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"Before I died and came back, I was just human. When I was out of my body, I was a different being
altogether. I now know what I am - a human and a being - and I know now that God is real." - R,
Wales, 1966, (at the age of 11).
• How Do I Start?
• Beginner's Guide
• Top Astral Projection Mistakes
Table of Contents
HOW DO I START?.............................................................................................................................3
Beginner's Guide..................................................................................................................................4
Top Astral Projection Mistakes.............................................................................................................8
Trying at night..................................................................................................................................8
Fear...................................................................................................................................................8
Inner dialog......................................................................................................................................8
Not understanding relaxation vs. body asleep.................................................................................8
Impatience. ......................................................................................................................................9
The Anatomy of a Projection................................................................................................................9
The Fundamental Truths To Astral Projection.................................................................................9
Our Amygdala: The Astral Projection Switch?..............................................................................12
Internal Ringing and Astral Projection..........................................................................................14
Sleep and Inducing a Projection....................................................................................................15
The Catatonic State........................................................................................................................16
The Catatonic State.............................................................................................................................16
The Magnetic Body Range............................................................................................................17
The Five Bodies.............................................................................................................................18
Is Low Blood Pressure Linked to Astral Projection Ability?.........................................................19
Astral Projection Aids.........................................................................................................................20
Hemi-Sync Tapes...........................................................................................................................21
Meditational Tapes.........................................................................................................................22
Using Lucid Dreaming for Astral Projection.................................................................................22
Untested Astral Projection Aids.....................................................................................................23
Breathing...................................................................................................................................23
Sound Vibrations.......................................................................................................................23
Electromagnetic Wave Therapy................................................................................................24
Mind Awake - Body Asleep................................................................................................................24
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.............................................................................................25
Commentaries.....................................................................................................................................33
Astral Projection / Dreaming / Lucid Dreaming............................................................................33
Subtle Realm Creatures.................................................................................................................34
Poltergeists.....................................................................................................................................35
What Happens After We Die?........................................................................................................36
Petra..........................................................................................................................................50
F. Drake.....................................................................................................................................51
Princessa....................................................................................................................................51
Exteriorization Technique..............................................................................................................51
Why Is Astral Projection So Hard?................................................................................................52
Vibrations.......................................................................................................................................53
Make Me Believe!.........................................................................................................................55
Our Programmed Failure at Astral Projection...............................................................................56
Does Astral Projecting Get Easier With Each Attempt?................................................................57
The Third Eye................................................................................................................................58
Loose Versus a Tight Hold on the Astral Body..............................................................................58
Radio Waves..................................................................................................................................59
HOW DO I START?
1. Read the Beginner's Guide. This tells you what steps to work on. Pay particular attention to the
Focus 10 portion, as this is commonly misunderstood.
2. Read "My Favorite Technique" under the Weekly Commentary.
3. Read "Top Astral Projection Mistakes". I say read this because no matter what technique you are
trying, if you are making these mistakes, you will fail.
4. Start saying affirmations before you go to bed such as, "Tonight I will astral project". Say this
until you fall asleep (this could be 100 times!)
5. Start reading books on it. This will saturate your subconscious, which is very powerful. Your
subconscious mind will then start coming up with ways to bring this experience into your conscious
reality.
6. Start a dream/astral projection journal. The written word is as powerful as the spoken affirmation.
Seeing yourself write down your experiences will also help trigger the subconscious into action.
7. Review your personal habits and environment. Are you getting up early on Saturday and Sunday
to go play with friends, work around the house, or are you setting aside 2-4 hours of "extra sleep" so
you can induce the groggy state? Is your phone and beeper turned off? If you have kids then this
may not even work for you, which means that you should be going to bed with the kids (yes, that
could be as early as 7:00 p.m.!) so you wake up earlier than normal, and then can "sleep in" till the
kids get up. Are you drinking or doing drugs which may be impairing your ability? Anything that
disrupts your focus, is probably not good, whether that be television, disruptive relationships,
caffeine, or drugs.
8. If you are young and full of energy, are you letting your impatience play too much of a factor and
giving up? Or refusing to sleep in because you're just a bundle of energy and want to get your day
started? Remember that astral projection takes discipline and a ton of patience. This is difficult for
young people because they want results NOW and that is not how to learn this difficult skill. You
can't learn French NOW so have the same expectations with astral projection. Speaking of French,
if you were to take a French class, how much homework would you have to do? How many
language tapes would you have to listen to in order to pick up the nuance and vocabulary? If you
Beginner's Guide
Although I have provided links to other interesting Astral Projection web sites, I would like to cover
several experiences that I went through as a beginner that might help you.
First, what is astral projection? Astral projection is simply the transferring of the consciousness
from the physical body to the astral body. We have several 'vehicles' for our consciousness, and the
astral body is one of them.
Now, I will outline the progress of how I learned to astral project:
Desire:
First is the desire. I have a friend who experiences the beginning states of astral projection, but has
no interest in pursuing it, therefore never goes anywhere. "Why?" she asks. Well, if you don't build
the interest and suitable desire, you're more than likely to go nowhere, and that is probably as it
should be. We are all on individual paths, and no one can judge the course of another.
Fear:
"Fear is the great barrier to human growth." Robert Monroe, Ultimate Journey. This is why once
you've built the desire, relaxed and can concentrate, you need to lose the fear. One of the biggest
obstacles is the initial fear of the vibrational stage. There is also the fear that you'll die; fear that you
won't come back; fear that your body will be possessed. I have never known of anyone to suffer any
of these ailments. In fact, after visiting a particularly gorgeous place, I'll do everything in my power
to NOT come back! But to no avail! No matter what you do, you WILL come back (unless of
course you have a heart attack in the middle of your sleep). Fear is a reoccurring theme (and/or
Trying at night.
If you try to project at night, especially before you go to bed, nine times out of ten, you will fall
asleep. You've had a long day, your body is worn out, so how can you expect to achieve Focus
10 or Focus 12 (body asleep, mind awake)? You need to either try earlier in the afternoon, or
switch to weekends when you can sleep in. If you switch to the weekends and use, for example,
my technique that I wrote about under the Astral Projection link called "My Favorite
Technique" then you're very relaxed and can slip back into sleep, yet the mind is refreshed and
more likely to get into Focus 10. Try it and see.
Fear.
Are you afraid you are going to die? That someone will cut your cord? You'll be possessed? Any of
these fears will keep you thinking about this, and not letting yourself project. Always address your
fears before expecting any results.
Inner dialog.
Are you talking the whole time? Saying things like, "Is this right?" or "I wonder if I'm close?" To
induce the vibrations, you have to have no thoughts. Your thoughts need to be narrowed down to a
single thread. When you are trying to get your body asleep, stop talking to yourself and "listen".
Listen to the faint ring in your head, but don't analyze it. Listen, but don't talk. When I induce the
vibrations, my body has fallen asleep, the ringing has faded (because now I'm asleep), and I'm
gently focusing on my third eye. All my thoughts are gone. This takes a while to master, but is
necessary. Also, if you do slip off onto other thoughts, just let that happen, but gently pull your
thoughts back to the single thread and keep focusing on your third eye.
Impatience.
Conscious astral projection can take months or even years to accomplish. If you are expecting
results in days or weeks, you will more than likely give up or doubt its existence. Astral projection
takes discipline, dedication, and a ton of patience. It will happen, but be prepared for the long haul.
It's worth the wait and effort.
These five are the top reasons, but others can include not removing distractions (kids, pets, phones,
spouses), or not getting enough sleep so that when you do sleep you sleep like a log and can't keep
the mind awake.
If you want more info on the "fundamental truths" to astral projection, read the article called, "The
Fundamental Truths to Astral Projection."
I'm always curious about how the physical body, especially the brain, behaves during projection,
conscious or otherwise. As I've mentioned on my site, it appears the following occurs during a
projection:
- Pulse and heart rate drop (this is also present in spontaneous projections when laughing gas is
used)
- Body temperature is lowest (thus reducing heat which causes energy resulting in magnetism which
keeps us in)
- Brain signals become slow and long which reduce electricity in the brain
- Breathing is slower which sends less oxygen to the brain. You might think the brain, compared to
the body, doesn't account for much blood circulation, but because of the high energy demand of the
brain, oxygen delivery and blood flow to this organ is quite large. Although the brain's weight is
only 2% of the body's, its oxygen consumption rate is 20% of the body's, and blood flow 15%.
We could probably deduce that the brain is the last to separate from the physical because most of
our energy is generated there through electricity in the form of nerve impulses called "action
potentials". This also means if we want a conscious projection, we must quell activity in the head
through control of breathing and body/brain interaction. I don't say "thought processes" because I
think as long as we're not sending signals to our body such as "I'm hungry, I'm cold, I'm afraid" we
can still "think" and induce the hypnagogic state. I used to believe that "thinking" itself was a
hindrance, but most of us fall asleep with thoughts on our mind. As long as it's not accompanied
with worry or our thoughts are not excessive, we should be okay. We also think continually in the
astral and this doesn't noticeably bring us back to our physical shells, unless the body itself is
calling for us.
So where's the trigger? When does consciousness shift from the physical plane to the subtle? Is it
more easily reproducible?
This led me to further investigations into the brain, and primarily, the frontal lobes. This is where
90% of our brain is untapped to conscious use. What activities do the frontal lobes perform that we
know of? Laughter, listening to music and our emotions to name a few. These fall into the higher
cognitive functions of the mind. The back part of the brain, sometimes called the "reptilian" portion
is responsible for our survival instincts.
This led me to a fascinating article by Neil Slade from Dormant Brain Lab. They claim, through
years of medical research, that the "amygdala" (pronounced ah-MIG-doll-uh) is located in the
frontal lobes and can be voluntarily "clicked forward" to automatically trigger emotional highs,
nirvana, bliss, and yes..... astral projection!
Neil Slade does what he calls "Brain Travel" by clicking his amygdala forward. He states, "it is an
elementary thing to switch on the remote/astral travel components of your brain, which reside
primarily in the frontal lobes. Both Eric and I have been doing this for decades, myself having
learned this skill at the age of 18 from a master of meditation."
Neil states that during sleep, our reptilian brain ego function is at its lowest point of control which
allows our frontal lobes to take over. This happens during REM sleep (and this is also what I said
under my sleep article; that we shouldn't mimic sleep, but REM sleep!) He also states that "during
sleep, our brain's electrochemical currents are allowed free access to the frontal lobes- precisely
Amygdala (1)
Amygdala (2)
Amygdala (3)
Take care,
Anne
I think Mario's conclusion is excellent. When I was researching laughing gas (nitrous oxide) for its
ability to cause spontaneous projections, they mentioned "lower blood pressure" as one of the side
effects. I looked up low blood pressure and it is indeed lowest during sleep which is when we
project naturally.
