Astral Projection, The Astral Body, and Shamanic Journeying

Shamanic journeys and astral projection are also related to phenomena like lucid dreaming. Shamans are trained to use altered states of consciousness to travel in the astral body for healing and other purposes.

Shamanic teacher, John Moore, first discusses models of humans from physical bodies to the etheric body and astral bodies. There are different models in other forms of esotericism He discusses his early spontaneous out-of-body experiences and learning shamanic journeying.

He compares astral projection to shamanic middle world soul travel. The middle world of shamanism is where most people wind up when they astral project. The astral plane is actually a number of subtle worlds that a shamanic practitioner can access.

In shamanism, a practitioner enters into trance to have an out-of-body experience of the astral realm. Shamans, however, have a great deal of control over the subtle body during a spiritual journey. While there are different forms of soul travel, shamans have been doing what some people call astral travel for thousands of years.

As a spiritual teacher, John recommends at least an intro to shamanism course for those interested iin astral projection. This offers a means of learning safe astral travel, as well as some healing practices.