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Type: obe

194 experiences

OBEFirst-person account

Don A OBE 3555

My First Out-of-Body Experience This is a recount of my first out-of-body experience (OBE)...

Out of BodyBorder / BoundaryPeace, Joy or Love

Greyson 24/32Read the account

OBEFirst-person account

Denyce R OBEs 3103

Denyce R's Experiences Home Page Share Experience New Experiences EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION My first experience happened, when I was 23, shortly after my father's untimely, and unexpected death at the age of 50...

Out of BodyPeace, Joy or LoveTime Distortion

Greyson 19/32Read the account

OBEFirst-person account

Dede P SOBEs 3274

Spring 1979, early afternoon: I was 11...

Out of BodyBorder / BoundaryTime Distortion

Greyson 16/32Read the account

OBEFirst-person account

Deana G OBEs 1535

This is going to be difficult because I have had so many...

Out of BodyBright LightDeceased Relatives

Greyson 30/32Read the account

OBEFirst-person account

Davide OBEs 29414

In adolescence, at the age of 14, I developed a grave anxiety disorder that in ten years left me disabled...

Out of BodyTunnelBright Light

Greyson 30/32Read the account

OBEFirst-person account

David W SOBE 3239

David W SOBE Home Page Share Experience New Experiences EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION It felt like I had been awakened by a very bad experience and I did not understand what was going on...

Out of BodyTime DistortionChose to Return

Greyson 10/32Read the account

OBEFirst-person account

David S SOBE 2017

I was sitting with my friend Charles R on the front porch of the apartment building where we both lived on Bay State Road in the Kenmore Square section of Boston...

Out of BodyCosmic UnityTime Distortion

Greyson 15/32Read the account

OBEFirst-person account

Darcy OBE

As far as my OBE goes the hardest part to describe is the setting...

Out of BodyTunnelPeace, Joy or Love

Greyson 10/32Read the account

OBEFirst-person account

Daniele OBEs 3176

I had these experience since I was a child I experienced hundreds of sleep paralysis, always scared, the only way to stop them was trying to scream...

Out of BodyTunnelBright Light

Greyson 14/32Read the account

OBEFirst-person account