Out-of-the-body experiences

OUT-OF-THE-BODY EXPERIENCES Celia Green Contents Foreword viii Introduction Terminology I The Occurrence of Ecsomatic Experiences II Stress III The Parasomatic Body Asomatic Experiences ‘Bilocation’1 Autoscopy VII The Ecsomatic Position VIII Posture IX Muscular Relaxation X Relaxation and Meditation Practices XI Paralysis XII Motor Control XIII Sensory Modalities XIV Perceptual Realism XV Intellectual Processes in the Ecsomatic State XVI Psychological Characteristics of the Ecsomatic State XVII Psychological Reactions to the Ecsomatic State XVIII Sense of Time in the Ecsomatic State XIX Detachment XX Motivation in the Ecsomatic State 110 111 XXI Relation to the Physical Body 114 115 117 XXIII Initiation and Termination of the Ecsomatic State 124 131 135 137 XXIII Extra-Sensory Perception 140 141 144 145 147 148 XXIV ‘Travelling Clairvoyance’ 151 XXV Telepathy and Precognition 159 XXVI Psychokinesis 163 Index