NY: Doubleday & Company, 1971. First edition. 279pp. Blue cloth; dust jacket. Adhesive offsetting to gutters; light toning to edges of textblock. Near fine in an unclipped jacket ("$6.95"), moderately toned, with a small chip at base of front flap hinge.
First printing of this memoir detailing the author's out-of-body experiences (OBE); a lucid and balanced account, including detailed relations of Monroe's experiences, as well as discussions of the phenomenon throughout history, the "underground" OBE movement, and instructions on how to initiate the experience. Introduction by Charles T. Tart. Front panel jacket photograph by Duane Michals. Nice copy of an undisputed highpoint in the literature of astral projection.
