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

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Summary: Personal experience is best
Review: This is the book that really started me down the path that my life currently appears to be taking - I owe the author a debt of gratitude.

Peterson explains his experiences with OOB states (and other interesting effects on his life) in a very straightforward manner. No jargon to wade through, no assumptions to be swallowed (other than "gee it'd be cool to wander around outside my body"), and no apparent agenda other than a clear desire to let people know what he's figured out about the subject.

Some books tend to leap into esoteric explanations of (as an arbitrary example) "the seven spheres of astral existence" or the like, without much of a solid attempt to back up their assertions. A "believe me, because I know lots" attitude. Peterson's book instead carefully walks you through his own experiences, allowing the reader to see how he figured out some things, and how others still don't make sense. In other words, it sounds just like how you'd expect an honest guy trying to report some totally weird experiences would sound.

Everything he writes about in the book comes from his reported personal experience. When dealing with a subject as unconventional as OOBs, it really helps to be shown a clear picture of the exact process the author went through, from first experience, through explorations, side effects, up to the point where it's become enough a part of the author's life to begin sharing what he knows. And basically that's what we get here, along with quite a lot of specific techniques for skewing the scales in favor of getting some results of your own.

Highly recommended!

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Summary: Better than i expected!!
Review: when i first bought this book, i thought it would be kinda boring "for some reason" but it was not. As soon as you start 2 read it, i guarentee that you will not put the book down. Everytyhing in this book is very real and true. I had experiences just like in the book. this is book is laid out in a very convenient way. after a few stories of his experiences, he has a exercise page, which gives you some tips on how to have a OBE, then twards the end of the book are questions and answers on OBEs. overall i think this book is worth every penny and will teach you many new things.