Donald Tyson

355 Pages·2009·12.43 MB·English

S O U L
FLIGHT
About the Author
Donald Tyson (born 1954) is a Canadian who lives just outside Halifax, Nova Scotia. His
books cover the full spectrum of the Western esoteric tradition, including topics such as
the Tarot, runes, the Kabbalah, Enochian magic, the Golden Dawn, and the Necronomi-
con. He seeks in his writing to make ritual magic both comprehensible and relevant to
modern readers, and believes that magic could not have survived for so many thousands
of years unless it offered something essential to the human experience. He is the author
of nearly two dozen nonfiction books on practical occultism and several novels related to
the supernatural.
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F L I G H T
ASTRAL PROJECTION
& THE MAGICAL UNIVCRSC
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Soul Flight: Astral Projection Q the Magical Universe O 2007 by Donald Tyson. All rights reserved.
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Tyson, Donald, 1954-
Soul flight: astral projection &the magical universe 1 Donald Tyson. - 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7387-1087-7
ISBN-10: 0-7387-1087-3
1. Astral projection. 2. Parapsychology. 3. Occultism. I. Title.
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Other Books by Donald Tyson
1-2-3 Tarot
A1 hazred
Enochian Magic for Beginners
Familiar Spirits
Necronomicon
Portable Magic
The Power of the Word
Ritual Magic
Scrying for Beginners
Three Books of Occult Philosophy

C O N T E N T S
Introduction: The Astral World ix
Part One: History
Chapter One: Shamanic Soul Flight 3
Chapter Two: Witches' Flying Ointment 17
Chapter Three: The Land of Fairy 35
Chapter Four: Religious Bilocation 47
Chapter Five: Spiritualism 63
Chapter Six: Theosophy 77
Chapter Seven: The Golden Dawn 95
Chapter Eight: Remote Viewing and the CIA 117
Chapter Nine: UFO Abductions 135
Part Two: Practice
Chapter Ten: Uses of Ritual 157
Chapter Eleven: Astral Doorways 179
Chapter Twelve: The Tarot 197
Chapter Thirteen: Pathworking 221
Chapter Fourteen: Runes 239
Chapter Fifteen: Training for Soul Flight 259
Chapter Sixteen: Astral Guides 275
Chapter Seventeen: Etiquette in the Astral World 291
Chapter Eighteen: Astral Self-Defense 305
Conclusion: The End of the Journey 3 19
Bibliography 32 1
Index 331

INTRODUCTION
The Astral
As tral projection is usually understood to be the act of separating the subtle or as-
tral body from the physical body, so that the astral body can travel away from the
physical body, carrying with it the consciousness of the traveler. It is held that the astral
body can be projected any desired distance by the force of the will, even to the farthest
corner of the universe, unrestricted by the physical laws that govern the movement of
matter, such as the limitation of the speed of light. Vast distances are crossed instantly.
The physical body remains behind, as though asleep or in a trance state. The astral body
stays connected to the physical body by an astral umbilical cord known as the silver
cord that can stretch to an unlimited degree, and when stretched to its thinnest has the
appearance of a strand of spider web. The link of the silver cord allows the astral body