But theres no evidence that out-of-body-experiences happen outside the body. Three people were shown projecting their astral body through the Doorway to the Infinite and into another time: Barnabas Collins ( 700), Julia Hoffman ( 837), and Count Andreas Petofi ( 872), however Petofi was possessing the body of Quentin Collins at the time. Astral projection is an entertaining and harmless pastime that can seem profound, and in some cases even life-changing. Because he now had a host body in the past, Barnabas was not immune to danger ( 835). His astral body traveled back to 1897 and took control of his physical body in that time ( 701). Of or relating to a supersensible body believed by theosophists to coexist with and survive the death of the human physical body: an astral body astral projection. Biology Of, relating to, or shaped like the mitotic aster star-shaped. The astral body is more subtle than the physical body and it contains prana (life force), the senses and the mind. Of, relating to, emanating from, or resembling the stars. According to yogic philosophy, humans have three bodies - the physical, the astral and the causal - which, together, are the vehicle of the soul. While they were able to interact physically in another time period, astral bodies were invulnerable to any harm as the person's real body remained in its proper time in the I-Ching trance ( 842).Īn exception to the standard projection of an astral body occurred when vampire Barnabas Collins used the I-Ching in 1969. The astral body is a hypothesized spiritual counterpart to the physical human body that is said to exist on a different plane. This energy healing system is grounded in the Western chakra system and the seven planes of consciousness, discovered and articulated by the Theosophists in the 1860's. There is no single unified definition of the placement, role or function of the chakras. The astral body then traveled forward or backward in time depending on what the person saw on the other side of the Doorway to the Infinite ( 700, 837, 872).Īn astral body was only a spiritual projection of the original person. Deep grounding in the Astral body, the chakras and aura. The astral body of a person left the physical body during an I-Ching trance if the 49th hexagram was cast during the ritual. Astral body referred to the essence of a person, manifested physically outside of the person's original body.