Long before modern labs, Egypt already had language for this. They spoke of the ba , the soul’s mobile essence, leaving the body but tethered by the ka , the life force. Together they reunite as the akh , the luminous self.

Later mystics began describing something they called the silver cord , a glowing tether that connects your moving awareness... See more

Astral travel is not the same as dreaming. You’re not wandering in a dreamland; you’re actually still in your room. You know your body is lying still on the bed, but your awareness, (the part of you that thinks, feels, and observes) begins to drift free. The mind, aware that you are not asleep but rather undergoing a transformation of some sort,... See more