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MONAS AND ASTRAL PROJECTION – WHY IT IS NOT SO UNORTHODOX!

December 03, 2015 / Glen Reynolds

Astral projection is one of the most salient features of the mystical tradition underlying most of the major religions. In fact, anthropologists have found that out of body experiences (OBE) beliefs appear in about 95 percent of the world’s cultures.

The idea that consciousness can function independently of and outside of the physical body is found in Egyptian manuscripts that delve in detail into the nature of the ka, or double that can separate from the physical body and travel at will. The Third book in the Monas Novels, The Daughters of Day, explores this theme.

The ba is the principle of life that dwells in the ka, much like the heart of the physical body.

The khu is the radiance of the being in eternal life, and sekhem is the form through which a person exists in heaven. 

In addition there is the ren or spiritual name of a being.

Allusions to astral projection are particularly prominent in the scripts of Tantric Buddhism, a subdivision of Mahayana Buddhism found in Tibet and parts of Mongolia. Such experiences are considered to be a mark of his devotion to the Buddha. Pure Land Buddhism in China is a tradition which not only admits to NDEs, but is philosophically grounded upon their reality and accessibility to all people.

The particular notion of astral projection can be traced back to Pythagoras’ claim to hear the music of the heavens. The Pythagoreans assumed that the distances of the heavenly bodies from the earth somehow corresponded to musical intervals. By allowing one’s consciousness, uplifted by philosophy, to rise through these astral spheres one ultimately might attain to union with the divine. 

Subsequently such terms as astral projection and out-of-body experience have come to be applied to a wide variety of visionary, mystical and psychic experiences. For examples, the experience developed in the mystery traditions which enabled participants to lose their fear of death might be viewed in this way. St. Augustine’s visionary experience, described earlier, is another possible instance. 

 

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