Journeys Out of the Body

This is a very unique book about the OBE phenomenon, known as Astral Projection, written by Robert Monroe, a very normal businessman, who, in his early forties, began to have unusual experiences, in which he would find himself disassociated from his physical body into what he calls the Second Body.

Despite what modern science tells us, a phenomenon of going out of a physical body was known for many centuries to those who were interested. The Buddha himself taught his followers that there was such a thing. It is found in Christian and Hindu traditions. It is also mentioned in the ancient writings of Egyptians, Chinese and Amazonian cultures.

Today, as far as I'm aware, we don't have many books such as this one, because, what Robert Monroe did was very unique. He documented his 20 years of experiences in the astral realms and carefully studied them. His approach was scientific. He wanted to explore the possibilities of his unusual journeys. His no-bullshit and detailed reports make you question many things. What if he is right? The ramifications of that will be huge.

His work is also very important for people like him, who have spontaneous OBEs and don't know what to do. I think that this book makes a great guide for them.

So, in the end, there's only one way to find out whether astral realms, such as Locale I, II and III, as Monroe calls them, really exist or not. And that is by putting our money where our mouth is. There is no point in criticizing him because that won't solve anything.

To me, this guy seems to be telling the truth. The possibilities and experiences that he talks about excites me and makes reality more mystical and unknown. Somehow that feels better than telling to myself that he is full of shit, just because some scientists said that OBEs are not possible.

What if they are?