“In the field of parapsychology, the verifiability of out-of-body experiences is fairly accepted,” Graham says. Graham believes that logical tests can confirm that these experiences aren’t simply happening inside a person’s head. “They’re just harder to do, more funky, more marginal.” “Neurologically, they’re very similar to a lucid dream,” she says. You need to be careful about the amount of power you hand over to a person, and it’s the obligation of a person to make sure they’re getting their information from more than one source.” In short, do your homework.ĭeborah believes that although out-of-body experiences can be psychologically beneficial, there is currently no evidence to suggest they are verifiably “real” in any physical sense. “The problem comes in when other people are doing ridiculous things to you. “In a sensible world, people should be able to do any ridiculous thing they want,” Deborah says. After several times concentrating and focusing, the sensations became more and more real, until I felt like I was really there.”Įven Deborah Hyde, former editor-in-chief of The Skeptic Magazine, the UK's longest-running publication “offering skeptical analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal” believes that people can benefit from these experiences, but that a level of personal responsibility is needed. I meditated for about 20 minutes first, then started to imagine my body fading and brought to mind the sensations of the beach, the sand, the breeze, the sound of the sea, and so on.
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“I started experimenting with it during the first lockdown, I was really missing being on the beach, so I focused on a memory of a beautiful beach I visited in Thailand. There are numerous different approaches including meditation, chanting, visualisation techniques, and even sleep deprivation. Learning astral projection requires patience and commitment, Alice says, describing it as an ongoing process that requires practice. “There’s no way I’d pay hundreds of pounds to learn astral projection, you can get loads of great books and teach yourself,” she says. She’s found it to be a positive experience, although she feels that some teachers seem to be taking advantage of people’s boredom and other negative mental states.
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One person who began looking into astral projection this year is Alice, 30, a digital marketing professional from London, who began learning about it when she was furloughed from her job and was feeling isolated and lonely in her flat.
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Some coaches charge around £60 an hour for coaching via Skype, while others charge in the region of £1000 for an online astral projection coaching package. In the world of astral projection teaching this is a bargain. Gaia, an online tutorial database for alternative practices, has seen popularity with its video tutorials on astral projection, which can be accessed for $8.99 a month. Even the name itself is considered by many to be problematic, implying the existence of a ‘soul’ and the idea human consciousness can exist outside of the brain, a highly contentious area of research.ĭespite its ancient origins, in recent years the practise has become heavily monetised. However, while lucid dreaming - the practise of having control within your own dreams - has long been recognised by the scientific community as valid, and research on microdosing is becoming more mainstream, astral projection is treated with a lot of skepticism and little to no scientific support.