The material plane relates to the fire element or to consciousness. It is the plane where things manifest. Of the material plane we divide into the dense material plane and into the etheric plane. Etheric and dense materials are to extremes of the material plane. The astral plane relates to our emotions.
Astral energies are energies in the state of formation.
After this the mental plane follows. It is the plane where ideas and mental images form. Our thinking is perception of mental forms. Energies that connect with the mental plane can manifest and they have the characteristic of being able to personify. The fourth plane connects with the will.