I once knew this dude who claimed he could get into a trance and raise up out of his body. Once me and a friend watched him as he tried this.
After he was done this particular projection he claimed that he came out the top of his head in a corkscrew fashion, and had proceeded to travel along the Roosevelt Blvd jumping from street light to street light. He said he's been able to do this since he was a kid, but couldn't really control where he 'went'.
I was disturbed by the implications of being a spirit separate from your body: reincarnation, ghosts, God ?
This guy never seemed to me to be the type to lie about stuff, and I never saw him engage in any type of hallucinogenic pharmacopoeia.
After he was done this particular projection he claimed that he came out the top of his head in a corkscrew fashion, and had proceeded to travel along the Roosevelt Blvd jumping from street light to street light. He said he's been able to do this since he was a kid, but couldn't really control where he 'went'.
I was disturbed by the implications of being a spirit separate from your body: reincarnation, ghosts, God ?
This guy never seemed to me to be the type to lie about stuff, and I never saw him engage in any type of hallucinogenic pharmacopoeia.