Editing Astral projection (section)

===Japanese===
[[File:SekienIkiryo.jpg|thumb|upright|The {{Transliteration|ja|[[ikiryō]]}} as illustrated by [[Toriyama Sekien]].]]
In [[Japanese mythology]], an {{Nihongo||生霊|[[ikiryō]]|also read as ''shōryō'', ''seirei'', or ''ikisudama''}} is a manifestation of the [[soul]] of a living person separately from their body.{{sfn|Clarke|2000|p=247}} Traditionally, if someone holds a sufficient grudge against another person, it is believed that a part or the whole of their soul can temporarily leave their body and appear before the target of their hate in order to curse or otherwise harm them, similar to an [[evil eye]]. Souls are also believed to leave a living body when the body is extremely sick or comatose; but such {{Transliteration|ja|ikiryō}} are not malevolent.{{sfn|Chopra|2005|p=144}}