Editing Astral projection (section)

===Indigenous traditions===

====Amazon====
The ''yaskomo'' of the [[Wai-Wai people|Waiwai]] is believed to have the ability to perform a soul flight that can serve several functions, such as healing; flying to the sky to consult [[cosmology|cosmological]] beings (the Moon or the Brother of the Moon) to obtain a name for a [[newborn]] baby; flying to the cave of [[peccary|peccaries]]' mountains to ask the father of peccaries for abundance of game; or flying deep down into a river to seek the aid of other beings.{{sfn|Fock|1963|p=16}}

====Inuit====
In some [[Inuit]] groups, individuals with special capabilities, known as [[angakkuq]], are said to be able to travel to ([[Inuit mythology|mythological]]) remote places, and report their experiences and important matters back to their community. Those abilities would be unavailable to individuals with normal capabilities.{{sfn|Hoppál|1975|p=228}} Among other things, an angakkuq was said to have the ability to stop bad hunting luck or heal a sick person.{{sfnm|1a1=Kleivan|1a2=Sonne|1y=1985|1pp=7–8, 12, 23–24, 26–31|2a1=Merkur|2y=1985|2pp=4–6}}