An
out-of-body experience (OBE) is a
sensation of floating outside one's body
and perceiving one's physical body from
a place outside one's physical body
(i.e.,
autoscopy). The term "out-of-body
experience" was coined in 1943 by
George N. M. Tyrrell in his book
Apparitions and was adopted by
researchers such as Robert Monroe (www.monroeinstitute.org)
as an alternative to metaphysical terms
such as "astral
projection", "soul travel", or
"spirit walking". OBEs can be induced by •
brain traumas, •
sensory deprivation, •
near-death experiences (NDEs), •
dissociative and •
psychedelic drugs, •
dreams, •
electrical stimulation of the brain, •
psychosis, •
rapid eye movement, and •
coma, among other triggers.
One in ten people have an OBE once,
or more commonly, several times in their
life.
Scientific materialism considers the
OBE a type of
hallucination that can be caused by
various
neurological and
psychological factors; however
OBE verified "veridical" perceptions
falsifies scientific materialism.
Dr. Charles Tart (www.issc-taste.org
and
www.paradigm-sys.com) is a
transpersonal psychologist and
parapsychologist who is the foremost
researcher who has done more to falsify
scientific materialism through veridical
OBE perception.
Robert Monroe (1915-1995) was a
pioneer in the investigation of OBEs and
the author of several ground-breaking
books on the subject. His record of OBEs
to locales far removed from any physical
reality led him to found the
Monroe Institute to conduct learning
seminars in self-control of human
consciousness using his patented
HEMI-SYNC method for inducing OBEs.
Jerry Gross (www.searchandprove.org)
is an other leader in the field of OBEs
as a teacher and practitioner who holds
workshops on astral projection in the
U.S. and abroad. The difference between
OBEs and astral projection is that
astral projection is a consciously
induced OBE. Another OBE pioneer is
Sylvan Muldoon (1903-1969) whose
spontaneous OBEs provided a wealth of
details about the
astral world, the
silver cord, and the formation and
movement of the
astral body. Such OBEs provide
excellent veridical
evidence for the survival of
consciousness after death.
If you had an OBE and would like to
share it with the world -- or if you
would like to read more OBE testimonies
-- visit
Dr. Jeffrey and Jody Long's
Out-of-Body Research Foundation website
(OBERF.org).
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