[fargolime]

Good info. To me, OBEs and lucid dreams are the same except that in the latter I was asleep before the experience began. I've had many of both but prefer the lucid dreams because in those I'm "hyperspaced" into them with no effort on my part. In the OBEs I have to move from my sleeping spot to someplace interesting, even if it's just the backyard.

I don't know if I've every astrally projected, but have met many spirits, who are just people (albeit non-physical) in what I call the spirit world. I don't see it as mystical. I try to keep an open mind about what the reality is (i.e. all in my head and dead is dead, or we're part of something larger and immortal) but lean toward immortality.