A Teacher
Albert Taylor
Engineer’s approach to OBE
The transmission
Albert Taylor (b. c. 1952) is an American former aerospace engineer (with a background working on NASA-related projects) who became a popular author and speaker on out-of-body experience.
Like Robert Monroe before him, his appeal rests partly on the contrast between his hard-science professional credentials and his exploration of non-physical consciousness.
His book Soul Traveler: A Guide to Out-of-Body Experiences and the Wonders Beyond presents a practical, first-person guide to inducing and exploring OBE, framed with an engineer’s methodical sensibility. Through media appearances he helped bring OBE to a wide lay audience, emphasizing that the experiences point toward consciousness surviving bodily death.
What they gave
Engineer’s methodology: Lent OBE exploration a methodical, credibility-enhancing framing similar to Monroe’s.
- Accessible practical guide: Soul Traveler offers approachable induction techniques for beginners.
- Popular outreach: Brought OBE concepts to mainstream media audiences.
- Survival implication: Presents OBE as experiential evidence for consciousness beyond the body.
The line they stand in
Influenced by: Robert Monroe; his own out-of-body experiences; an aerospace-engineering sensibility.
- Influenced: the popular OBE-curious audience; consciousness-survival discourse.
Revelations they taught
Essential Works
- Soul Traveler: A Guide to Out-of-Body Experiences and the Wonders Beyond1996