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'''Astral projection''' (or astral travel) is an [[interpretation]] of [[out-of-body experience]] (OBE) that assumes the [[existence]] of an "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astral_body astral body]" separate from the [[physical]] body and capable of traveling outside it. Astral projection or [[travel]] denotes the astral body leaving the physical body to travel in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astral_plane astral plane].

'''Astral projection''' (or astral travel) is an [[interpretation]] of [[out-of-body experience]] (OBE) that assumes the [[existence]] of an "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astral_body astral body]" separate from the [[physical]] body and capable of traveling outside it. Astral projection or [[travel]] denotes the astral body leaving the physical body to travel in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astral_plane astral plane].

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]].

 

Through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960's 1960]s and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970's 1970]s, surveys reported percentages ranging from 8 percent to as many as 50 percent (in certain [[groups]]) of respondents who state they had such an [[experience]]. The [[subjective]] nature of the experience permits [[explanations]] that do not rely on the [[existence]] of an "astral" body and plane.

Through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960's 1960]s and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970's 1970]s, surveys reported percentages ranging from 8 percent to as many as 50 percent (in certain [[groups]]) of respondents who state they had such an [[experience]]. The [[subjective]] nature of the experience permits [[explanations]] that do not rely on the [[existence]] of an "astral" body and plane.