out-of-body experiences
Floating above yourself
Out-of-body experiences are sensations of perceiving the world from a location outside one's physical body—typically floating above it and looking down.
They occur during near-death episodes, meditation, sleep paralysis, or under anesthesia.
Some interpret them as evidence of a separable soul; neuroscience attributes them to disruptions in how the brain integrates sensory information about body position.
- astral projectionSoul separating from flesh
- silver cordSoul's link to body
- tunnel of lightGlowing passage reported near death
- disembodimentSeparation from physical form
- phenomenonExtraordinary observable occurrence
paranormal · psychic phenomena · supernatural · lucid dreaming · dream state · soul journey · spirit realm · remote viewing · consciousnesses · altered consciousness · bilocation · transcendence · higher self · dreams · depersonalization · dissociations · extrasensory perception · trance state
- altered statestrance, altered states, hallucination, altered perception, consciousness expansion
- parapsychologyESP, ghosts, psi, mediums, telepathy
- paranormalghosts, paranormal, haunting, poltergeist, apparition
- mysteriesmystery, enigma, enigmas, puzzle, riddle
- transpersonal psychologyCarl Jung, Abraham Maslow, Jungian psychology, depth psychology, self-transcendence
experience, outer, outwardly, outing, outermost, bodily, bodies, embodied, embody