When we sleep (or meditate) the heart rate decreases prior to a decline in body temperature (which
reduces energy and thus magnetism) and allows for separation. I repeatedly tell readers that if they
are trying to project, to "reduce all thought and focus on the third eye." A projector should also
focus on slowing down their heart rate via breath and mind control. Just thinking of lowering our
heart rate will work just as thinking of something sour will make our mouths water. The goal is to
"deaden" as much of the bodily activity as possible in an attempt to mimic sleep.
Starting immediately, I will gather statistics from readers who have naturally loose holds over their
astral bodies. The people having naturally loose holds over their body that I've asked so far ALL
have naturally low blood pressure. Even myself, when I had my physical several years ago was told
that my blood pressure was rather low.
The Dream Mask: The flashing and/or beeping cues will wake up a light sleeper rather quickly.
Hemi-Sync Tapes
Because I get a lot of questions about the hemi-sync tapes, I decided to put some information about
them on my webpage.
I have NO affiliation with the Monroe Institute, nor do I get any profit from referring people to their
site, but years ago, after reading Robert Monroe's books, I decided to buy the Gateway Tapes (36
total). I started experiencing regular astral exteriorizations 30 days after listening to the tapes.
Unlike the mental projection when I was 14, these involved the typical astral side effects of astral
blindness, hearing radio frequencies, the magnetic pull, etc.
Because these are expensive, I looked through their catalog and found one that would probably
work well and is only $14.95, whereas the Gateway Tapes are hundreds of dollars. I've provided the
link below, if you are interested, and a description of what hemi-sync is (taken directly from the
Monroe Institute's Website). Or, as a reader suggested, you can get a copy off Napster for free (type
in Hemi-sync under title search).
If you want to plunk down a few more dollars, you can get 6 cassette tapes (a "series" and there are
six series total) for $72 per series. I looked over their different series, and I recommend the "Wave
III - Freedom". Click on the below link and then go to "Gateway Experience".
HEMI-SYNC: "Hemi-Sync is a trademarked, state-of-the-art audio technology based on the natural
functioning of the brain that encourages coherent brainwave activity. Our brains produce waves or
patterns of electrical activity. Different patterns indicate different mental states, such as rest
Meditational Tapes
Brainwave Mind Voyages
I just picked up some meditational tapes from a company called Brainwave Mind Voyages. These
"perceptual tools" use binaural beats to help you achieve the alpha, theta and delta levels of
awareness. I personally recommended Theta as the level for remote viewing, but these various
states of awareness can also be used for astral projection. I've only had them a short while, but they
are effective in achieving these states of consciousness. They are also considerably cheaper than the
Gateway tapes offered by the Monroe Institute.
Here Is their link:
- Brainwave Mind Voyages
Chakra Music
Here's a site that's done a lot of cool research on sound vibration and its effectS on our chakras. I'm
ordering their cd as well ($17.00)
- Primasounds
Breathing
More and more I'm encountering material on the importance of breath. Westerners are criticized in
general for their lack of breathing savvy, and that we fail to see the importance of breath. It's related
to energy (chi), and even astral projection. A friend of mine just went to a meditation seminar and
they practiced a technique called Rebirthing. This is where you lie down and for the next 45
minutes, breath deeply and rapidly (about one breath per second). All participants entered an altered
state of consciousness and Kristina said that if she had not had the presence of strangers, projection
would have been possible. In another article I read, Bellow Breathing (used by Yogis) is used to
enter the vibrational state. Dr. Baker recommends in his article "The Techniques of Astral
Projection" that you should "draw air in sharply through the nostrils with such intensity, that they
become flared. This is done several times at the rate of about once per second. Do not worry about
exhalation. The natural elasticity of the thoracic cage and the lungs will expel the air before the next
gasp." I tried this a bit last night but was too tired to do anything beyond 5 minutes. Of course, don't
do this while standing as you may pass out!
Sound Vibrations
I had a vivid dream over the weekend that could relate to an additional tip. In my dream, I met a
man who told me to readdress my efforts with "vibrations". But he said that my emphasis should be
on sound. He then said, "do you remember this dream you had about sound vibrations?" and I was
then shown a dream I had long forgotten where I was standing by a big jet and the noise from the
engine was making me really vibrate. Ironically, my first mental projection was while listening to
classical music. Something about some sounds can trigger a spontaneous projection. So here's what
I'm going to do. I'm going to make a tape that has some sort of vibrational sound to it (like the
OMMM sound, or something similar that causes low reverberations) and tape it over and over until
a 60 minute tape is filled. Then, I'm going to connect my sub_woofer* up to my tape player and
play this sound while in Focus 10 and see what happens.
Another area I'm thinking of pursuing is electromagnetic wave therapy. This company states that the
human body is surrounded by an electromagnetic field and that the use of pulsed electromagnetic
waves can induce such side effects as physical vibrations and pulsing. But I think they only ship to
the UK so I'll have to have it shipped there to an acquaintance I know, and then have them ship it
back here to the U.S. If you're interested, their link is
Electromagnetic Wave Therapy
I don't think the key lies in any one aid, but a culmination of aids. For example, the sound vibration
in addition to bellow breathing, or the earth magnets used with the electromagnetic wave therapy...
