Pseudonym of Dr. Marcel Louis Forhan, pioneer French experimenter and writer on astral projection, i.e., out-of-the-body travel. Forhan was born on November 17, 1884, at Corbell, France. About 1911 he became a member of the Theosophical Society and investigated psychic phenomena and hypnotism.
About this time he had his first experience of astral projection and developed an awareness of higher worlds. It is claimed that he was able to travel astrally from China, where he lived for some years, to France, where he had friends and relatives. His experience of invisible worlds is related in his book L'Evolution dans les mondes supérieures. He died in China on October 1, 1917.
Sources:
Yram [Marcel Louis Forhan]. Le Medecine de l'Ame. English edition as Practical Astral Projection. London, 1935. Reprint, New York: Samuel Weiser, 1966.
