| Ten percent of all people globally say they have had | | | | psychedelic and dissociative drugs, or a dream-like |
| an out of body experience at least once in their lives. | | | | state. There have been many techniques developed in |
| Most experiences were not intentional and followed a | | | | recent years to stimulate OOBE, of which brainwave |
| near death experience. | | | | technology has been found to be particularly effective. |
| Even if you are not a religious person and do not | | | | Using a certain combination of alpha and theta |
| believe in the Immortal Soul, you cannot wish away the | | | | harmonics, this enables the user to experience a |
| phenomenon of "out of body experience." Out of body | | | | distinct transfer of consciousness resulting in an out of |
| experiences, or OOBE for short, is is an experience | | | | body experience while in perfect health. |
| that typically involves a sensation of floating outside of | | | | The different ways to induce OOBE are: |
| one's body and, in some cases, perceiving one's | | | | 1. Spontaneous |
| physical body from a place outside one's body. First | | | | * During or near sleep |
| coined in 1943 by G.N.M Tyrrell in his book Apparitions, | | | | * Near death experiences |
| this is a globally accepted phenomenon with as many | | | | * Extreme physical effort |
| as one in ten people claiming an out of body | | | | 2. Induced |
| experience once in their lives. OOBE had been | | | | * Mental induction by sleeping without losing |
| adopted by experts like Robert Monroe and Celia | | | | wakefulness, waking up mentally but not physically, |
| Green as an alternative to belief-centric labels such as | | | | deep trance, meditation and visualization. |
| "astral projection" or "spirit walking", but there's little to | | | | * Mechanical induction by brainwave synchronization |
| distinguish between them. | | | | (mentioned before), magnetic and electric stimulation of |
| There are many scenarios under which out of body | | | | the brain, sensory deprivation and sensory overload. |
| experiences occur. While sometimes the phenomenon | | | | * Chemical induction with drugs such as ketamine, |
| appears to occur spontaneously, at other times it is | | | | dextromethorphan (DM or DXM), and phencyclidine. |
| associated with a physical or mental trauma, use of | | | | |