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Term: astral projection

DEFINITIONS

Astral Projection: An experience in which the conscious part of the self splits form the body for a period of time. The typical out-of-body experience is of short duration and comes unexpectedly. But it can be induced consciously and deliberately.
source: Truth about Astral Projection

Out of Body Experience: See Astral Projection.
source: The Truth About Astral Projection

Astral Travel: The experience of moving around through the environments encountered during astral projection. This may include moving at the speed of thought to any location in the physical world, universe, or on the various more ethereal planes of the astral worlds.

Astral Projection:

A phenomenon in which the astral body disengages from the biological body to consciously experience distant realities. See Out-of-Body experience (OBE).

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