astral projection

== English == === Noun === astral projection (usually uncountable, plural astral projections) (uncountable, parapsychology) The ability to deliberately detach one's mind, or a ghost-like replica of one's body (one's astral body), from one's physical body and to send it to distant places or into alternate realities or into people's dreams. (countable, parapsychology) An instance of using this ability. ==== Usage notes ==== Out-of-body experiences are sometimes differentiated from astral projections by considering the former experiences to be involuntary and uncontrolled and the latter to be deliberately initiated and controllable. ==== Translations ==== === See also === astral body astral plane out-of-body experience subtle body === References === “astral projection”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.