Astral may refer to:
Concepts of the non-physical
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Astral body, a subtle body posited by many religious philosophers
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Astral journey
An out-of-body experience (OBE or sometimes OOBE) is a phenomenon in which a person perceives the world from a location outside their physical body. An OBE is a form of autoscopy (literally "seeing self"), although this term is more commonly us ...
(or ''astral trip''), the same as having an ''out-of-body experience''
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Astral plane
The astral plane, also called the astral realm or the astral world, is a plane of existence postulated by classical, medieval, oriental, and esoteric philosophies and mystery religions.G.R.S.Mead, ''The Doctrine of the Subtle Body in Western Tra ...
(AKA astral world), a plane of existence postulated by classical (particularly neo-Platonic), medieval, oriental and esoteric philosophies and mystery religions
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Astral projection
Astral projection (also known as astral travel) is a term used in esotericism to describe an intentional out-of-body experience (OBE) that assumes the existence of a subtle body called an " astral body" through which consciousness can functio ...
, a controversial interpretation of out-of-body experiences
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ghost
A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to rea ...
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spirit
Entertainment
* Astral, a ''
Magic: The Gathering'' gaming set
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Astral (band)
Astral is a shoegaze group based in San Francisco, California, United States. Astral was formed by singer-guitarist Dave Han and drummer Shawn in 1999; bassist Amy Rosenoff joined them in 2001. Their vocals are frequently compared to those of T ...
, a dream pop band
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''Astral'' (film), a British horror film
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''The Astral'' (novel), a book by
Kate Christensen
Kate Christensen (born August 22, 1962) is an American novelist. She won the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her fourth novel, '' The Great Man'', about a painter and the three women in his life. Her previous novels are ''In the Drink'' ...
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Astral (wrestler) (born 1989), Mexican ''Mini-Estrella'' professional wrestler
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Astral Weeks'', a 1968 album by Van Morrison
* Astral, a character in the anime and manga series ''
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal''
*Princess Astral, lead character in the cancelled sitcom ''
The Other Kingdom''
Companies
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Astral Aviation, a cargo airline based in Nairobi, Kenya
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Astral Media
Astral Media Inc. was a Canadian media conglomerate. It was Canada's largest radio broadcaster, with 84 radio stations in eight provinces. Astral was also a major player in premium and specialty television in Canada, with 23 specialty channels ...
, a Canadian media corporation
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Astral Telecom
UPC Romania was a telecommunications company in Romania, which provided cable television, broadband internet and fixed telephony to approximately 1 million customers.
On July 31, 2019, Vodafone acquired the company and it was merged into Vodafone ...
, a Romanian company
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Astral Oil Works, American producers of Astral Oil
Other
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Astral Apartments
The Astral Apartments is an apartment building located at 184 Franklin Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City. The Astral was built in 1885–1886 as affordable housing for employees of Charles Pratt's Astral Oil Works. It is a block-long br ...
, a historic apartment building in Brooklyn, New York
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Astral character, a Unicode concept
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Astral microtubules
An aster is a cellular structure shaped like a star, consisting of a centrosome and its associated microtubules during the early stages of mitosis in an animal cell. Asters do not form during mitosis in plants. Astral rays, composed of microtub ...
, a sub population of microtubules
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Astral propagation model a US Navy underwater sound propagation loss model
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Astral (1923 automobile)
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The Astral was a car built from 1923 to 1924 by Hertford Engineering Co Ltd, Barking, then in Essex (now in east London
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, a British car of the 1920s
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Swing Astral, a German paraglider design
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Astralwerks
Astralwerks is an American record label primarily focused on electronic music owned by Universal Music Group. Its material is distributed via Capitol Music Group in the United States. The label was founded in 1993 and, in its early years, featur ...
, an American-based record label
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Astro (disambiguation)
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