remote projection of self theme

also known as: soul travel, spirit walking, astral projection

A character is able to project their own consciousness and/or likeness to a remote location.

Notes

The expression "astral projection" is occasionally used in stories to describe such abilities being exercised, especially when the soul and other religious ideas are involved.

Examples

Luke Skywalker projected an incorporeal version of himself across the galaxy to have a showdown with Kylo Ren in "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" (2017).

9 total · 3 major · 6 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ds92x09 major Fenna was the astral projection of Nidell
movie: Doctor Strange (2016) major Doctor Strange and the other mystical arts practitioners were routinely astrally projecting themselves. For example, Doctor Strange's astral body helped perform a life saving surgery on Doctor Strange himself.
tz2002e1x25 major George's conscience was somehow projecting itself in the guise of George himself to warm Tina that a love obsessed George was going to kill her.
movie: Chandu the Magician (1932) minor Chandu was taught how to project an image of himself by Yogis.
movie: PG: Psycho Goreman (2020) minor Psycho Goreman astrally projected his screaming head into the bathroom to implore Greg to pick him up.
movie: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) minor Luke astrally projected himself across the galaxy to have a showdown with Kylo Ren.
tz1985e1x01a minor Peter-A conjectured that Peter-B was his astral projection.
tz1985e1x17b minor Sarah described how her people had the power to astrally project themselves around the cosmos. The story concluded with Matthew experiencing exactly this.
tz2019e2x05 minor Irene was curious to check if Madison had the ability to astrally project herself.