.
• In Egypt, those who could read the Akasha were highly esteemed and advised Pharaohs.
• Druid cultures in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England demonstrated the ability to access the Akasha.
• The Bible refers to the Akasha records as the Book of Life in various passages, including Psalm 69:28, Philippians 4:3, Revelation 3:5, 13:8, 17:8, 20:12, 20:15, and Revelation 21:27.

However, there are no direct historical references to the Akasha in the documentation of these groups. The term “Akasha” and the concept of an etheric library originated with the 19th-century Theosophy movement. Skeptics argue that the concept has been misattributed to various historical figures and movements without proper evidence.