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Will science EVER come around to understanding the out of body experience…..or are we destined to forever being “split” (no pun intended..:-) on what is real, versus what is fantasy, illusion or simple hallucination when it comes to OBE and astral projection experiences?

The good news is this:  There are LOTS of super smart studies being undertaken right now on the OBE state, and some of the researchers (including Sam Parnia and his colleagues) endeavor to show that in the Near Death state, many folks who report being out of their body, can provide scientifically documented, and verifiable information which will cooberate their experience as “real”. 

Parnia and friends are studying this in hospitals around the globe right now…..and look for this to be an important (and decisive) part of the conversation on what is REALLY happening while we engage in the magical, and mysterious worlds of the ethereal realms..:-)

Check out some cool stuff from Wikipedia below on out of body studies.  Some good information for both skeptic, and believer alike.  Enjoy!

Van Lommel studiesThe first clinical study of near death experiences (NDE’s) in cardiac arrest patients was by Pim van Lommel and his team (The Lancet, 2001),[39] a cardiologist from the Netherlands. Of 344 patients who were successfully resuscitated after suffering cardiac arrest, approximately 18% experienced “classic” NDE’s, which included out-of-body experiences. The patients remembered details of their conditions during their cardiac arrest despite being clinically dead with flatlined brain stem activity.

Van Lommel concluded that his findings supported the theory that consciousness continued despite lack of neuronal activity in the brain. Van Lommel conjectured that continuity of consciousness may be achievable if the brain acted as a receiver for the information generated by memories and consciousness, which existed independently of the brain, just as radio, television and internet information existed independently of the instruments that received it.

[40]The skeptic, Michael Shermer’s interpretation of Van Lommel’s study,[41] as demonstrating that the mind was not separate from the brain was criticised by Jay Ingram of the Canadian Discovery Channel, who commented: “[Shermer's] use of this study to bolster his point is bogus. He could have said, ‘The authors think there’s a mystery, but I choose to interpret their findings differently’. But he didn’t. I find that very disappointing.”[42]

Out-of-body experience – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia