Subtle bodies Causal plane: Causal body Mental plane: Mental body Astral plane: body, projection Etheric plane: Etheric body Physical plane: Physical body The 7 Worlds & the 7 Cosmic Planes The Seven-fold constitution of Man The Ten-fold constitution of Man Cosmology Sufi cosmology Tanazzulut Ray of Creation The Laws Three Centres Five ...

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• Astral projection - Schools of Thought
• Astral projection - Mystical Model
• Astral projection - Phasing Model
• Astral projection - Other kinds of projection
• Astral projection - Real time projection
• Astral projection - Virtual reality projection
• Astral projection - Remote viewing
• Astral projection - Research
• Astral projection - Astral projection and the Bible
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The Bible describes people as being "in the spirit" while receiving prophecy. Many biblical scholars attribute this to being in a dream-like state or trance. The terminology of astral projection is also found in Ecclesiastes 12:6-12:7: "Remember [your Creator] — before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, or the wheel broken at the well, and the dust returns to the ground it c ...

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An out-of-body experience (OBE) typically involves a sensation of floating outside of one's body and, in some cases, seeing one's physical body from outside oneself (autoscopy). Approximately one in ten people claim to have had an out-of-body experience at some time in their lives. For some, the phenomenon occurs spontaneously, while for others it is linked to dangerous circumstances, a near-death experience, a dream-like state or use of alcohol or street drugs. Relatively little is known about OBEs.[1] Out-of-body exper ...

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• Out-of-body experience - Virtual reality projection
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• Out-of-body experience - Spontaneous OBEs
• Out-of-body experience - Initiated during/after sleep Sleep Paralysis
• Out-of-body experience - Other types of spontaneous OBEs
• Out-of-body experience - Non-spontaneous or induced OBEs
• Out-of-body experience - External verification of OBEs
• Out-of-body experience - Other observations of OBEs
• Out-of-body experience - Possible explanations
• Out-of-body experience - Skepticism

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Remote viewing (RV) is a procedure developed by parapsychologists at the Stanford Research Institute to perform clairvoyance under controlled conditions. Somewhat similar to astral projection, the phenomenon involves a belief in the projection of consciousness to remote locations, and is considered a pseudoscience by mainstream scientists. Remote viewing - Proponents' claims. Remote viewing allows a viewer to use his or her clairvoyant abilities to "view", i.e. gather information on a targe ...

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• Remote viewing - Proponents' claims
• Remote viewing - Protocol
• Remote viewing - History
• Remote viewing - Remote Viewers

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Out-of-body experience - Astral projection. Astral projection is an interpretation of forced out-of-body experiences achieved consciously, via lucid dreaming or deep meditation. Proponents of astral projection maintain that their consciousness or soul has transferred into an astral body (or "double"), which moves free of the physical body in a parallel world known as the "astral plane," which is said to exist via the "collective conscious". Unlike the typical OBE, astral projection does not typically posit that one's conscious ...

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Out-of-body experience, Out-of-body experience - Other types of projection, Out-of-body experience - Astral projection, Out-of-body experience - Virtual reality projection, Out-of-body experience - Remote viewing, Out-of-body experience - Spontaneous OBEs, Out-of-body experience - Initiated during/after sleep Sleep Paralysis, Out-of-body experience - Other types of spontaneous OBEs, Out-of-body experience - Non-spontaneous or induced OBEs, Out-of-body experience - External verification of OBEs, Out-of-body experience - Other observations of OBEs, Out-of-body experience - Possible explanations, Out-of-body experience - Skepticism

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The following general observations can be made based on a collection[3] of 66 case studies of firsthand accounts of "spontaneous" OBEs (those not part of a planned program to induce the experience). Out-of-body experience - Initiated during/after sleep Sleep Paralysis. OBEs are often initiated through lucid dreaming, where one is aware they are dreaming, though other types of initiation are discussed later. The majority of subjects (55+ of the 66 cases), who claim to have had an OBE, reported being asleep, ...

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Not every OBE has exactly the same aspects, but although there are several different types of OBEs with different causes and meanings, there are some common elements: These people claim they are not "faking" their experiences. They were not, in general, "trying" to have the experience through auto-suggestion, hypnotic trance, etc. Many seemed frightened and/or confused by the experience; some even to the point of doubting their sanity. A belief that they were physically "out of body" is a ...

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Opinions regarding the objective reality of OBEs are mixed. An appreciable number of people believe the phenomenon is exactly what it feels like, and that the soul is leaving the body and exploring. Many OBE accounts are positive that the usual explanation, that the experience was a dream, is insufficient and often cite the experience as having a spiritual effect. See examples: "If it was [a dream], why am I still so affected by it?" "I just don't understand this – how can this happen?" ...

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Out-of-body experience, Out-of-body experience - Other types of projection, Out-of-body experience - Astral projection, Out-of-body experience - Virtual reality projection, Out-of-body experience - Remote viewing, Out-of-body experience - Spontaneous OBEs, Out-of-body experience - Initiated during/after sleep Sleep Paralysis, Out-of-body experience - Other types of spontaneous OBEs, Out-of-body experience - Non-spontaneous or induced OBEs, Out-of-body experience - External verification of OBEs, Out-of-body experience - Other observations of OBEs, Out-of-body experience - Possible explanations, Out-of-body experience - Skepticism

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While the subjective experience may be very compelling, most skeptics discount the idea that the phenomenon is somehow linked to an actual physical relocation of consciousness. They note that, in the absence of the typical conviction that the experience is real, these experiences would simply be considered dreams; and that lacking hard evidence to the contrary, the simplest explanation would be that the experiencer's sense of heigh ...

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Out-of-body experience, Out-of-body experience - Other types of projection, Out-of-body experience - Astral projection, Out-of-body experience - Virtual reality projection, Out-of-body experience - Remote viewing, Out-of-body experience - Spontaneous OBEs, Out-of-body experience - Initiated during/after sleep Sleep Paralysis, Out-of-body experience - Other types of spontaneous OBEs, Out-of-body experience - Non-spontaneous or induced OBEs, Out-of-body experience - External verification of OBEs, Out-of-body experience - Other observations of OBEs, Out-of-body experience - Possible explanations, Out-of-body experience - Skepticism

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There generally exist two schools of thought on the nature of astral projection; these can broadly be defined as the mystical model and the phasing model. Astral projection - Mystical Model. The mystical model contains a large variety of belief systems and astral maps, but they are tied together by their belief that astral projection takes place outside of the actual physical body. A more subtle energy body is believed to carry the consciousness outside of the physical body, and as one progresses deeper in ...

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Astral projection - Real time projection. In contrast to "astral" projection, the traditional understanding of out-of-body experiences involve the projector (or traveler) moving about in the "real" world as an invisible ghost in what is sometimes referred to as Real Time Projection (or RTP). Another popular term to refer to this kind of OOBE consists of "etheral projection" as opposed to "astral projection". People who claim to have experienced both say they can clearly observe the distinction between thes ...

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