Thoughts On Teleporting, via astral projection Options

This hasn't really formulated in my mind enough yet to become a theory, so it's more just a jumble of thoughts I wanted to get some input on. I came across a few theories in various sources where people believed that someone could teleport physically with enough practice by astral projecting and then pulling their physical body to them. I also came across a website while researching something completely unrelated - that is, underground tunnels in cities that gangs used for fast escapes. I found a lot of information speculating the existance of some underground tunnels in San Fransisco, although they were never found after the gigantuous earthquake. As to the original point, theres a theory that the tunnels didnt physically exist, but there were secret rooms with certain metals and gemstones used for conducting enough energy to teleport out, using some magical laws of chinese alchemy. Site is here if you want to read the less scattered summary:
http://www.sfgate.com/offbeat/city.html
ANYWAY, I'm just wondering if anyone thinks this would be possible, or the theory of summoning your body to you with astral projection has any possibilities. Also, I know a lot of people agree with the concept of astrally travelling in time on the spiritual plane. If one's able to teleport through astral projection, in theory it would also be possible to pull your body through time, therefore time travelling physically. Pretty sketchorific stuff. Not sure what my opinions are on any of this, but any others are welcome. Thanks

PS - Not sure if this belongs in this forum, so move if it should be elsewhere

You bring up a very good point, but my assessment was more from a shamanic/psionic perspective.

This thread might actually be extremely helpful to me in developing teleportation myself. (It's an ice mage master skill) Quantum theory does sound extremely interesting to me, no matter how much it leans more towards a chaos mage's tastes. I would love to discuss it with you sometime, Vagrant.

Quantum theory does sound extremely interesting to me, no matter how much it leans more towards a chaos mage's tastes.

Quantum theory leans towards every mage's taste - the taste of magick itself. Quantum theory isn't a system of magick, it's becoming a logical, scientific basis for how the universe, consciousness, and even magick itself, functions. Naturally we're a long way from developing technology along the lines of technosorcery sci-fi stuff, but it'll happen eventually.

In the meantime, magicians are doing with consciousness what we'll one day be doing with technology on a broader platform. Or trying, anyway, and there's no saying that technology and magick can't work together where it's necessary.

When it comes to teleportation specifically, I think the key factor is one's state of consciousness. I don't think it's something you can master just by knowing a theory and concentrating on it. You've got to expand your consciousness, and live in a transcendent state of being, just like with any of the other miraculous achievements. I don't think it could be described as a skill of any particular tradition of magick. The only reference to ice magick i've ever heard was a reference to a tradition of magick which has some kind of norse foundation. Whatever floats your boat, though.

peace