Originally posted by Regalecus
well, no, but some people think (me amongst them) that when you leave your body with an OBE, it is open for other energies (call them evil spirits, other plane presences, whatever) to take them and you cant get back inside if there's something already in there, so beware
Thats what the silver chord is there for. To prevent that from ever happening. I mean it will fend off evil spirits from trying to take over you unless its the devil himself....