What Is Astral Projection?
Our conscious minds are thought to house the human soul. This ego, or personality, can roam nonphysical dimensions through astral projection. Although it is difficult to interpret metaphysical beliefs in terms of concrete science, projectiologists attempt to better understand this psychic phenomenon.
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Identification
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Astral projection is a separation of consciousness from our human bodies. This is also referred to as an out-of-body experience, where the soul is free to roam the universe during a state of low brain activity, during sleep or a trance-like state.
Types
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Astral projection can be intentional or caused by a traumatic event befalling the physical body. Also, the International Academy of Consciousness asserts that we all experience some form of astral projection while we sleep.
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Astral Body
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According to astral projection experts, there are seven levels of existence and a body to represent each one. The astral body is the one that supports our auras and travels from our physical body, supported by a cosmic umbilical cord.
Madame Blavatsky
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A theosophist named Madame Blavatsky reportedly spent several years training in astral projection with spiritual masters from India and Tibet. From her exocorporeal experiences come the ideas of seven different bodies and many other descriptions of the astral phenomenon.
History
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Astral projection is believed to be a universal phenomenon. Anthropologists have found that 95 percent of cultures around the world support some form of out-of-body travel. Human history is punctuated with philosophies, writings and beliefs centered around astral projection.
The Science of Astral Projection
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The study of astral projection and out-of-body experiences is called Projectiology, a subdivision of Conscientiology (study of consciousness). Projectiology strives to scientifically analyze parapsychic and other spiritual phenomenon.
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