title: Astral
text: # Astral
  
  Astral may refer to:
  
  ## Concepts of the non-physical
  
  * Astral body, a subtle body posited by many religious philosophers
  * Astral journey (or astral trip), the same as having an out-of-body experience
  * Astral plane (AKA astral world), a plane of existence postulated by classical (particularly neo-Platonic), medieval, oriental and esoteric philosophies and mystery religions
  * Astral projection, a controversial interpretation of out-of-body experiences
  * A ghost or spirit
  
  ## Entertainment
  
  * Astral, a Magic: The Gathering gaming set
  * Astral (band), a dream pop band
  * Astral (film), a British horror film
  * The Astral (novel), a book by Kate Christensen
  * Astral (wrestler) (born 1989), Mexican Mini-Estrella professional wrestler
  * 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
  
  * Astral (company), an Indian building materials and equipment company
  * Astral Aviation, a cargo airline based in Nairobi, Kenya
  * Astral Media, a Canadian media corporation
  * Astral Telecom, a Romanian company
  * Astral Oil Works, American producers of Astral Oil
  
  ## Other
  
  * Astral Apartments, a historic apartment building in Brooklyn, New York
  * Astral character, a Unicode concept
  * Astral microtubules, a sub population of microtubules
  * Astral propagation model a US Navy underwater sound propagation loss model
  * Astral (1923 automobile), a British car of the 1920s
  * Swing Astral, a German paraglider design
  