Out of Body Experience

C Manual for "Gateway Experience Wave VI - Odyssey (Journey to Focus 21)", 2004, The Monroe Institute, pp. 10–11

1. The Frank Kepple Phasing Resource (detailed treatment of Monroe's phasing model of OBE-related states)

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External links

• OBE in the science mainstream news
• A blog record of a series of OBE's by a meditator
• Website of OBE author William Buhlman
• Out-of-body and Near-death experiences Articles, videos and discussions on out-of-body and near-death experiences.
• An in-depth psychological and philosophical analysis of OBEs and self-perception
• "Out-of-Body Experience (OBE)" – from the Skeptic's Dictionary
• "How To Use Waking Sleep Paralysis To Induce OBEs" at Youtube