*Sub-woofers are large speakers, specifically designed to produce deep, precise bass. A large driver
and enclosure are needed to move the high volume of air required to reproduce these frequencies
accurately. The upper frequency limit is usually around 140Hz, and depending on design, can
extend to reproduce frequencies below 20Hz, the theoretical limit of human hearing. Because
hearing sensitivity varies across the spectrum, and we are not particularly good at hearing low
frequencies compared to those in the mid-range, a higher sound pressure level (SPL) is needed to
reproduce convincing bass (this is compensated for by loudness circuits in some pre-amplifiers
which increase low and high frequencies at low listening levels to compensate for our non-linear
hearing).
The statements and or questions that come from readers are: "Should my eyes be open?", "Why do I
itch when trying to relax?", "I can't seem to relax enough to get into that state." "My arm feels pain,
is that normal?" or "My hemi-sync tapes aren't working cause I don't go very deep."
There is one common thread in these questions/comments and that is, the person is trying to do this
while totally lucid, or thinks that they need to be in some special trance to project. Neither is the
case. The body has to be ASLEEP. Every night you sleep and every night you project. There is no
magic or mystery to the state that your body needs to be in to release the astral form. People say, "I
can't get into that state." Yet, in fact, they do it every night of their lives! We all do.
You're itching because you're not asleep and are concentrating too hard on something that you do
later in the evening effortlessly. Do you get incessantly itchy when you're going to sleep at night?
Of course not! You just scratch your nose or whatever and go to sleep. Most beginners, when trying
to project, are "thinking" about getting into a state which keeps them from actually getting into that
state.
People refuse to read and comprehend the words under my Beginner's Guide that says over and
over that you are mimicking sleep. You are not relaxing. You are asleep! It's as easy and
uncomplicated as that.
Commentaries
Astral Projection / Dreaming / Lucid Dreaming
April 30, 2003
It's my opinion that astral projection, dreaming and lucid dreaming are intertwined in the same
locale. The difference between dreams, projection and lucid dreaming is what is at the controls (the
conscious mind or the subconscious mind). Even if you get the vibrations and roll out of your
physical body, you will end up "dreaming" very quickly if you don't know what you're doing.
People say, "I failed because I fell into a dream." Well, no you didn't, you just gave up conscious
control to the subconscious mind which makes the experience totally different! The subconscious
mind has its own agenda and communication system.
Your conscious mind is concerned with the here and now. Your subconscious mind is concerned
with processing life events, working out soul lessons, attempting to bring past and future events into
your consciousness, and a bevy of other things. Subtle realm experiences, dream or otherwise, get
"fantasy like" because again, a person has lost conscious control. The same exact thing happens in
the astral if you don't use clarity statements. People just don't realize what the astral is like (during a
conscious projection). Yes, it can be as lucid and clear as the waking state, but you can slip into the
Alice in Wonderland effect (subconscious control) faster than you can shake a stick! In fact, control
can be lost in less than a minute. I have rolled out of my body, gotten half way down my stairs,
Poltergeists
February 21, 2003
The word Poltergeist originates from the German words poltern, ‘to knock', and geist, ‘spirit'.
Basically, it's an entity that can produce physical and auditory disturbances in a person's
environment. What it also can be is terrifying. Originally thought to be demons and devils, it was
later believed that the person receiving the poltergeist's attention was the cause of the disturbance
itself. However, I do not agree with this in all cases as I myself underwent a serious poltergeist
experience and actually saw the non-human entity while in the etheric!
Poltergeists are attracted to negative and powerful energy centers, and my home, when growing up,
was a cesspool of negativity, thus making it a natural breeding ground for negative and unwanted
visitors. Because of the tumultuous nature of youth in general, they are common recipients, or
targets, of unwanted energies and this applied to me as well.
Here is an account of my poltergeist experience when I was about 17 years old. First, ghosts were
common in my house as both my grandparents died there and their presence was often felt.
However, I don't lump ghosts and poltergeists into the same category, per se. I consider ghosts to be
humans passed on, while poltergeists can be non-human energies from the lower planes. Being that
Poltergeists are from the lower planes (and there they stay), their behavior is always malevolent and
Probable Future
February 12, 2003
I’m sharing excerpts from an article based on a book (NOSTRADAMUS: PREDICTIONS OF WW
III) written by Jack Manuelian because as I was reading through the article that he wrote (below), I
noticed startling similarities between Nostradamus’ prophesies and my own dreams/projections. I
saw that what the current political administration is embarking on will turn into WWIII; that there
would be a possible assassination attempt on the current President; and that a comet would play a
role in our future. All of my assertions are under the Astral Projection/Alternate Voyages link. Will
they come true? There is no future, only a probable future that exists in the ever present now. Every
day we create, and recreate our realities so how our “future” unfolds is determined by us. If paths
are left touched, then perhaps so.
The following are Jack Manuelian’s comments based on his book: NOSTRADAMUS:
PREDICTIONS OF WW III.
There is a quatrain of Nostradamus that clearly points to three conflicts occurring in the areas of
Arabia/Kuwait, of Eastern Turkey and of Iran. The first one already came to pass 12 years ago in
what came be to known as Desert Storm. The second one we are going to witness soon (Desert
Storm No 2). And the third one is for the near future when, this time, Iran will be involved also. The
Quatrain in question is No. 31 from the Century No. 3. It states: "On the fields of Iran (Media), of
Arabia, and of Eastern Turkey (Armenia); two great armies will assemble three times. Near the river
Araks (located in Eastern Turkey), the host of the great Suleyman (the Turks) will be cut off." The
first two lines of Quatrain No.27, Century No. 5, state: "By firepower of armies, not far from the
Black Sea, He will come from Iran to occupy Trebizond (a strategic city in Eastern Turkey on the
shores of the Black Sea)."
