What's your opinion on out of body experiences sometimes called astral projection?

They don't really exist. You are still 100% in your body. One of the many delusions people like to believe in. Some poeple are just horrible at telling the difference between what is real and what is imagined. :)

i have had a lot of them

When they first happened to me I was a kid and they were totally involuntary. It always occurred just as I was drifting off to sleep - that semi conscious state- then an electrifying sound/feeling began. The louder the sound became, the more I rose from my body. It was terrifying at first. I would shake myself awake because I didn't know what was happening. I was terribly afraid that "someone/thing" wanted to take over my body. One night a friend spent the night and it happened. I decided to let whatever was trying to happen... happen because there was someone there. I made it past the electrical LOUD buzzing noise and then I was lighter than air rising above myself. I didn't look down the first time but have experienced it many times since and I'm not afraid of it anymore. I can't make it happen... it just does. Those who say it's not real just haven't had the experience. It's real!!

i dont think ive ever astral projected before heard alot about it my friend said he did on salvia ...hes also said that theres demons in my house though lol..but sometimes i just pick a spot in a room like a corner and try to picture what i would look like if i could see myself from that spot sometimes i can almost see it in my mind....not really but its the closest ive ever come to that..... i think it would be really fun though :)

well, 1) it's fun. 2) it's useful. 3) even if you don't remember, you do it every night while you're sleeping. :)

I've experienced them ~ usually involuntarily, particularly the first one. They may be delusional but they sure feel real! Many more people have had them than admit to them, I am sure. Best advice might be: remember you can be vulnerable in this state, so don't be gone too long.

I've never had one, which is kind of a bummer. Apparently they occur at times of extreme stress, or after taking certain "substances".

See also "Near death experience".

I've heard that many people are able to astral project in a dream state. Normally when this occurs you have extremely vivid dreams and they don't involve anything that you've "known." I don't know what to believe, but it seems very interesting.