In the practice of occultism, the existence of three different planes or worlds of existence is recognized: spiritual, astral and physical. The spiritual world is represented by spirits, the astral - energy and the physical - matter. The astral world is a kind of conductor between the physical and spiritual planes.
The astral world is the world through which the penetration of energetic external influence into people takes place. In the astral world, there are energy clots, which often appear in nightmares in the form of people who are not yet born or have already died. And it is these clots that come into contact during sessions of spiritualism.
The astral world can be conditionally divided into "lower" and "higher". The lower astral is inhabited by entities that people call impure. They are often seen by those who have gone too far with alcohol, and people with serious mental disabilities. The highest astral is the starry firmament above the world. And if a person in a dream sees how he strives for the stars, this, according to experts, may mean that he unconsciously entered the higher astral world.
The inhabitants of the astral plane can be divided into several groups - the dead and the living, or those who have a physical body and those who do not.
People who manifest themselves in the astral plane in their physical life can be divided into 4 groups: adepts with disciples, people with a developed psyche, ordinary people and black magicians.
But among those who are temporarily deprived of a physical body, there are much more groups. This group includes: ordinary people after their death, shells, shadows, werewolves and vampires, suicides and victims of sudden death. It is wrong to say that they are dead, because most of these creatures are alive, like humans.
Many people do not want to believe that astral travel is a reality. But are people really able to leave the limits of their physical bodies and go beyond the limits of possibilities, sliding through space and time?
There is a lot of evidence that since ancient times people were able to make such travels, very often finding themselves in the most unexpected places. So, in particular, shamans could acquire the appearance of various animals, most often in birds, overcoming great distances.
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The ancient Egyptians believed that all people have the soul Ba and its counterpart Ka, which are able to move, leaving the physical body, in time. For this reason, the inhabitants of Ancient Egypt were convinced that in no case should a sleeping person be awakened, because the astral double of his soul may not return back to the physical body. The world famous philosopher Aristotle was also convinced that the soul can travel to other worlds. Moreover, references to astral movements can be found in the legends of the Celtic culture and even in the Bible.
Among scientists, Hector Durville was the first to become interested in the possibility of astral movements. He was engaged in scientific research, conducting experiments on a person capable of voluntarily leaving his body and moving to other astral planes.
In the last century, some scientists also drew attention to the possibility of moving to the astral world. In particular, Hugh Callaway studied many sources, and he stated his conclusions in the book "Astral Projection". Besides him, Sylvan Muldoon, a researcher who wrote the work “Projection of the Astral Body.
Dr. Robert Crookell in his research carried out a detailed analysis of all astral movements known at that time, on the basis of which he determined 6 main parameters that are characteristic of all people making astral movements.
Thus, astral travelers for the most part were convinced that they were leaving their physical shell in the head zone. In addition, the consciousness of these people was turned off, since the separation of the astral and physical bodies occurs. After separation from the physical shell, the astral body hovers over it for some time. Before the return of the astral body to the physical, consciousness is clouded again.
After the publication of the results of the study, it turned out that in reality, astral movements are not such a rarity, and about a fifth of the inhabitants of our planet have made astral movements at least once in their lives. At the same time, people experienced only positive emotions - bright and joyful. Very often people compared astral movement with the flight of birds that soar in the sky and are practically not connected with the earth.
Interestingly, many people made such astral movements without possessing psychic or other supernatural abilities.
Of course, in the modern world it is customary to scoff at superstitions regarding the existence of all entities that inhabit the astral plane, just as it is to believe people who claim to have made astral travel, but people who study the occult are usually very circumspect, as in acceptance and denial of their existence.
Astral researchers argue that there is no need to be afraid of the creatures living there, since they are extremely rare at the present time. In addition, such manifestations are usually limited to the physical body, which confirms their material nature. But practically everyone can master the technique of astral movements. Of course, nothing will come out right away, and it can take many years for a person to learn how to move between worlds. But thanks to this, experts say, a person will no longer be afraid of death, since he will understand that life does not end after it.