How many..

[akashicpulse]

Im just wondering how many people
You guys know that also practice astral projection
and the Inner arts, people you actually know in person
As a friend.

[TofuAttack]

0

[Jarrod]

none.  We're a minority.

[Capt. Picard]

None but I have met 3 or 4 people in real life who were very interested when I told them I practice this. I tryed teaching them, I think one of them (girl from res when I went to school) did claim to have one OBE a few weeks later, but other than that no one I know actually had success with it.

[moondreamer]

Nobody I know of

[personalreality]

I casually know 100's, I personally know dozens.  But I've been doing this stuff for a decade now and I've met a number of good people that are open to exploring themselves and their realities.  

I also work in a metaphysical shop though, so that's where I know the 100's from (and i actually do know all of them and have amazing conversations but I don't know them personally outside of work so they are more like acquaintances).  

[CFTraveler]

About 8, more or less.  But I've lost touch with many of them.

[Firmitas]

Personalreality, what kind of metaphysical shop do you work in? i've never heard of one.

In response to the question, only 2 but I kind of brought it up to them.

-Firmitas

[personalreality]

I work in a "metaphysical bookshop", but only about a 1/3 of the store is books.  We carry all sorts of books from psychic development, magickal practice, witchcraft, paganism, shamanism, channeled material, divination, eastern and western masters, some of the bigger world religions (buddhism, taoism, hinduism, judaism & kabbalah, christianity & gnosticism, islam, etc.), energy healing/work, nutrition, martial arts, yoga, homeopathy, new age, ancient civilizations, mythology, etc. etc. etc. and more.  The other 2/3 of the store is devoted to ritual items of all sorts.  We sell crystals, candles, incense (we have the largest incense selection in the state, maybe further), resin &oils,  dried herbs, ritual supplies (altar supplies), feng shui, statuary and all kinds of other stuff, oh and lots of jewelry & talismans.  We also do psychic readings.  We have 6 staff psychics, and a number of guest psychics (including Mary Duty who Duke University put in the top 75 examples of psychic ability, John J. Oliver, who is our owner and a TV personality and renowned psychic detective, and some other really great readers from all over the world.)

It's a cool job.  Most of the time I just hang out and have metaphysical type conversations all day.  Sometimes people get new agey and whatever (i try to steer them away from the fluffiness of new agers, but to each his own) but there are a lot of really genuine practitioners of all types who teach me so many new things everyday.  Because I live so close to the Monroe Institute, I get a lot of customers coming from workshops so I get to talk AP and OBE and the like a lot.  Plus, the Edgar Cayce place is an hour or two the other direction so we get a lot of people from there too.   

[Volgerle]

Well, it's one of those things that you surely don't chat about with your colleagues at work when you're casually queuing before the coffee vending machine, nor with your neighbours when you do your occasional talk across the fence on a sunny day, yah know what I mean  .

well, friends or family, that is somehting different, but many just occupy themselves with spiritual / esoteric issues on a very "peripheral" basis, e.g. going to the Yoga course (but mainly for fitness...) ... or to Church on Sunday  .

And I don't force the topic on people I know. Sometimes I am even happy to deal with "mundane" and even profane issues when together with friends.

[akashicpulse]

Thats what I suspectei only know 3 ha most people dont take it in when you tell them. Strange how un sentient humans are.

[Stillwater]

I have been involved for years, and have had a few people give sideways suggestions that they were involved as well. Many more show a fringe-type familiarity with the idea of the "astral realm", but it is very rare to meet other practitioners, if you don't work or live in a place that facilitates communication about the subject.