Quatrain No.54, Century No. 5, states: "From the Black Sea and the great Tartary; a would be king
(a leader) will come to see Gaul (an ancient name for a region in Eastern Turkey). He will transpire
Memories
Where does memory exist? How come we cannot easily retrieve past life memories? Who's memory
do we possess upon death (this incarnation or another one)?
First, since we leave the body and still remember who we are, then memory seems to be
independent of the brain. I think of the brain as a filter for our memories but not the source of
memories. One may argue, "But what about this part of the brain being creative and this part of the
brain being logical?" How can a lobotomy remove personality? Or does it? I think what we think of
as "personality" is largely chemical and IS part of the brain! When we are moody, depressed, happy,
feeling sexual, etc., it is comprised not just of our soul make-up, but the hormones, testosterone,
estrogen, endorphines, drugs, etc., that are coursing through us and therefore give us what appears
to be additional or altered personality. I think we are at our true selves when we are not being
influenced by these things. So yes, memory, and even personality are independent of our brain, but
largely altered by substances in the body. Brain and chemicals give us the illusion that our
memories and personalities reside solely in the body and influence both to some degree.
I think there are different layers to the memory. We all have access to the higher self or the
Universal Mind, and yet most of us only have local life memory, even when we leave the body.
I think memory development is parallel to soul awareness. The more "awake" I become in this
dreamy illusion the more disintegrated the boundaries become between sleep and wake. Eventually,
I will just "live" in other dimensions equally and direct both life and dreams, instead of letting life
and dreams direct me.
And further still, the barrier between higher self and conscious self will also disintegrate as I live
Possession
It's commonly asked of me if possession is possible, or it's stated to me that they are personally
warned by others against practicing astral projection for this reason.
Well, I have been astral projecting for years, and have gone into outer space and for extended leaves
and have had no problems. In all my studies of astral projection, I have never heard of that
occurring. Fear is the number one obstacle to projection and it is my opinion that this particular fear
(possession) is ignorance based. And the people usually warning of this, also heard the "rumor", but
it is mostly unsubstantiated.
We leave our bodies all the time, but normally do not retain conscious memory of it, and yet how
My Favorite Technique
Astral projection is challenging (to put it mildly) but I think that if we review some universal truths
about it we can draw some interesting conclusions (which also led to the formation of my favorite
technique.)
The first universal law for astral projection is relaxation. Not just relaxation, as in what is
accomplished through an hour of meditation, but complete and total relaxation! According to
monitored readings of the body during both sleep and astral projection, the body is more relaxed
during an OBE than sleep!
People who report spontaneous projections are so tired, so relaxed, that they "pop out" or simply
just notice that they are no longer in their body. Let's review those situations where either a
spontaneous projection happens, or is attained more easily:
1. People coming home from a hard day's work and crash on the couch for a nap. This is usually
physical exhaustion, not mental.
2. Sick people who have stayed in bed for days and are "delirious". Sylvan Muldoon was bed ridden
for years, William Buhlman talked about the drastic increase in OBE activity when he was very ill
and bed ridden.
3. People who have had nitrous oxide (laughing gas) at the dentist report spontaneous out of body
experiences. In fact I know of a dental assistant who specifically uses nitrous oxide on herself to
induce OBE's (I do not recommend this!) Why does this work? Because nitrous oxide produces a
partial loss of the awarenes of your surroundings and causes deep relaxation. The only spontaneous
projection that my husband ever had was while he was on nitrous oxide at the dentist (and thought
he had died because he was bobbing on the ceiling and could see his body perfectly.)
4. Robert Monroe had to have several sleep cycles before projecting probably for the same reasons
as the rest of us. It takes hours to unwind from a stressful job, traffic, and life.
From these clues we can draw our summary. To OBE we need to relax to such a degree that the
body is immobile. Forget your evening attempts because even if you are tired and feel relaxed,
you'll just fall asleep. Or the stress of the day will not allow you to relax to the degree you need.
This leads to my favorite technique, which probably won't fit a lot of lifestyles, but here it is! There
is a condition that the body enters when a person gets too much sleep. People complain right and
left when they get too much sleep that they "just couldn't get up because they slept too much." Or
that they made a mistake because they slept in too long and now they are more tired than when they
Petra
The real reason I am writing to you is to tell you my first experience with astral projection that
happened this past weekend and which I greatly contribute to your valuable advice and information.
As I said I have been reading your site a lot (saturating my subconscious with it) and I had the
feeling that I am more open to the experience than I was before. What happened Saturday morning
was almost exactly how you described it would happen. I had the chance to sleep in and as I was in
this half asleep state I started to concentrate on my third eye and was thinking that maybe astral
projection will happen to me now. The next thing I felt was this incredible vibration in my whole
body (that you have described) which was unmistakable as I have never felt anything like this
before. I became aware that I was in a different dimension and following your advice I started
uplifting my astral arms / legs. As I tried to sit up I felt that my head was the most difficult part to
deteach indeed. I was just enjoying this new state for some time when unfortunately my boyfriend
sleeping next to me started moving around (he is actually one of those people who needs a lot of
attention anyway) This kind of distracted me and I decided to go back to my body. So the whole
experience didn't last too long, but I was very much excited about it anyway, because it showed me
that I was capable of doing it. I am looking forward to the next chance I will have to try it again and
hope it will last longer. I still feel that I will have to overcome my fear of this unknown experience,
F. Drake
Hello, I just thought you might like to know, I've been astral projecting for years with a very low
success rate, one out 100 tries or so, how ever I bumped into your page and following your tips I've
increased my success rate a lot. The one on the too much sleep mode was very helpfull.
