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Robert A Monroe has been a pioneer in exploring

out-of-the-body experiences, and Journeys OUT OF THE

BODY, his first book, has become the undisputed classic in

the field. He had a long and distinguished career in the

broadcasting industry, as a writer, director of programs, and

creator and producer of some four hundred radio and TV

network programs, and eventually as owner and operator of

a radio network and cable TV system in Virginia. He is the

founder and executive director of the Monroe Institute,

interna. tionally known for its work on the effects of sound

wave forms on human behavior.

Robert Monroe's second book, Far Journeys, tells the story

of his research and development of the OOB experience

and further explorations beyond time and space. It was

published by Doubleday in 1985.

Mr. Monroe plays an active part in the work of the Monroe

Institute and lives with his family in the foothills of the Blue

Ridge Mountains in Virginia.

ROBERT A. MONROE

Updated

DOUBLEDAY

NEW YORK LONDON TORONTO SYDNEY AUCKLAND

A MAIN STREET BOOK

PUBLISHED BY DOUBLEDAY

a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.

1540 Broadway New York, New York 10036

MAIN STREET BOOKS, DOUBLEDAY, and the portrayal of

building with a tree are trademarks of Doubleday, a

division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.

Journeys Out of the Body was originally published in

hardcover

by Doubleday in 1971, and in paperback by Anchor Books

in 1977.

ISBN 0-385-00861-9

Printed in the United States of America

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CONTENTS

Foreword Introduction

1. Not with a Wand, nor Lightly

2. Search and Research

3. On the Evidence

4. 'Die Here-Now

5. Infinity, Eternity

6. Reverse Image

7. Post Mortem

8. " 'Cause the Bible Tells Me So"

9. Angels and Archetypes

10. Intelligent Animals

11. Gift or Burden?

12. Round Holes and Square Pegs

13. The Second Body

14. Mind and Supermind

15. Sexuality in the Second State

16. Preliminary Exercises

17. The Separation Process

18. Analysis of Events

19. Statistical Classification

20. Inconclusive

21. Premises: A Rationale?

Epilogue: Personality Profile

FOREWORD

Much has taken place both in the world and in my personal life since the final

manuscript days prior to the publication of JOURNEYS OUT OF THE BODY.

It was an interesting experience, to say the least, when I publicly became a member

of a highly suspect group labeled Psychic, Sensitive, Freak, and, more generously,

Parapsycholo-gist The publication of the book quite thoroughly "blew my cover" as a

reasonably orthodox business executive.

However, a good many of the results were totally unexpected, and some of the

serious trepidations were unfounded. For example, the fact that I was (and still am)

well grounded and active in the material world of business helped greatly in the

serious consideration of the book material.

Another facet: I should have had more faith and confidence in the business mind as I

know it. I had always maintained that business and industry respected "something of

value" without particular regard to its origin. If it works, use it. Still, I was greatly

concerned about the reaction to the book of the board of directors of the corporation

of which I was president. (Who would want such an unstable person running their

multi-million dollar operationl) At the first board meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,

after the book publication, no one

mentioned it. Nor did I. However, as we cruised up the canal in the board chairman's

yacht, on our way to dinner at the country club, the chairman's wife came up from

below deck with a copy of JOURNEYS in her hand,

"Bob, will you autograph this for me?" she asked. I complied, more than a little self-

conscious and surprised. I should not have been.

"Interesting stuff," the chairman called over his shoulder as he steered for the yacht

club dock. "My wife is a real psychic. I never make a major business deal without a

reading from her. It works, too."

Needless to say, I was not asked to resign. Actually, I found little or no adverse effect

on my business relationships as a result of the public disclosure of this "private" side

of my life. Instead, many broad new avenues opened up to me, totally unexpected.

Who could have guessed that I would speak on out-of-body experiences at such an

august and conservative body as the Smithsonian Institution! It actually happened.

Another miscalculation, or so it would seem: it has been stated that JOURNEYS was

a book ahead of its time, that serious interest in the type of material it contains is

only now reaching significant levels. This may have been true, yet what was it that

precipitated such changes in a mere four years? I like to think a chicken-or-the-egg

question is appropriate, that this book was and is part of a trigger or catalytic process

that is now in chain reaction. This process states simply; it's O.K. to have strange

experiences, to consider seriously as natural those events and activities beyond the

present ability of our physical sciences to replicate or measure. Existence beyond

death is one of these.

Another decision made about the time of publication: that my conscious mind or self

had insufficient experience and/or training to control in toto the scope of such non-

physical exploration. This was brought about first by the boredom and impatience of

here-to-there-and-back tests in our physical

world. Who wants repeatedly to take an hour dressing in preparation (wire up to

instruments, develop a careful separative state) just to go from bedroom to kitchen

(Virginia to California or Kansas). Second, many explanations were taking place far

beyond my conscious understanding and control —which inferred that the physical,

conscious "I" actually had very limited ideas as to where to go and what to do.

Thus I made an important decision. For the most part, I would set up the conscious

out-of-body state, then turn the action over to my total self (soul?). My present

consciousness would go along for the ride, as a part of the whole. The results have

been: ecstatic, illuminating, confusing, awe-inspiring, humbling, reassuring—

experience and exploration far beyond my ability to conceive of, most of it an

apparent educational program that I am absorbing bit by bit. The problem as I sense

it is simple. Eventually, a quantum jump in consciousness will be required to reduce

the material to a practical "something of value" level.

What does this mean? Does that great consciousness change take place while still

alive physically? Or in another reality, later? Who are the instructors, the helpers?

Precisely bit by bit, we are beginning to approach the answers in our research at the

Institute. Yes, a research facility was formed and became active in 1972.

Our work has attracted the interest and co-operation of physicists, psychologists,

biochemists, engineers, educators, psychiatrists, corporate presidents, statisticians,

many of whom serve on our board of advisers. Among the eleven thousand plus

pieces of mail received to date, many sighs of relief were reported. The secret could

be talked about without the need for sanity hearings. Thus the book is serving its

primary purpose.

Over seven hundred persons have participated in our research and experimental

training program. Our first Explorer Team has six members. Some fifty more are

waiting for our facility to handle their final indoctrination, and their number is growing

daily. We hope to be able to expand shortly in physical space, equipment, and

personnel so that we can absorb the backlog and the increase. This year, training

programs at the Institute may qualify for credit at the college and university level.

Meanwhile, our Explorer Team of six is bringing back data faster than we can

process it, far more rapidly and diverse than I alone could accumulate. That which

we have sorted is overwhelming in its import. The fact of consensus and agreement

from six different explorers—each unaware of the other's experiences except in joint

operations—has had a formidable impact upon those who have examined the

material. The details will be reported in another book which is in preparation.

A lot of action to pack into four years. It only strengthens the concept of accelerated

change at work—especially the change in human needs.

I have reviewed JOURNEYS again carefully for this new edition. I'm happy to say

that nothing has to be altered in the light of later experience. The basics are still the

same. From the point of my experimental level at that time, it is still accurate. One

item we do know: the reality of your reading these words with your left brain

hemisphere is the first stage of filtration.

Robert A. Monroe Afton, Virginia 1977

For those interested in the activities of the Institute or who have had spontaneous

out-of-the-body experiences, write:

Monroe Institute of Applied Sciences

P.O. Box 57

Afton, Virginia 22920

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