I do not have a direct answer to your question, but I will put forward some facts for you to consider, that lend themselves to an answer.
First, the consciousness is not a single, indivisible unit. It can be broken up into pieces, and those pieces can be in conflict with one another. We know this because we can observe this happening even within ourselves (i.e. our egos).
Second, the many parts of our consciousness do not have to be all in the same place at the same time. We have heard of cases where people have discovered that part of their own consciousness was inside the body of an animal (as an ego, of course). Even without that depth of experience, we can see this separation to a degree--have you ever had a dream where you have been in two different places at once, doing two different things?
Third, Master Samael states in several places that the four bodies of sin can be existing in this world without the Human Soul being present. Consider the case of Andramelek, which he describes in
Esoteric Treatise of Theurgy, which is part of
The Divine Science:
What is worse regarding this Bodhisattva is that he dedicated himself to black magic. The outcome of all this conduct was that the Master withdrew his Will-Soul, Human Soul, the Fifth Principle of the Human Being, the Causal Body or Superior Manas of Theosophy.
Thereafter, only the inferior quaternary formed by the Physical, Ethereal, Astral, and Mental vehicles was left living in China. Such an inferior quaternary is, in fact, a soulless entity, a Kabbalistic cortex... an empty shell where the Soul no longer lives, where the immortal principle of every human being no longer inhabits! These Kabbalistic cortexes are abodes of the psychological I (Satan). Indeed... these are demons!
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After hearing this story, a friend of ours asked us the following, “Therefore, Andrameleck no longer has an Innermost? When he passes away, will he only ascend to the Causal Plane? Will he have another body in another reincarnation?”
We then answered the following, “Andrameleck no longer has a physical body. The giant who came to the chain was precisely the Innermost of Andrameleck. That Innermost no longer has any relationship with the tenebrous man who lives in China. When the man Andrameleck (who lives in China) passes away, then this soulless monster will not be able to rise to the Causal Plane, nor to the Superior Worlds, because he is a “Soulless” entity; he is a Kabbalistic shell, an empty house. He does not have a Soul, nor does he have a Spirit.
Based on this, my interpretation of what is currently happening on planet Earth is that many people are being born who are already disconnected from their Innermost. Like Andrameleck, the physical body is there, but only egos are dwelling inside. The current state of humanity, with the atrocities, spiritual coldness, and complete lack of ethics present in so many people certainly seems to suggest that this may be the case.
May all of us work to eliminate our egos, so we do not lose our connection to our Intimate--our Father, our Love, and our God.