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OBEer
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English
Alternative forms
en OBEr uncommon
Etymology
From en OBE er.
Noun
en parapsychology en out-of-body experiencer
en 1978 American Society for Psychical Research The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Journal_of_the_American_Society_for/O1QlAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22the+interpretation+of+these+results+is+unclear,+however%22&dq=%22the+interpretation+of+these+results+is+unclear,+however%22&printsec=frontcover 3 The interpretation of these results is unclear, however, since the OBEer may have simply been using general ESP to respond to the specific instructions and intentions of the experimenters.
en 1994 Death's Door, True Stories of Near-death Experiences: from the News of the World's Sunday Magazine Jean Ritchie 254 OBEers float away from their bodies and do not see them again until they reenter them.
en 2016 When I Become a Wave - Living Life and Death to the Fullest Mike Anderson After the OBEer returned to his body, he described the experience to Dr. Stanislav Grof, who was chief of psychiatric research at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center and an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
See also
en NDEer UFOer