Demystifying the Out-of-Body Experience: A Practical Manual for Exploration and Personal Evolution

Of the 7 or so books on out-of-body experiences (OBE's) that I've read, this is by far the best. It is easy reading and interesting. It also is very explanatory of phenomena that I've read about in other books. This book gives a logical framework for understanding the kinds of experiences that people who have OBE's and near-death experiences report.But even more importantly, it gives clear instructions for having OBE's. I enjoy the energy exercises that I've learned from this book, and I feel that they, by themselves, are helpful to my physical health and my spiritual development. I've been doing the exercises for about 3 weeks. So far, I've had a "flying dream" that may have actually been an OBE--I'm not sure. But, at the least, I feel that I'm developing the skills needed for having an OBE.

This book is much more than I expected. Those silly words some reviewers mention are well thought and used. The author States at the beginning quite rightly that Words have been chosen to avoid any religious or mystical connotations commonly as sociated with this type of information. I have literally read dozens of books on the subject going back to the early 1900s in publication dates and this is by far the best for a complete overview and understanding of the out of body experience phenomena and how we in the modern age can understand and work with it practically.

ORIGINAL TEXTBOOK FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CONSCIOUSNESS , HAD SEVERAL COURSES BY THEM. AS I AM NEARLY BLIND I GREW UP FEELING INFERIOR TO OTHERS FOR THERE WAS SO MUCH I COULD NOT DO. CAME TO REALIZE THAT I CAN SEE THRU SOLDI WALLS INTO THE NEXT ROOM AND THAT THIS LIFETIME IS SIMPLY A TEST FOR ME TO WORK WITH WHAT I HAVE. GOT ME PAST THE FEAR OF DEATH AND THIS STUPID RACIAL DISCRIMINATION THAT THIS COUNTRY IS GONG THRU, AS THIS BODY IS ONLY MY TEMPORARY CONTAINER AND DONATING MY BODY TO SCIENCE WHEN I DIE, MY MONEY GOES TO THE PEOPLE I CARE ABOUT, NOT FOR A HOLE IN THE GROUND

This book covers a pretty wide range of topics related to OBEs, and I found it fairly useful as an introductory book. Generally speaking the book is very logically laid out and methodical in it's approach. Some of the chapters have information on techniques, stats, or information on what to expect.Personally, I would have like to have seen more detail on some of the primary techniques, and felt that less detail was needed in other areas. The author, and perhaps his school, use their own terminology to explain the OBE phenomenon, rather than relying on traditional terms. I think this can be helpful in being very precise, but the terms chosen, I personally found hard to remember, and it felt a little silly at times. This is personal preference however, and the quality of the content is the main attraction. The only real issue I had was the the author seems to have taken a few swipes at other styles of techniques. Perhaps the techniques presented here are truly superior, but why not let the students draw their own conclusion? Anyway, a small detraction, for an overall interesting book.

I pre-orderd and got it a week ago. I must say, this book explains a lot of what I have experienced. I have felt these "take-off" sensations since I was little and they always scared me. Finding out that are normal helps a lot. I have even tried some techniques. With the elongation I could feel my arm coming out. Keep trying.None of the other books on Astral Travel that I read before, could explain as clearly what dimensions are, how they are created and structured and where people go after they die, why some stay ghosts and others not. Why some people have conscious OBEs and many people don't. Why some dimensions feel good and others not so much. Even why awareness is different from person to person and how all of this process of evolution and reincarnation really works without using religious beliefs. It connects so many things that I have read and also has a ton of new information. I had a lot of "aha" moments. I'm not religious, but I feel a lot of things and somewhat psychic and I always knew that there is more to life than just be here, work and survive. I really love the examples, tables and illustrations. It makes it fun to read. Some ideas made me think a lot. I also like that this book talks about maturity, ethics and helping others, which is important to me. It seems that he has a lot of experience. He goes deeper into psychology and also answered some of my philosophical questions, but in a very practical and rational way. I am fascinated with the afterlife and near-death-experiences and I always wondered how come NDErs can have these "super senses" and sometimes "super awareness". We can actually learn to astral travel, have the same experiences and see and feel what NDErs always talk about. That is just amazing. If you want to die consciously and know what happens you have to read this book. There are actually 3 stages of death, imagine. Also the astral body, paragenetics and memory explains why some children remember their past lives and how birth marks or scars can appear on the new body matching the wounds of the previous body (I read another book about this, really interesting). Wow. This makes so much sense. Why don't we learn this stuff in school???One suggestions though: There are a lot of technical words, so I definitely suggest you read it from front to back, otherwise - if you just browse and read sections - you won't understand certain words. They are new, I guess. I gave two books to my friends in London who are also astral enthusiasts. Who knew that they have these schools and that they have been around so long. This book definitely inspired me to take the classes, because at home I have too much craziness to practice and I want to find out what my life purpose is. This is definitely a must read!!!

A bit out of date. However, this old book is a well-written, clear and concise manual on how to obtain real out of body experiences. I did the online course by the International Academy of Consciousness (IAC) and found it more up to date and with much easier to understand language than this book though so I'd recommend doing that instead.What I liked the most about it is that the International Academy of Consciousness (and their online course, Consciousness Development Program, on which this book is based) doesn't just say how things are for one person based on their experience alone, but based on the consensus among thousands of experiences. They do this to ensure that the views portrayed in the book aren't skewed by their own believes, and this way the reader sees what other people have experienced for themselves as well.Managed to explain every single step of the OBE in a down-to-earth language, with great insight that stems from long years of experience. The author was the President of the IAC for 4 years until 2017 and then left the organisation, but the book still remains a valuable resource.

Luis Minero has written a very clear and concise manual for that overwhelming psychic experience of the out of body phenomenon.He has written a very practical and detailed description of the art and science of this fascinating topic.It would most certainly be in the top ten of almost 400 books I have on astral projection.

This book places in scientific terms what appears to be unbelievable experiences, and helps to explain something which more and more people are now beginning to explore. As more and more is understood about O.B.E's the afterlife will begin to become a place we will be afraid to enter when we leave this mortal coil. I seriously recommend reading this book which is hard work at times, thus like me others may prefer to read a few pages each day.

Very in depth book on astral travel. Lots of techniques to induce astral states and very detailed overall information on the scope of astral travel. Lots of insights and experiences shared. Highly Recommended!

Great piece of work