I just checked this book out from the library today and I haven't read much of it yet, but I just wanted to see people opinions on it.
I've got some mixed feelings about it ... I really liked the first part where Buhlman describes his first OBEs and further experiences. The middle part where he explains all these quantum-physics topics seemed interesting, but a bit lengthy at times. It also gets quite repetitive (anyone counted the occurences of the term "multidimensional universe" in the whole book?). The final part with all the techniques is rather good again.
If I remember correctly it was my second book to read on OOBE's.. I liked it. :D
Take Care,
Nay
Hi Nay,
It was probably my 50th book!!!
Have you read:
The Projection of the Astral Body - Sylvan Muldoon (1929)
Astral Projection - Oliver Fox (1930)
the original classics?
also
Practical Astral Projection - Yram
The Mystical Life - J. H. M Whiteman
?
Adventures Beyond the Body - It's a good book. He does rather overdo the mathematical physics aspect, and tries too hard to curve-fit recent theories about multiple universes to the astral/physical model, but by and large it's quite an inspiring book. I would recommend it.
catmeow
Both books by William Buhlman were good. The second book is entitled: The Secret of the Soul : Using Out-of-Body Experiences to Understand Our True Nature
and it is also a good read.
Nick
That book was also my second book on OBE's!
I thought it was pretty good. To be honest, I skipped the part about quantum-physics or whatnot since it bore me to death.
Overall, a pretty good book, just skip that one part if you don't find that stuff interesting.
Now that I remember it, I expereinced my first OBE by using a technique from that book. (I think it was the one about visualizing another room and saying "now I'm out-of-body" before falling asleep.)
-Ater
This was the second book on APing I read too! I loved it. I also really enjoyed the part on quantum physics. I thought it was put in layman's terms quite well. I would highly recommend this book. It's one of my favorites. Yet, it could be discouraging for the beginner because he makes things sound a little simple... "Ask for 'clarity now'" Well, it takes a while to get ones will up to speed. But I say, "read it!" There are plenty of useful tools in it. I think I'm going to have to get his other one now.
I loved this book when i first read it!since then it's become one of my favorite books.:)
I'm reading this book and think it's great. Having already read Dr Waldo Viera (Projections of the Consciousness) and Robert Monroe (Ultimate Journey), I definitely prefer William Buhlman's "Adventures beyond the body".
I like his writing style and the way he refrains from interpreting his experiences - the other writers tend to over anayse their astral experiences by creating specific structures for the astral plane and even new language for it. William's narrative appeals to the ordinary reader, and he also backs his theories with quantum physics. I know some people here said that's the boring bit, but the way I understand it, William thinks it is important for us to understand the quantum world in order to understand the make up of the universe, which should help us as we go OOB.
I hope the ending is as good as the beginning!
:-D
An intriguing guidebook for those who want to venture beyond the horizon of ordinary reality. I really like this book. :-)
by the way, there is a free download link:
http://api.ning.com/files/nTSdV*CY*ywIHIm4D8CbwwHEN7RF9bXkD6C3pIfU-eo_/Adventures_Beyond_the_Body.pdf
I think it is one of the best books on OBE that I've read, and I've read most of them over the years.
I guess one reason why I like Buhlman is that a couple of times I emailed him, not really expecting any return, but he actually emailed me back with thoughtful and respectful answers. That was before he moved to China a couple of years ago. He's harder to contact now.
Blessings, DH
I use a grade from 0 - 10 (10 being the best/highest)
Adventures Beyond the Body / How to experience Out-of-Body travel, 1996, William Buhlman
GRADE: 9.5
The most important aspect of this book is that it teaches the reader, it's possible to request abilities when OBEd, like "Clarity, now!" and memory recall, which is the main reason I give the book such a high grade. Buhlman gives several advice regarding how to OBE and handling LD. The reader is encourage to ask several important questions (I put a solid bookmark at one place). Buhlman also gives several stories from his own OBEs.
The chapter about quantum physics and black holes may be completely wrong or at least extremely unlikely to be proven right, and can be skipped without losing anything of the important parts on OBE.
The Secret of the Soul: Using Out-Of-Body Experiences to Understand Our True Nature, 2001 (by Harper), William Buhlman
GRADE: 8.5
In my opinion, this book is not as good as Buhlman's first one. In this second book
there are a lot of stories from various people's experiences. If you want to read short
accounts of others' experiences, this is a great book. But to me those stories had
too little new information. I think it can be helpful to people that want to know that
they are not alone about what they go through.
There are stories about meeting animals, doing OBEs, going astral or just experiencing
funny vibrations, distorted time or other paranormal events.
There are short sections on healing and contact with Higher Self and guides, and also
some bits about historical OBE:ers in various religious contexts.
In the later half of the book, Buhlman's describes more about chakras and how
they are connected to the vibrational state. The book contain some descriptions
on how to induce OBE and how to do energy work. Some of these parts are good,
but other parts are a little unclear or cut short, and I think RB has done a better job
on energy work in his AD book. Nevertheless, Buhlman provides some important info
like the "Awareness now!" statement.
At the end of the book there is some statistics from Buhlman's survey over more than
16000 people on OBEs.
The book has some ups and down and is not as clear to me as his first book, but I
still give it a high grade as it takes up a lot of different topics and experiences paired
with some valuable info.
Secret of the Soul is a great follow up to Buhlman's first book. I highly recommend it.
I've updated my text above with a review on Buhlman's second book.
I wonder if anyone has been able to use Buhlman's OBE methods and
techniques to either get out or improving an OBE while being out?
Adventures Beyond the Body for me was just the best book on oobe i have ever read, mainly because of its ease of reading and his ways to enhance the experience while being out there.
Reading this book has some how given me the ability to have more astral experiences and using "clarity now" and "energy now" has made my experiences all the more powerful. The techniques really work and make you understand what you think is the reality in the astral world.