THX.
F. Drake
Princessa
I tried doing what you said, about how the best time to project out of your body is when your
waking up in the morning. Let me tell you what happened: I was waking up and I remembered to
try in the mornings since I was half asleep, and I was. Then I kept my eyes closed and since there
was already silence, it was easy to concentrate. I let my body relax and I felt really loose and my
body got a little numb, my legs first then it went upward. All of a sudden I felt my arm start to float
and I didn't open my eyes to see because I thought it didn't work. I got so scared that I jumped out
of bed and I was wide awake, and I guess I snapped out of it. Was it working, and did I screw it up,
or did I do something wrong? I just am a little worried about returning to my body, how do I do
that? Can you just say "bring me back to my body? Thank you for taking the time to read this and
write back.
Sincerely,
Princessa
Exteriorization Technique
I've read about this technique in several books and found it really interesting. The ongoing problem/
complaint about OBEs are that they take so long, are hard to accomplish, and are random at best.
This technique involves creating an astral double, or vehicle, and then transferring your
consciousness to this vehicle. I like the sound of this because when proficient, you can astral project
on a much more controlled basis. The following steps were taken from the book Astral Projection
by Denning & Pillips. If you like the sound of this technique, I recommend buying the book
because it provides much more detailed instructions than what is provided here. D. Scott Rogo also
covered a similar technique in his book Leaving the Body, A Complete Guide To Astral Projection.
Here is a summary of the steps (try practicing for 30 minutes daily).
Week One: Relaxation.
1. Practice slow and deep breathing. For every second of breath taken in, double the seconds going
Vibrations
I was recently told by a spiritual master that, "it's all about vibrations." I have been thinking about
that statement for several months now. How does this relate to our present goals and personal
growth?
I wrote an outline of where I think the study of vibrations could lead us to new paths of explorations
and self-awareness.
Parallel Universes:
William Buhlman stated in his book, 'Adventures beyond the Body' to "Forget all your spatial
concepts of up and down, near and far. The entire multidimensional universe is here and now." He
then states that the concept that describes the structure of the universe is density and that each
dimension encountered after we shed the physical shell (astral projection for example) is less dense
in its "vibrational" substance. He also stated that, "apparitions and poltergeist activity are simply the
natural result of a nonphysical inhabitant lowering its personal vibrational frequency (density) so
Make Me Believe!
I get my share of e-mails asking if astral projection is real, if perhaps it is all in my head, or a lucid
dream.
Well, obviously I would not put hundreds of hours into this webpage if I didn't believe my own
words. But how do I know it's real? And why should you believe as well? In lieu of these fine
questions, here I sit to write my Commentary article entitled; Make me believe!
- First I must say that my own projections are so clear that never in my imagination could I conjure
these images up.
- Studies were conducted at SRI International where a woman left her body and read off 5 digit
numbers in another room. They simply cannot exist inside of her head. The data was external to her
mind and the odds of her "guessing" five digits, in the proper order, are a hundreds of thousands to
one (The Near Death Experience by Bailey & Yates, page 324).
A written report of an OBE experiment was produced on July 26, 1972, entitled "Report of an Out-
of-Body Experiment Conducted at the American Society for Psychical Research: Participants: Dr.
Carole Silfen, Janet Mitchell, Ingo Swann." Dr. Carole Silfen performed a test with Ingo Swann
where the contents of a rather large black box had to be viewed and drawn. As outlined in the
report, "Ingo sat in a room adjoining both the EEG equipment chamber and the target room. He was
connected to the EEG equipment with electrodes that are in turn attached through the wall to the
EEG equipment. He was thus prevented movement during the experiment. He was then to exit the
body and view the contents of the box. Ingo adequately saw the rectangular opening of the target
aperture, the structure to the left (which was the side of the red target), and the general location and
shape of the black square bearing the three concentric white circles." The report's final comments
stated: "Factors of light reflection, arc of measurement, size of target perceived in relation to point
of perception, etc., suggest that for the first time out-of-body perception can be taken out of the
realm of `claim' into the realms of physics and mathematics. It is hoped that this type of experiment
will be replicated soon to support this first occurrence."
- For me to consciously ask and see the daily lottery numbers while astral projecting is
phenomenally unlikely. Again, the data for this is external to the mind of the projector.
- As I've said before, our filters (emotional or otherwise) are removed while in the astral and we can
get real data from people that we could never get while in the physical. A man wrote to me and said
that he had astrally projected and met his brother's higher self. His brother confided in him that he
There really is only ONE eye (your third eye) but while we're in the physical, we have our two
physical ones, plus our "third" unseen one. The real vision is in your third eye. If you close your
eyes and "see" in front of you, you'll notice that you're really seeing everything from the third eye
location. If you put your fingers over your closed eyelids, you'll notice that there is NO sight
coming from the area of your two eyes. Close your eyes and imagine an object, then put your finger
on where you see the object, you will have then located the third eye.
When I'm working on my remote viewing, I work this chakra prior to my session. This can also help
in astral projection because third eye stimulation increases lucid dreams (again because this is the
"vision" center) and from more clear and lucid dreams, we can program ourselves to turn this into a
projection.
