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Astral Projection

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This slim volume is one of the two best books on the subject of Out-of-Body-Experiences. The other is Herbert Greenhouse's "The Astral Journey." These two books compliment one another because while Greenhouse draws on the accounts of many people, Fox keeps his story very personal. Of the two styles I prefer that of Fox. While his firsthand accounts lack the scope and detail found in Greenhouse's larger volume, he somehow captures the atmosphere of the astral state. This subtle mood of Victorian spiritualism is what makes his book such a pleasure to read.

First, let me make it clear that I am a very skeptical person.

At a time when I had started to have grave doubts about the existence of the soul, this book came to my rescue. It was so self-evidently authentic that it put all my doubts to rest.

I didn't want to learn how to do astral projection or anything like that. I just wanted something---in layman's language---that could provide some proof of extra-dimensional consciousness. I've read many other books, but none could do the job.

The experiences of this guy, and the way he wrote it gave me what I needed. The fact that he was just an ordinary guy and not some spiritual occultist only served to establish his credibility.

This book is similar with Journeys Out of The Body (Monroe) and OBE ; How to Have Them and What to Expect (Peterson). Oliver Fox shared his own experience, complete with the date or month when he did it. Yes, this is a how to book. You can find two technique to have OBE in this books. First, the dream awakening. Fox teached how to make a lucid dream and start OBE from it. Second, the pineal doorway. How you can make OBE from trance state, this is it.Fox is an occultist. He learned from Azelda, his non physic master whom comunicated with him via ouja board. The most interested part in this book was Elsie's prjection. Fox told his girl friend about his astral projection. He surprised when find out Elsie can did it too, and can described his room perfectly without ever see it !!!

After suffering severe but expected disappointments with many other books on this quack-ridden subject, I have frequently returned to this one. Unlike 90 percent of them, I don't think many readers would doubt the truthfulness of Fox (a pseudonym). True, it lacks detail on technique, and many would ascribe the term 'lucid dreaming' to Fox's experiences thse days. But the book is lucid, extremely charmingly written (the man was a professional writer), and credible. One feels throughout that one is reading real journal accounts of a real and committed investigation. Ignore the other reviewers and buy it. You'll need other books for technique (try David Conway and Drury & Skinner), but this one is a great pioneer's record.

Its good that Fox shares his experiences with us, so we get these ideas, consciously, and then can use them, when the time is right. New doors opened.

This book is a great read if you just want to read about this guys experiences that took place from about 1900-1930. But if you want to learn how to do OBE don't buy it, he hardly knew. This guy is self taught and is a complete amiture (he admits it himself.) Not a good book for the beginner or the experienced, but just fun, fast and smooth to read on his less then successful projections. It also only contains about five very vague pages for instructions on how to do.

This book is a fast good interesting read, but is not very insightful at all. Hey, I have to give credit to Oliver Fox for being a self-pioneer at his experiences, but don't buy the book if you want a book on how to tell YOU to experience Aetherism, astral projection. The book is basically just a record of his not so good performances.