Planes of existence

Subtle bodies
Theosophy

Astral projection
Astral projection (or astral travel) is an interpretation
of out-of-body experiences (OBEs) achieved either
awake or via lucid dreaming, deep meditation, or use of
psychotropics. Proponents of astral projection maintain
that their consciousness or soul has transferred into an
astral body (or "double"), which moves en tandem with
the physical body in a parallel world known as the astral
plane.
The concept of Astral projection has been around for
thousands of years, dating back to ancient China. It is
currently often associated with the New Age movement.

Contents

Causal plane: Causal body

Mental plane: Mental body
Astral plane: body,
projection
Etheric plane: Etheric body
Physical plane: Physical
body
Rosicrucian
The 7 Worlds & the 7 Cosmic
Planes
The Seven-fold constitution
of Man
The Ten-fold constitution of
Man
Thelema
Body of Light | Thelemic
mysticism
Surat Shabda Yoga

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1 Schools of thought
o 1.1 Mystical model
o 1.2 Phasing model
2 Kinds of projection
o 2.1 Astral projection
o 2.2 Real time projection
o 2.3 Virtual reality projection
3 Research
4 See also
5 References

6 External links
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Cosmology
Sufism
Sufi cosmology
Hinduism
Lokas - Kosas
Buddhism
Buddhist cosmology
Kabbalah

Schools of thought
There are two general schools of thought on the nature of
astral projection; these can broadly be defined as the
mystical model and the phasing model, saurabh
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Mystical model

Atziluth - Beri'ah - Yetzirah Asiyah

Sephirah
Fourth Way
Ray of Creation
The Laws
Three Centres
Five Centres
Popular culture
Plane (Dungeons & Dragons)
Inner Plane
Prime Material Plane
Outer Plane

The mystical model includes 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 to more advanced levels of the astral plane,
more subtle bodies are realized and consciousness is transferred in turn to each of them.
(Other mystical models assume only one subtle body.) The subtle body is attached to the
physical body by means of an energetic connection which usually takes the appearance of
a silver cord 'plugging' into the chakras like an umbilical cord.
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Phasing model
The phasing model, which was defined by Robert Monroe, contains the belief that it is
impossible to actually leave the body in the truest sense of the word, and that the astral
planes and the physical world are merely points on the long spectrum of consciousness.
When a person projects, they actually "phase" into another area of consciousness and the
locales it contains. This can be likened to tuning a radio to another station. This viewpoint
can be seen as a logical progression of the philosophy that external reality is actually an
internally created state (see Postmodernism, Buddhism).
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Kinds of projection
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Astral projection
The traveller finds him- or herself in an apparently real domain, analogous to the "other
worlds" experienced by traditional peoples, which have no parallel to any physical setting
or to consensus reality, described by New Agers and occultists as the astral plane or the
astral.
Environments here may range from populated to un-populated, artificial to natural to
completely abstract environments and from beautific to horrific. Here, normal physical
laws often do not apply and humans can often, for example, float or fly. Quality of
physical detail ranges from crude and un-detailed and depressing to bright, vivid and
fascinating as detailed, among other writers, by Robert Bruce in his Astral Dynamics.
Travellers may travel from one realm to the other. Projectors may find access to visions
of the past or future and to the Akashic records accessible from here. It's been said that
space and time don't exist on the astral plane nor the higher planes - but no explanation is
given as to how forms and entire environments can exist without spatial dimensions, nor
why there can be a sequence of events and yet no such thing as time. Many travellers
have theorized that people having dreams actually travel to the astral realms, unaware,
and, again as reported in Astral Dynamics, travelers have reported seeing dreamers enact

dream scenarios on the astral plane, unaware of the more extensive and varied nonphysical environment surrounding them.
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Real time projection

In contrast to "astral" projection, the traditional understanding of out-of-body experiences
involves the projector (or traveller) moving about in (usually invisible) ghost-like form in
a world resembling mundane physical reality. This world may, however, have minor
differences between the physical reality world we know and travelers may encounter nonhuman astral entities. Practitioners sometimes refer to this practice as Real Time
Projection (RTP) and the mundane world as the Real Time Zone. From the Real Time
Zone, travellers can access "the astral".
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Virtual reality projection

Part astral projection and part real time projection, called Virtual Reality Projection by
most, is when a projector claims to move on the physical plane and interact with the
astral plane at the same time. An example of this is the projector walking into a "real"
poster or picture and being transported to a perfect reconstruction of this place/world, via
the concentrated experiences and thoughts of every beholder of the concept of the picture.
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Research
Robert Monroe, founder of the Monroe Institute, published several accounts of his
experiences of astral projection, including Far Journeys. Monroe developed a method he
calls Hemisync to induce mental states that are favorable for projection. Hemisync is a
synchronization of the brainwaves of both of the brains' hemispheres or lobes. This is
said to work by altering brain waves using sounds, together with meditative instruction,
listened to on headphones. The process is based on a concept referred to as binaural beats.
An exhaustive reference, which includes techniques and types of out-of-body experiences
and related phenomena, is the 1,200+ page Projectiology by Dr. Waldo Vieira, MD,
which has over 1,907 bibliographic entries from sources in 18 languages on the topic.
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See also

Etheric projection

Esotericism
Metaphysics
Mysticism
Occultism
Gnosticism
Personal reality
Protoscience
Pseudoscience
Parapsychology
Sleep paralysis
Lucid dreaming
Hypnagogia
Tattva vision
Teleportation
Trance channelling
Yoga Nidra
Linga sarira
Waldo Vieira (founder of Projectiology)

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References

Bruce, Robert (1999). Astral Dynamics.

Monroe, Robert. Far Journeys. ISBN 0385231822
Viera, Dr. Osvaldo. Projectiology. ISBN 8586019585
Pritchard, Mark H (2004) "A Course in Astral Travel and Dreams". ISBN
0974056014

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External links

International Institute of Projectiology and Conscientiology

International Academy of Consciousness
CEAEC - Center for Higher Studies of Conscientiology
Astral Society
Astralweb - Astral travel course and forums from a Gnostic spiritual group