Editing Astral projection (section)

==Notable practitioners==
[[File:Astral Body from Carrington and Muldoon.png|thumb|Astral projection according to [[Hereward Carrington|Carrington]] and [[Sylvan Muldoon|Muldoon]], 1929]][[Emanuel Swedenborg]] was one of the first practitioners to write extensively about the out-of-body experience, in his ''Spiritual Diary'' (1747–1765). In her book, [[Light in My Darkness|''My Religion'']], [[Helen Keller]] tells of her beliefs in [[The New Church (Swedenborgian)|Swedenborgianism]] and how she once traveled astrally to Athens:

{{blockquote|I have been far away all this time, and I haven't left the room...It was clear to me that it was because I was a spirit that I had so vividly 'seen' and felt a place a thousand miles away. Space was nothing to spirit!{{sfn|Keller|1927||p=[https://archive.org/details/myreligion00hele/page/33 33]}} }}

In [[occult]] traditions, practices range from inducing [[trance|trance states]] to the [[mental image|mental]] construction of a second body, called the "[[body of light]]" by [[Aleister Crowley]] (1875–1947), through visualization and controlled breathing, followed by the transfer of consciousness to the secondary body by a mental act of will.{{sfn|Greer|1967}}{{sfn|Crowley|1988|loc= ch. XIII: "The Body of Light, Its Power and Development"}}

There are many 20th-century publications on astral projection, although only a few writers continue to be cited. These include [[Edgar Cayce]] (1877–1945), [[Hereward Carrington]] (1880–1958),{{sfn|Pettit|2013|p=93}} [[Oliver Fox (writer)|Oliver Fox]] (1885–1949),{{sfn|DeKorne|2011|p=11}} [[Sylvan Muldoon]] (1903–1969),{{sfn|Rickard|Michell|2007|pp=106, 123-4}} and [[Robert Monroe]] (1915–1995).{{sfn|Biddle|Thompson|2013|p=176}}

Robert Monroe's accounts of journeys to other realms (1971–1994) popularized the term "OBE" and were translated into a large number of languages. Though his books themselves only placed secondary importance on descriptions of method, Monroe also founded [[Monroe Institute|an institute]] dedicated to research, exploration and non-profit dissemination of auditory technology for assisting others in achieving projection and related [[altered states of consciousness]].{{sfn|Biddle|Thompson|2013|p=176}}

[[Carlos Castaneda]] (1925–1998) discusses his teacher Don Juan's beliefs about "the double" and its abilities in his books ''Tales of Power'' (1974), ''The Second Ring of Power'' (1977), and ''[[The Art of Dreaming]]'' (1993).{{sfn|Kramer|Larkin|1993|pp=74–85}} [[Florinda Donner]], a student of Castaneda, further describes methods of using the double to access the physical world while dreaming and access the dream world while in a waking dream state in her 1992 book, ''Being-in-Dreaming''.{{sfn|Donner|1992}}

[[Michael Crichton]] (1942–2008) gives lengthy and detailed explanations and experience of astral projection in his 1988 non-fiction book ''[[Travels (book)|Travels]]''. Robert Bruce,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/bruce-robert/5840|title=Robert Bruce – Biography & Interviews|website=Coast to Coast AM}}</ref> William Buhlman,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/buhlman-william/6028|title=William Buhlman – Biography & Interviews|website=Coast to Coast AM}}</ref> Marilynn Hughes,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/hughes-marilynn/7330|title=Marilynn Hughes – Biography & Interviews|website=Coast to Coast AM}}</ref> and Albert Taylor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/taylor-albert/6187|title=Albert Taylor – Biography & Interviews|website=Coast to Coast AM}}</ref> have discussed their theories and findings on the syndicated show ''[[Coast to Coast AM]]'' several times.