Out of Body Experiences: How to Have Them and What to Expect

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Summary: Very Good
Review: 'Out of Body Experiences: How to Have Them and What to Expect' is a brilliant work and the authors are truly charismatic figures. Unlike some other writings on this subject, this book has the ring of truth, achieved principally through textual conviction, energy and clarity.

Two significant passages illustrate the compelling nature of the treatise. In the Preface, Tart explains the genesis of his soul-mind-journeying: 'It happened one Saturday afternoon. I'd just finished group therapy when my spirit-guide called long-distance (collect!) and told me to go to India with Robert. Bob had fully recovered from his do-it-yourself lobotomy and was keen to leave, but as it was rush hour, we couldn't find an empty cab to Bombay. So we phoned Delta but all flights were booked out. It was at that epiphanic moment that Robert suggested we try the out-of-body thing and it worked. Mind you, the food and service weren't nearly as good, but at least we didn't have to pack much stuff. And these days, with all the astral miles we've clocked up, we always get an upgrade to Nirvana Class.'

In Chapter 3, Peterson describes an encounter he and Tart had with Shirley MacLaine during one of their trips; 'Shirley had just stopped to give way to a passing comet when we pulled up behind her. She then tried to move off but her core-essence stalled. I waited two nanoseconds then mind-honked her. This she didn't appreciate, judging by the stream of expletives she telepathically bombarded us with. Good heavens! The lady was not only out of her body, she was also out of her mind!'

'Out of Body Experiences' sets the benchmark for the genre, and anyone with half a brain will enjoy this book.

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Summary: A great book from a great guy.
Review: Bob's got a good book packed with his personal experience and techniques for achieving your own OOBE. He has a very unique techynique from what I rememeber. Before Bob published this one he was accessable through internet OBE discussion groups (he still may be). He and I exchanged a few emails and he was very willing to offer advice.

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Summary: Not convinced it was a genuine experience.
Review: Here is a person who is interested in sharing how he accomplished OOBE in a practical and down to earth manner where everybody can understand. His main focus is to teach others how to do it not to make money. This book was on the web before it was even published!!!

He talks about his experiences in short stories which is easily digested and with each chapter he has exercises that you can do to have OOBE. He writes not only how to have OOBE but as the title of the book implies "what to expect" when you do have them so you will be prepared and not totally off guard.

For example, he talks about the silver cord and how things are a little different in the astral than in the physical. The last chapter of the book has a detailed method of getting out of the body.

However, I wish he wrote about some of the struggles that he had and how long it took for him to have some of his OOBE. I think it is important to have people understand that for most people it will take time and effort and dedication. And by reading about some of his failures, readers won't be too discoruaged when they don't have OOBE as soon as they want. Instead they will say, "Hey, he had difficulties too and still accomplished OOBE. I'm like him and if he did it, I can do it too!"

Again, I would highly recommend this book for anybody who is interested in having OOBE. It is easy to understand and doesn't have the esoteric "mumbo jumbo" that are found in some of the other books.

As always, there are what is considered 'essential books' in any subject matter. I feel that this book ranks with the essential books in the field of OOBE. Some of the other essential books, in my opinion are, Journey Out of the Body by Robert Monroe, Adventures Out of the Body by William Buhlman, Astral Dynamics by Robert Bruce and Rick Stack's book(I can't remember the title). There are more but these are from more recent times and may be easier to understand and read than some of the older books.

It's important to have good books to read(this is one of them) so that your subconscious is saturated with the subject so that it knows that you are serious about having OOBEs. Good luck in having OOBEs and remember not to get discouraged and keep at it.

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Summary: The Joy of OBE
Review: I have read this book several times. I didn't actually buy it - I obtained it telepathically after reading Dr. John Schlummer's book How to Telepathically Download Stuff Off the Internet to Your Brain Without Paying a Dime. This book, Out of Body Experiences: How to Have Them and What to Expect by Robert Peterson, has changed my life. I used to just wake up in the morning and get ready and go to work - very boring. Now, after reading the book, I never know what will happen. Many times I have unplanned OBE's. The other morning I woke up and was having an OBE. I found myself floating in the attic. My first thought was "What the heck is that smell?" Then I panicked - apparently I had floated right through the alpha level straight into the attic, and I didn't know how to get back to my body. Eventually, I found my way through some cracks and thin walls. When I found my body, it was in the bathroom taking a wiz in the bathtub. I guess my body isn't very intuitive without me there. Anyways, I have learned to have a lot of fun with OBE's. Sometimes during an OBE, I will sneak up and scare the crap out of my body. That look on my face is priceless!

