The Skeptics Society & Skeptic magazine

INSIDE SKEPTIC

in this issue

Astral Projection

• spirits and astral projection
• astral mysteries and psychic research
• Mr. Wilmot’s impossible visit
• what are out-of-body experiences like?
• seeking proof
• asking the right questions; checking details in person
• putting astral projection to the test

This issue’s cover is a digital painting by Ástor Alexander.

from the Introduction

Hello!

In the pages of Junior Skeptic, we often discover that incredible-sounding paranormal claims are, in truth, fake mysteries—misleading stories told by tricksters to fool people. Today we’ll try to solve a genuine mystery! It’s a fact that millions of people all over the world have had the bizarre experience of feeling that they temporaily left their bodies behind. During these out-of-body experiences (OBEs), people feel that the thinking, feeling part of themselves has somehow floated free as a spirit. Some people even report that they have looked down from the ceiling to see their own bodies! How can this be? What is really happening? Let’s find out!