Dr. Oliver Sacks describes uncanny out-of-body experiences of his patients.
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This segment filmed during the 1970s features Bob Monroe's welcome talk to a Gateway Voyage program group.
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"In an out-of-body experience (OBE), people feel as though they have left their physical body and can see the world from outside it.
Robert Monroe is known for his extensive research into altered states of consciousness, and is considered to be a pioneer of the western world in 'Out of Body Experiences', also known as 'Astral Projection'.
If you attended the Gateway Voyage residential program at The Monroe Institute in the last 10 to 15 years, you missed the evening talks with Bob Monroe.
What is an out of body experience? Many times it is thought that when we dream our astral body, the sort of spirit body drifts out of the physical body and wanders around, connected always by a cord to the physical body.
In this fascinating talk from SAND Italy 2016 psychologist Susan Blackmore describes some recent experiments, which seem to mimic and point to the location in the brain of out of the body experiences.