# Astral Projection is within your grasp **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astral-projection-is-within-your-grasp/791728 "2017-07-20T16:04:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astral-projection-is-within-your-grasp/791728/21 "2017-07-21T18:33:14Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Any time one of my loony friends starts a sentence with something like “So I was astral projecting last night”, I cut them off with “No you weren’t. How’s the local sports team?” My friends are quite so loony as to claim they astral project themselves. They do believe, however, that certain “spiritually enlightened” gurus/teachers have been able to. And levitation. Those guys can do that for reals, too. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astral-projection-is-within-your-grasp/791728/22 "2017-07-21T22:09:21Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > I’m going in for a Barium x-ray of my bowels, today. > Afterwards, will I be capable of Astral Projection? > And, if not, would Pie help? Pie _always_ helps. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astral-projection-is-within-your-grasp/791728/23 "2017-07-21T22:55:19Z")
I was hoping for a new song from Jon Anderson. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astral-projection-is-within-your-grasp/791728/24 "2017-07-21T23:10:59Z")
Isn’t a Planetarium just Astral Projection? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astral-projection-is-within-your-grasp/791728/25 "2017-07-22T00:35:10Z")
I’d like to give a try at doing **Asterix Projection**. Sadly, I have no access to a suitably-skilled Druid to brew my mugwort tea for me. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astral-projection-is-within-your-grasp/791728/26 "2017-07-22T01:02:36Z")
Dammit! I thought there’d be easy, step by step instructions in this thread! I got my luggage packed and was looking forward to being in Paris for breakfast! Colour me grievously disappointed! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astral-projection-is-within-your-grasp/791728/27 "2017-07-22T02:27:14Z")
Mugwort? All this time I’ve been trying to astrally project myself with echinacea and a hint of rose hips. And the best I’ve managed is some occasional psychometry. Well, don’t I feel silly. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astral-projection-is-within-your-grasp/791728/28 "2017-07-22T02:53:14Z")
Mugwort contains thujone, an hallucinogenic toxin. So I suppose it might cause someone to hallucinate astral projection. of course it can also cause damage to internal organs, including the brain. > **[Mugwort](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mugwort)** > > Mugwort or biboz is a common name for several species of aromatic flowering plants in the genus Artemisia. In Europe, mugwort most often refers to the species Artemisia vulgaris, or common mugwort. In East Asia the species Artemisia argyi is often called "Chinese mugwort" in the context of traditional Chinese medicine, or àicǎo (艾草) in Mandarin. Artemisia princeps is a mugwort known in Korea as ssuk (쑥) and in Japan as yomogi (ヨモギ). While other species are sometimes referred to by more specifi ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astral-projection-is-within-your-grasp/791728/29 "2017-07-22T03:43:48Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Dammit! I thought there’d be easy, step by step instructions in this thread! In your dreams! > [@](#): > > I got my luggage packed and was looking forward to being in Paris for breakfast! Taking objects along is a much higher level. > [@](#): > > Colour me grievously disappointed! Yes, your aura is looking a bit sickly and in need of a fluff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astral-projection-is-within-your-grasp/791728.md?page=1)