For most
persons the experience of astral projection is involuntary and unexpected. They
may suddenly find their "selves" separated from their bodies and have no idea
how such a thing could have happened; nor will they exercise any control over
how long they are out of their bodies, where they want to go or what they want
to do in their "soul bodies." Some
persons, however, are either innately cap-able of projecting at will or have
mastered the techniques that make it possible. (These techniques are described in
The Llewellyn Practical Guide to Astral Projection by Melita Denning and
Osborne Phillips.) Among these, a few
use their astral bodies as vehicles to attack someone they don’t like. Interestingly
enough, some experts on the subject of vampires believe that this is what
vampirism really is. There is no reason to attribute vampire attacks to the
physical likes of Count Dracula and his kith and kin, who are products purely
of the imagination. There is evidence that real victims of vampires are set
upon by a malevolent astral form. |