I stimulate my third eye by imagining white energy swirling around it. Within seconds, I can feel
the pulse and swaying of it actually opening up (chakras are also associated with "wheels" or
"petals" which spin and open).
I wrote in several articles on my webpage that you should look at the third eye and think of nothing
prior to astral separation. This is because you don't want to stimulate this region as you are
separating because this will create energy and it's my opinion that any energy in your chakras at the
time of separation will cause the magnetic pull to increase, thereby making it more difficult to
separate. If this wasn't true, then our astral arms and legs would not be the first to rise (they have no
"primary" chakras!). So work your third eye during normal meditation, but not as you're attempting
separation. It is the utter quieting of all chakras prior to astral projection that I recommend.
Radio Waves
When I first heard music and voices while astral projecting, and within cord range activity (0-10
feet of my body) I thought I was perhaps reaching into the higher planes of the astral. I was wrong.
What I was detecting was radio waves. I realized this when I recognized music that was played on
local radio stations. The music I first heard was classical which is why I thought it might be higher
planes, but when I heard pop songs, advertisements, and DJ's talking, I knew this was just regular
radio frequencies. I even heard the time and was able to wake myself up and confirm that it was
accurate. Once again, this points back to my topic on the "Filter Factor". So much is screened from
our awareness while in the body. I have read, and have been recently told that "it's all about
vibrations" and I'm thinking that is very true. Sounds, light, density, is all based on vibrations.
Another thought crossed my mind related to frequency and noise. 60 years ago (give or take) we
didn't have radio and television waves coursing through our atmosphere. The mind was free from
that static. Being that humans don't even know that our higher selves detect these waves, what, if
any, is the price our selves are paying for all this noise? Is our stress level rising? Is this good for the
soul to be bombarded 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by chaotic frequencies? We think that we don't
hear anything when we turn off our radios and televisions, but that is far from the truth.
Another, more strange thought that crossed my mind is, how can we restrict unwanted frequencies
that could be directed at us? Could waves, undetectable to the human ear and devices that transform
waves into audible sound, be sent out to us to cause harm or influence? Could a group or entity
manipulate us this way via subliminal messages?
For those who would like to read a bit of technical literature on radio waves, I've included a
response to a question I had from a friend of mine who is in the radio business:
"In response to your question, I think I've done the same thing, but thought it was some type of
audio hallucination. Often my wife listens to the Art Bell radio show during the early hours of the
morning (www.artbell.com). We sleep in different rooms since my work/study schedules are erratic.
However, I can't hear hear her radio from her room since she keeps the volume low. But sometimes
when I inadvertently go OBE (usually when very tired) I have heard the Art Bell show! Around
here, we can hear him on 1100 Khz (AM) from Cleveland, OH and 101.5 Mhz (FM) Jackson, TN.
(In your area, Art's on KOMO, 1000 Khz.) Or, perhaps I was somehow picking up the signal by
electromagnetic induction directly from her radio.
Back to frequencies. Electrical power from the wall-plugs comes in at 60 cycles per second, 60
Hertz, abbreviated Hz. The frequencies that you can hear range from about 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz.
Now, 20,000 Hz is also 20 Khz (Kilohertz). Some of the lowest frequency radio transmitters (U.S.
Navy) received by submarines are barely above that range, about 30 Khz to 100 Khz. There are
46.670 US Government
46.690 US Government
46.710 US Army
46.730 US Government
46.750 US Air Force/US Dept of Agr
46.770 US Forst Svc/US Dept of Agr
46.790 US Army
46.810 US Bur of Land Mgt/Boise Intl Fire Cache
46.830 US Government
46.850 US Air Force
Time Travel
"The distinction between past, present and future is only an illusion, even if a stubborn one."
Albert Einstein
"You can go anywhere in any time, past, present, or future, via OBEs."
Healing
We leave our bodies every night to recharge ourselves. Those deprived of sleep too long can even
die. Every night we restore energy, heal broken neural connections, and so on. I remember one night
leaving my body and actually witnessing, in microscopic terms, the healing of neural paths in my
brain that naturally break down. Whenever I'm feeling down or "drained", I just tell myself to hang
Sound
Sound has vibration as well and since sound has a near infinite range of vibrations, it is indeed
connected with all matter. It is my opinion that when our inner sound matches that of our astral
mass, it causes the atoms to dissociate at the weaker bonds of the whole mass and separation can
occur. Scientists aren't the only ones who acknowledge that sound is related to all matter; ancient
wisdom of the Sanatana Dharma states that the medium of creation is "conscious sound vibration."
According to the Vedas, the universe was sung into being.
Magnetic Field
Anytime there is a flow of electrons, there is a magnetic field created around that flow, an aura as it
were (my hypothesized magnetic body range), and anytime there is magnetism, it creates a flow of
electricity. It is the reduction of that electricity that allows the inner sounds to begin resonating with
the astral form which causes the breakdown in the bonds that keep us attached.
