Lux Esoterica (Nifiluz)

You are lying in bed, completely still, when a strange sensation begins — a vibrating hum that starts somewhere in the spine and spreads outward, growing until the entire body feels like it is buzzing at a frequency just beyond the ordinary. Then a sense of floating, of lightness, of slipping sideways out of yourself — and suddenly you are above your body, looking down at it on the bed, the room around you perfectly clear, your consciousness apparently detached from the physical form that is still breathing below. You move through walls. You travel to distant locations. You encounter presences. And then — sometimes with a jolt, sometimes gradually — you are back, inside your body, the experience over but indelibly vivid in memory. This is the Out-of-Body Experience (OBE) , popularly known as astral projection — one of the most widely reported altered states of consciousness across all cultures and historical periods, and one of the most persistently debated. Is it a genuine departure...

What is Astral Projection? Since the dawn of humanity, men and women from all cultures have reported experiences in which their consciousness seemed to separate from the physical body and move freely through a different space. This phenomenon is known today as astral projection or, more clinically, an out-of-body experience (OBE). Astral projection starts from the idea that the human being is composed of more than one body. Beyond the dense and tangible physical body, there would exist an astral body — also called the emotional body or perispirit in different traditions — that can temporarily detach from the physical envelope and move independently. This subtle body retains consciousness, memories, and the individual's perception during the experience. Representation of the astral body separating from the physical, according to the classic work of Hereward Carrington and Sylvan Muldoon (ca. 1929). History: From the Egyptian Ba to Robert Monroe The Ba in Ancient Egypt ...