Robert Crookall
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Robert Crookall
Robert Crookall (1890–1981) was a British geologist, parapsychologist and author on the subjects of astral projection and out of body experiences.[1][2]
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Biography
Crookall was from Bath, Somerset, he worked as a geologist with the National Coal Board in London and at the Institute of Geological Sciences in England. He later became interested in astral projection. He examined the evidence that living people can leave their physical body and travel in a subtle body. He collected hundreds of examples of such pheneomena in his books and after studying the evidence came to believe that both out of body experiences and astral projection were genuine.[3][4][5][6]
John Michell wrote that the work of Crookall was popular amongst both spiritualists and theosophists. Crookall had written that after the moment of death the subject will have a life review, this theory was later advocated by Kenneth Ring.[7]
According to the research of Crookall the astral body separates from its physical counterpart after death and continues on another plane of existence.[8]
Astral projection
Crookall had identified six characteristics which applied to every case of astral projection he had assessed[9][10]
- The subjects feel that they are leaving their bodies out of the top of their heads.
- The subjects black out for a second at the exact instant their astral and physical bodies separate.
- The subjects' astral bodies float above the physical bodies for a while before moving away.
- The astral bodies float again over the physical bodies before returning.
- The subjects black out again momentarily as their astral body returns.
- When the astral body returns too quickly, the subjects' bodies are buffeted and jolted.
Works published
- The Study and Practice of Astral Projection (1961)
- More Astral Projections (1964)
- The Mechanisms of Astral Projection (1969)
- The interpretation of cosmic and mystical experiences (1969)
- "Dreams" of high significance (1974)
- The Techniques of Astral Projection (1975)
- The supreme adventure: analyses of psychic communications (1975)
- Intimations of Immortality (1987)
References
- ^ Thelma Moss The probability of the impossible: scientific discoveries and explorations in the psychic world 1976, p. 301
- ^ D. Scott Rogo, Leaving the body a practical guide to astral projection, Prentice-Hall, 1983, p. 57
- ^ Lewis Spence Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, Part 1 2003, p. 199
- ^ Mehra Shrikhande Paranormal Experiences 2009, p. 55
- ^ Parapsychology review, Volumes 1-3, Parapsychology Foundation., 1970, p. 4
- ^ Elizabeth E. McAdams, Raymond Bayless The case for life after death: parapsychologists look at the evidence Nelson-Hall, 1981, p. 7
- ^ John Michell, Bob Rickard, Robert J. M. Rickard The Rough Guide to Unexplained Phenomena 2007, p. 106
- ^ Nevill Drury The dictionary of the esoteric: 3000 entries on the mystical and occult traditions 2004, p. 58
- ^ Psychic, Volume 4, Issues 3-5, Bolen Company., 1973, p.53
- ^ Richard Webster Astral travel for beginners 1998, p. xv
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