What's the difference between astral and etheric projection?

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I've been reading about astral projection and encountered the word 'etheric.' What is the etheric part of the human consciousness and how does it differ from the astral self?

Answer 1

There are quite a few 'separations':

MENTAL PROJECTION - Where the practitioner projects just his Consciousness to some other place, beyond the physical body. It's similar to a day dream only much stronger. You see a mental picture, like watching a movie, but there are no senses per se, taste, feel, hearing, smell etc. Some call it REMOTE VIEWING or CLAIRVOYANCE.

ASTRAL PROJECTION - This is where the Consciousness & the Astral body separate together from the physical body. The practitioner has use of all fives senses plus those used by the Astral body. You may have a sense of flying or floating. Vivid dreams are often natural AP during sleep. It's perfectly safe. Nothing can enter the physical body while on an Astral projection as only you have the exact key.
At any sign of danger the Astral body is "reeled in" rather quickly.

ETHERIC PROJECTION - This is where the Consciousness, the Astral body & the etheric body separate together from the physical body. The ectoplasm of the Etheric body can been seen by others. The physical body is reduced to a state of near catalepsy during the projection and must be protected from sudden shock or disturbance as there is a rare occurrence of physical death.

BILOCATION - This is where the Consciousness, the Astral body, the Etheric body & the Physical body are in TWO different places at the same time. This is only to be used by advanced Magi and then rarely.

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Some delimited the human body in different layers:

- the physical, chemical or carnal body;

- the vital, etherical body; the 'vital double', bioplasmatic - same shape as the physical body, formed by etheric or fluidical matter. Here lie the human sensations. It is considered this 'matter' comes from the primordial universe's ether;

- the astral, planetary or terrestrial body; like the vital body, it is part of the aura, but only vaguely reproduces the physical body. Here are the feelings, wishes; it is also responsible for the colors of the aura according to the current emotional state of the person;

- the solar body - this one does not emulate the physical body, it is spherical, situated on the superior part of the body, around one's head.

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What's the difference between astral and etheric projection?
I've been reading about astral projection and encountered the word 'etheric.' What is the etheric part of the human consciousness and how does it differ from the astral self?

Answer 3

Etheric Projection

Answer 4

Ok, the lack of it being real should also put you off this project of yours. It's pretty well understood how the brain fools with us and makes some unreal experiences seem more real. And of course it sounds amazing, so does a lot of made up stuff and fantasy. The people selling this crap are a mix of deluded people and plain old liars. Either way, you should ride a bicycle, read a book (I'd suggest , Why People Believe Weird Things) and don't feel bad, a lot of people get duped by one or the other of the pseudo sciences.

Answer 5

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Astral projection and OBEs are often used interchangeably, differing only in one's ability to consciously control movement in the psychical planes (and, depending on skill, the noetical and noetic planes). The latter - OBEs - are usually uncontrolled and "happen" to most involuntarily. Etheric projection, while oft lumped into the same category by most, is fundamentally different (at least in Christian mysticism) than the other two. Each of our "bodies" - material, psychical, and noetical has an etheric counterpart or energetic "mould" aka "etheric doubles", without which we cannot "exist". Part (or all) of those etheric doubles can be "projected" at will, but it takes a high degree of skill in meditation, concentration, and visualization to, for example, consciously construct a form or image of ourself in exacting detail and "project" it somewhere else, e.g. on the other side of the globe - usually visible only to sensitives, e.g. "true" psychics or clairaudients. Highly trained or gifted adepts can operate within those projections (move their consciousness into them to "feel", "hear", "touch", etc). Again, this is a very conscious act, if not requiring Super-conscious skill and attunement. Email me if you're interested in a more detailed elaboration..

Answer 6

etheric is still earth bound astral is not

Answer 7

Those are just two different versions of the same fantasy.