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as the physical world. They can talk freely with demons, leave their physical bodies with their spirit bodies, and with full conscious awareness go places anddo things with, what seems to the average human, supernatural power. They can levitate objects without ever touching them physically, light candles without a match, create physical beatings, etc. Human spirits torment and afflict many people just the same as demon spirits do. We can't see them because our physical eyes cannot see the spirit world. Only a spirit can see a spirit or the spiritual world. God does not want His people to control their spirit bodies in such a manner. If we did so, not only would we be open to overwhelming temptations to sin, we would not need to be so dependant upon Him and we would also be constantly aware of Satan and his kingdom. There is a special class of demons who frequently refer to themselves as "power demons" who seem to help establish the link between the soul and spirit body, thereby enabling the person to gain conscious control of his spirit. The imag ination and visualization are key stepping stones to develop ing the link between the soul and spirit. I will discuss this in more detail later in this chapter. Astral Projection The temporary separation of the spirit from the physical body is called, in the occult world, astral projection. Within Roman Catholicism, it is called "bilocation." This phe nomenon is defined in Catholic literature as follows: "BILOCATION. Multiple or simultaneous presence of the same substance or soul in two places distant from each other. Bilocations have been frequently reported in the lives of the saints." (Modern Catholic Dictionary, by John A Hardon, S.J., Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980, p. 67) Among contemporaries, it is reported to have happened to

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