Please keep your soul, arms and legs inside the vehicle during this weird ride. This week, Alex goes solo and provides a conspiracy theory based distraction around astral projection. What is it? Is it real? What does it have to do with the CIA and the US government? Tune in to hear more about this wild phenomena that has been, "projected" in many recent shows, books, movies and more. Need a distraction? We got you.
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Resources:
Merriam-Webster website – Astral Projection
YouTube video – “What is Astral Projection? What does Astral Projection mean? Astral Projection Meaning” – Uploaded by user The Audiopedia – Uploaded on April 6th, 2017
YouTube video – “My First Astral Projection Experience” – Uploaded by user Trinity – Uploaded on October 5th, 2020
New World Encyclopedia – Esotericism
Britannica website – Occultism – by Robert Andrew Gilbert
Britannica website – Theosophy – by J. Gordon Melton
Owl apps website – “Astral Projection”
Vice website article – “The US Army Funded Astral Projection and Hypnosis Research in the 80s” – By: Caroline Haskins – July 22nd, 2017
The Calgary Herald – “Can Some Dreams Really be Astral Trips?” – author not found – March 16th, 1974
The Independent article – “Project Star Gate: CIA Makes Details of Its Psychic Control Plans Public” – by Andrew Griffin – January 18th, 2017
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