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Summary: A Down To Earth Kind Of Guy Writing About The Incredible.
Review: I have read various books on "Out of Body Experiences" and how to manuals for many years, but few can match this books ability to make the incredible understandable in down to earth style and language. The author comes across very clearly as a regular kind of person, like the rest of us. His writing style makes the unusual an easy read. He shares his own first hand knowledge and experience, not re-cooked information from other books. This is the real thing, I have read too many books about books, or books about others ideas and experiences that this first hand account of these realities is a wonderful breath of fresh air for me. His techniques of how to attain an OBE have suggestions that I have never seen anywhere else. He appears to be a very practical kind of person with his feet firmly on the ground but able to see beyond the sky. If your looking for an OBE book, this is the one you want. I have had a couple of unplanned OBE's and they are as real as real can be, but to do it by the power of your own will is the trick. Once you have had your own OBE there is no question as to this being a reality. Once you have had one you will easily be able to tell the difference between lucid dreams and OBE's, they are distinctly different. I had two unplanned OBE's, but I want to be able to have OBE's at will. This is what I bought this book for. I am just starting with his suggestions on how to consciously transition into an out of body experience, it takes work, but I believe this book has the best and most varied information about many different techniques which can work for most people. I am pleased that this book has a total lack of "New Age" dogma, a welcome change. After reading this book it is obvious that this guy loves science and has that kind of mind, but yet he shows you things that our science is just now scratching the surface on, things that our culture has hardly begun to understand. I AM Chris

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Summary: A great place to start
Review: I was hunting for my first book on OBEs here on Amazon.com and I decided to buy Robert Peterson's book that you are now considering. I couldn't be more pleased with the book, and highly recommend it to everyone. You get a first hand account of this man's exploration into the astral realm. You live vicariously through him from his first experience and on through the years. At the end of each easy to read chapter, there is an exercise. But when you get there, you won't want to stop reading. I know I didn't. I just ate this book up. And now that I'm finished with it, I'm going back through the exercises. After reading this book, you know exactly what you have to do to have an OBE, and what you'll find once you get there. You'll also learn some unexpected treasures about psychic phenomenon.

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Summary: Very Good
Review: This book covers a lot and includes Diary type entries of the authors experiences. I really enjoyed it. It has lots of great info and its a very interesting and easy read. All of my friends borrowed it and really enjoyed it.

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Summary: An Essential Diary
Review: This book is an essential for people who are interested in the paranormal OBEs. Its essential because it has several exercises contained within written in a manner that anoyone could grasp. It most certainly is nowhere near as complicated and convouloted as Astral Dynamics. It contains a diary of the author's interesting OBE experiences. I love the story about his uncle.

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Summary: A down-to-earth approach to O.B.E.
Review: This book is great for people who want to experience O.B.E. In fact, its essential for beginners. I like the approach that Peterson uses. He starts off from his view of life before astral-projection from when he was even a child. Why is this relevant? Because it helps to understand that *anyone* can experience O.B.E. if they have the patientience and motivation. I'm lucky & grateful to say that all my life, since i was a child, i have had O.B.E. without even trying. But as i got older my O.B.E.'s were much less frequent. Why?.. I'm not sure, i guess "reality" pulled be away. I have always had a spirtual self inside me but it took awhile for me to have the confidence in myself to come out and explore it deeper w/out feeling weird about doing it.

This book has it all. Peterson builds off of other books that he has read about Astral-Projection / O.B.E.'s which is a great help because it fills in the gaps that leave you questioning when you read other similar books. This book is a mix of "Soul Traveler" by Albert Taylor and the Monroe books. Both i highly recomend reading (i actually have yet to read the Monroe books). Between each chapter, Peterson gives exercises for performing O.B.E. The exercises get harder as your progress further into the book.

I cannot stress that you must be patient. You must be motivated. It will happen, and most of the time fear and doubt are what stop you but with proper guidance (eg. this book) you will get there and reach a whole new realm (literally) of understanding. Life, as you know it before O.B.E., will reach a whole new exciting level beyond your wildest dreams. Not only that, you have the opportunity to find answers to questions. See your Spirit Guides/Guardian Angels. Go anywhere, and i mean anywhere, and not just imagine being there but being there as if you were physically there.

Being a Computer Science major, I was especially drawn to this book because Peterson was also a programmer. This meant we viewed things in a similar manner. Both scientifically and logically. I would always try to find scientific reason for things that happen. Everyone should too. But as Peterson progressed in his experiences and found that he couldn't explain them scientifically, he was still able to conjure up logical reasons. To me, it was like living my life w/out anyone else understanding my thoughts, questions, and desires of the higher understanding then i read this book and i see so much parallelism.

This book is great for even the more skeptic believer.

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Summary: You'll find what others astral books can't give to you
Review: This is one of my favourites astral books. Not only contains the techniques to have OBE, but also : the differences between OBE and lucid dream - clairvoyance; astral body and physical body; stuck with your physical body; return from OBE with your astral head at your physical feet;conscious during OBE, astral sight and physic sight; can't we teleport when OBE to another place just like other books wrote ? The author wrote his own experience from his first OBE. He didn't write about another planes, the scenery, dweller. For me, it's like Slyvan Muldoon book, The Projection of The Astral Body. Honest and easy to follow.