A closer look
Astral projection is an esoteric belief claiming your soul can intentionally leave your physical body and travel the universe while you lie completely motionless in bed. Countless self-help books and mystical courses claim they can teach you this technique, promising cosmic adventures without the hassle of buying a plane ticket. Neurologically, these out-of-body experiences are just sleep paralysis combined with lucid dreaming, where your brain wakes up before your body does and invents a hallucination to explain the sensory disconnect. Mystics are essentially bragging about their ability to purposefully induce sleep disorders just so they can pretend they are flying around the ceiling fixtures in their own bedrooms
