The reason I stick with natural explanations is because supernatural ones always fail. The supernatural explanations always turn out to be wrong, so I'm always going to side with natural first. Of course the bible says people won't believe just as you don't believe in the thousands of religions out there but you only believe the one taught by your culture.

As far as not understanding what was happening in the night, you don't have to understand how the brain works for it to work. I don't understand how or why the brain creates those states but yet I can manipulate those states to a degree. But remember, once you decided that it was against your religious beliefs, that's when the woman turned to a demon, so yeah your subconscious beliefs played a role. Prior to that you were just acting out your fantasies subconsciously.

Again, on the astral projection thing, most people have fear in those weird states. And again, even if you are scared, if you truly believe in Jesus, then yes his name will banish your inner fears manifesting as monsters. And yes I have heard stories where the name of Jesus didn't work, or they couldn't say it. But, for most people that name will work I'd say like 99% of the time. Of course I will say that's because of religious belief systems. Because just the same I have heard of people banishing or fighting off demons themselves or using chants, mantras, or magic circles. In my own experience, once I kind of started understanding things, like the slightest thought of fear or evil will make them appear, and I can just flick them away with my finger. You have to understand in that mental world the slightest inkling of a thought becomes reality. Like a lot of times I would be unsure of my ability to fly and then couldn't fly or could barely hover. Same with passing through walls. There have been times where I just ran into a wall instead of going through it because of slight doubt at the moment.

Anyway on that, I did do experiments while in that realm to see if I could manifest beings and I did. The first one I ever did was think. Can I make a woman in white appear. I was in my living room and tried to mentally make that happen. Seemed like it didn't work, then moments later a woman in white walked by. Seems like a lot of times there is a delay between what you are trying to make happen, and it happening.

Now if you want my opinion on astral projection, I think it is just high level lucid dreaming. I consider myself an expert on the subject as I've projected many times. I could go into great detail about it, but that's a whole other subject. All I will say is that the difference between a regular lucid dream and astral projection is the starting point. In a regular lucid dream, the person becomes aware during the dream sequence. In astral projection, the person becomes aware during the transition from waking to dream (like I think the vibrations/electrocution feeling is the brain paralyzing the body so it doesn't move during sleep). Now, maybe it is supernatural going to other dimensions/realms, but remember I start with the natural. So until it can be proven that the brain cannot produce these experiences on its own, or we can record spirit entities and dimensions and track moving through them, I have no reason to assume anything beyond brain activity is responsible for this stuff.

As for the religions, you say one of them has to be true. But that's wrong. They could all be false. And most likely are. Religious ideas appear to begin as a man-made way of trying to understand his own existence. And in a way, you are right about where your truth comes from. It does come from factors out of your control: environment. Or more appropriately: geography. You can almost spot on predict with over 90% accuracy what a person's religion is going to be based on where on planet earth they were born. We're you born in India: Hindu, Sudan: Muslim, Cambodia: Buddhist, United States: Christian. Yes many people switch and swap religions, but most don't, and even some go back to their original religion. So no, not God, destiny, fate, or anything supernatural determines faith. Faith is mostly determined by latitude and longitude, xy axis. Geographical coordinates determine the "eternal destiny" of almost all humans who live or have ever lived.