The Projection of the Astral Body

The Projection of the Astral Body is among the first detailed, technique-oriented Western treatments of the out-of-body experience. Its central claim is that consciousness can deliberately separate from the physical body and that this separation can be induced and studied as a navigable experience.

Written by Muldoon with the psychical researcher Hereward Carrington, the book draws on Muldoon's frequent spontaneous episodes to describe the felt mechanics of projection: the "astral cord," the vibrational sensations of separation and re-entry, and methods for inducing the state at will. Its tone is observational and method-focused, framed as exploration rather than occult ritual.

This careful first-person reporting established a template for later experiential OBE literature, seeding a modern lineage that runs through Robert Monroe and William Buhlman to today's reality-shifting culture.