Absolutely fascinating! And interesting it has made such an impression on you two guys, both having skeptical, scientist mindsets.

I believe I had the start of one once. I may have been stoned at the time, but it was the gap between wake and sleep where I suddenly seemed to be rising upwards through blackness, and it felt like I was heading out of body but I can't be sure. It was so unexpected that the excitement jolted me back within a few seconds.

For anyone interested in inducing OBE's, I highly recommend checking this book out, I'm half way through and really enjoying it. I had an amazing flying dream recently I feel as linked just to having my mind pondering this stuff. The guy has a great deal of experience with OBE's, but takes a skeptical, scientific and methodological approach to the phenomenon, without projecting any religious or spiritual overtones onto it, and he gears a training schedule based on your personality, and your individual strengths and weaknesses.

Graham Nicholls - Navigating the Out-of-Body Experience: Radical New Techniques

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