It is sometimes attempted out of [[curiosity]], or may be believed to be [[necessary]] to, or the result of, some forms of spiritual [[practice]]. It may involve "travel to higher realms" called astral planes but is commonly used to [[describe]] any sensation of [[being]] "[[out of the body]]" in the everyday world, even seeing one's body from outside or above. It may be reported in the form of an [[apparitional]] experience, a supposed encounter with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelg%C3%A4nger doppelgänger], some living person also seen somewhere else at the [[same time]]. | It is sometimes attempted out of [[curiosity]], or may be believed to be [[necessary]] to, or the result of, some forms of spiritual [[practice]]. It may involve "travel to higher realms" called astral planes but is commonly used to [[describe]] any sensation of [[being]] "[[out of the body]]" in the everyday world, even seeing one's body from outside or above. It may be reported in the form of an [[apparitional]] experience, a supposed encounter with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelg%C3%A4nger doppelgänger], some living person also seen somewhere else at the [[same time]]. |