G'day,

The lack of consistency is because of the wide range of paradigms involved, eg, some authors are religious, some are not, etc, etc.

The best type of authors are those who write mainly from personal experience.

And I recommend that you have astral projections and lucid dreams yourself and make up your own mind.

I often see children in the astral, and animals, cats and dogs and birds, etc.

The emotional hurt you feel may come from 'longing' or from the conflicts that OBE causes to your beliefs.

I suggest you read the Catch Basket Concept article here
http://www.astraldynamics.com/home/teac ... tions.html

There is very little scientific information available on the subject of OBE. OBE is largely considered to be a phenomenon related to mental illness or delusional dreams.

robert