A Teacher
Sylvan Muldoon
Astral projection technique
The transmission
Sylvan Muldoon (1903–1969) was an American who, from childhood, experienced frequent spontaneous out-of-body episodes, often associated with poor health.
He became a pioneering documenter of astral projection in the early 20th century, partnering with the respected psychical researcher Hereward Carrington.
Their collaborative book The Projection of the Astral Body (1929) was among the first detailed, technique-oriented Western treatments of OBE, describing the “astral cord,” the sensations of separation and re-entry, and methods to induce projection deliberately.
Muldoon’s careful first-person reporting established a template — observational, method-focused, framed as exploration rather than occult ritual — that directly anticipated later figures like Monroe and Buhlman.
What they gave
Early OBE methodology: Provided one of the first systematic Western descriptions of how to induce and stabilize the out-of-body state.
- Phenomenological detail: Documented the felt mechanics of separation (the astral cord, vibrational states) later echoed across the literature.
- Exploratory framing: Treated OBE as navigable experience to be studied rather than mere apparition.
- Foundational influence: Seeded the modern experiential-OBE lineage that runs through Monroe to today’s reality-shifting culture.
In their words
I am well aware of the fact that one must first experience conscious astral projection before he can believe in it, and I confess that I should not accept it as true myself, perhaps, had I not experienced it and know it to be true.
The line they stand in
Influenced by: spiritualism; Hereward Carrington’s psychical research; his own spontaneous OBEs.
- Influenced: Robert Monroe; William Buhlman; the broad modern OBE and astral-projection literature.
Revelations they taught
Their Practices 1
Essential Works
- The Projection of the Astral Body1929
- The Case for Astral Projection1936