I’m here, I’m there, I’m anywhere: Astral Projection
Clinical reports of individuals who have been resuscitated after flatlining have recounted out-of-body experiences upon regaining consciousness. The accounts described by all these individuals share certain similarities: a sensation of becoming detached, or floating above their body, yet still able to perceive the world in front of them. In fact, some people have reported this type of disembodiment as a voluntary ability that they are able to engage at will. Is this capacity to detach consciousness from body a legitimate human talent? Or is it merely an illusion generated by some haywire neurochemistry brought close to the brink of death? Astral projection, or the ability to separate the spiritual from the corporeal body, is predicated on the existence of an intangible soul that defines the essence of a human being. For conceptual validity, the assumption is made that the human spirit can be voluntarily separated and controlled in order to perceive the world in a location separate from the immediate area surrounding the body. This has served as the philosophical