A must-read for anyone seriously into OBEJanuary 9, 2003 2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is a classic, and anyone interested in OBEs should read this as essential background info.
Best out of body book out thereDecember 19, 2002 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you are looking to find out what out of body experiences are, this is THE book to get. He talks about his documented experiences that he had and took a very scientific approach in understanding what was happening to him. The stories are facinating to read and they give you a good idea of what to expect if you were to have an OOBE. Robert Monroe's trilogy of OOBE books are an excellent introduction to the subject. If you would like to delve deeper into OOBE, I would suggest that you get his Gateway Voyage program on CD, it is awesome.
Journeys out of bodySeptember 10, 2002 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is great if you already have read several books on the subject, otherwise I wouldn't recomend it! And it's a great plus if you already know how to project, because I think Mr Monroe misses a great deal of important information in the states of projection. The chapter "preliminary exercises" is very thin, and for the "untrained" ones, the information given there seems quite poor.
Otherwise i'ts a interesting, inspiering, and enlightnig book.
A MUST READ FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCESMay 21, 2002 10 out of 10 found this review helpful
As someone who has direct experience with the out of body phenomenon, this book was invaluable. It is not the best book on this topic but those of us who have these experiences often fear for our sanity. This book lets us know that we are not alone. Unlike many books dealing with this subject, the author is not someone who has a spiritual message to shove down our throats. He gives an honest account of his experiences and all of the accompanying fears and troubles and joys. He is highly credible and one can identify with his very human and normal reactions to a baffling phenomenon. It is important to take into account when reading this book that Monroe wrote it at a time before people had wide spread knowledge of thw out-of-body experience. It took great courage for him to share his experiences with the world. It is also commendable that he sought to try and find a scientific basis for the phenomenon and founded the Monroe institute towards this end. My only criticism is that his terminology is at times a bit cumbersome, but I think overall this book is worth the read. I think his next book, Far Journeys is actually better. Finally, after delving into this subject for many years, I think it is important to understand that the out-of -body experience serves as a gateway to perceptual abilities that we consider to be paranormal. These abilities include but are not limited to clairvoyance, telepathy and telekinesis. As such, learning to have this type of experience is part of the Toltec sorcery teachings. For more information about this approach to the out-of-body experience read 1)The Art of Dreaming (Carlos Castaneda), 2)The Path: A Practical Approach to Sorcery (Esmeralda Arana)
The Out of Body ClassicMarch 21, 2002 The classic book by America's first Out of Body expert. This is a fascinating story of Monroe's experiences that started in his early life. Monroe also gives some techniques for achieving out of body. I would recommend all Monroe's Books.
