Many western and Eastern traditions share a common doctrine on a spiritual and immortal body which represent the ultimate goal of many ascetical works.
Indeed according to Biblical Scriptures, the resurrected bodies possess several properties:[2] The resurrection bodies, according to almost all the esoteric Christian currents, will be taken for sure at the end of the time when there will be the resurrection of all the bodies of the dead, good and bad, to be judged by Jesus Christ and receive eternal reward or eternal punishment.
[13][14][15][16][17] In addition, most esoteric Christian traditions believe that the resurrection body or glorified body can be achieved during this lifetime with special ascetic exercises (which can vary between distinct esoteric movements) or as a supernatural gift.
[citation needed] In some modern esoteric Christian and Rosicrucian oriented doctrines the resurrection body is related to the Guardian of the Threshold.
[18][19] Although several authors spoke about both of these elements and sometimes they even relate them together (such as Rudolf Steiner and Max Heindel) the most developed theory explaining the relation between these two entities in a Rosicrucian framework is probably due to Tommaso Palamidessi.