Rumors (non-scientific)
The Philadelphia Experiment
According to rumor, in 1943, an experiment was conducted upon a small destroyer escort ship
during World War II, both in the Philadelphia Naval Yard and at sea; the goal was to make that ship
invisible to enemy detection. It was also claimed that the Philadelphia Experiment was partly an
investigation into how Albert Einstein's "Unified Field Theory for Gravitation and Electricity"
might be used to advantage in the development of electronic camouflage for ships at sea. Einstein
allegedly published his Unified Theory around 1925-27 in German, in a Prussian scientific journal,
but it was later withdrawn as incomplete. It is commonly believed that the mechanism involved was
Time Dilation
One theory that always interested me in reference to astral projection was a portion of Einstein's
Theory of Relativity called Time Dilation. Time Dilation states that if someone were able to travel
at the speed of light, time would stop. Since no one can actually travel that fast, the rule has been
explained as time dilation: the faster one travels, the slower time moves. This means that if someone
There are only two recourses from this standard method of separation. First, you can flat out
abandon "trying" to fall asleep! The more one tries, the more it eludes them. Why put ourselves
through so much tumultuous efforts? If you aren't the type that can lie down, scratch your nose
when it needs scratching, and just go to sleep, then abandon this method of separation. People say,
"I can't relax!" or "I can't get this part to stop twitching." But this always marvels me because every
one of these people manages to fall asleep every night of their life when they are not trying! See the
difference? When something is held with great expectation, the excitement and tension surrounding
it is increases, not wanes.
Now, what I propose to people is to abandon this whole process of "relaxing to project." What I
suggest is that you realize you project anyway naturally during sleep, and to instead tackle this from
another perspective - sleep itself. There have been thousands of documented cases where people
think they are dreaming only to find out, what they heard, learned and saw was indeed an astral
experience. I believe that dreams are just odd interpretations of our astral experiences. When we are
Parallel Universes
More and more as our science heralds itself into greater perspectives such as relativity and quantum
mechanics our sense of limits and definitions are ever expanding. Time, as we thought of it, was a
measurable object, which bound us to a litany of experiences. We had "today, yesterday and
tomorrow." Einstein suggests that time and space do have their measurable limits because when you
join time and space joined together you get what is called spacetime. With this theory, events do not
fit into the eternally now paradigm. An event of 'spatially separated simultaneous events for one
person became past and future events for another observer simply passing by through space and in
time relative to the first'. However, I disagree with this because the second observer, if they knew
how, could "step into" the exact experience of the first observer at an apparent later time. Time
really is a solitary element and there is only the ever present now. We can step back into the past
To the best of our knowledge, the universe is infinite in all directions. However, our views on the
universe are akin to how we once thought of the world: flat. We think of one universe that goes in
all directions, but we seldom think of many universes doing the very same thing. Why do we limit
the infinity of the universe to one level? Well, basically because we do not have tangible access to
those other levels (at least we think we don't, but we do).
Because there are still gaps in our current quantum physics and relativity, scientists are grappling
with possible solutions and one of them is the parallel universe. The "problem" lies in that if what is
possible in terms of parallel universes is true, it would again require a rewriting of quantum science
as we know it, and also disrupt mainstream religion. If you doubt the religious implications, one
need only to reflect back on Galileo's dismissal from the church for his scientific views that
conflicted with the church (all which later were accepted by science and eventually by those bodies
of religion that initially rejected his views.)
The solving of one scientific gap creates another. But regardless of closed minds and stifling views,
science will go on exploring and one day will truly discover that there are parallel universes.
Since this is a webpage about subtle realms, and not science (since I'm not a scientist), my view on
parallel universes has more to do with how it affects us in our current existence as multidimensional
beings. Why should we care about parallel universes even if they did exist? Good question! First,
scientists state that if there were parallel universes, they might possibly be exact copies of this one
with its own planets, stars and galaxies. It would also have humans, and it is even suggested that
there may also exist exact copies of each of us in these parallel universes. Yes, that means you.
Not surprisingly, I get readers who, when they go to sleep, enter into a secondary or parallel life. It
is real, continual, and meaningful. You might think of it as a "past" life, but often the technologies
are greater than our own. I myself have experiences where I have profound relationships with
others, remember well-traveled paths and places that are not known to me now. How many of you
have been absolutely heart broken over someone deeply "familiar" to you in a dream to only wake
wondering why you would feel such things for someone not in your current state of awareness?
They quite possibly are from a parallel life. Your current "reality channel" has just temporarily
changed channels. Each one is as real as the other, and playing at the same time.
People that we feel deeply attached to in this life, and the karmic issues associated with them, are
usually present in one or more parallel dimensions. Because our subconscious mind, or overself, has
access to it all, bits and pieces will seep into our current consciousness through altered states of
awareness (most often sleep), yet it can manifest as an attraction towards something specific (such
as idolizing gangster movies, when you are in fact doing their payroll in another dimension).
Robert Monroe talked about collecting his soul fragments from other locales. This may be our task
as well. We may not be attempting to ascend on one plane, but many! Our problems here very well
may be our problems there.
So to you I say, have a good day. in all of them.
Alternate Voyages
What are Alternate Voyages? These are my journeys into the subtle realm. They can be messages
Atlantis (08/05/01)
This is another on-going dream I have. I live in a place that has beautiful Grecian type temples, art
galleries and culture. Everything is lovely and in-tune, however, this always ends with the sea
overtaking us. Some people survive but most drown. Other people I know have dreams similar to
this one and hypothesize it was an Atlantis memory.
Soul Rescue
I did my first soul rescue last night (2/14/02).
There exists in the subtle planes souls that do not know they have died. Some of these souls
continue living their lives, whether good or bad. Robert Monroe would find these souls and try to
bring their awareness around so that they could move on with their existence in a more conscious
fashion. Sometimes he was able to and then sometimes he was not. There are various reasons for
this entrapment. Some souls are trapped in the cycle of sex, others in the cycle of religious fear and
control, while others are trapped because of emotional ties to their once physical existence.
The soul I met was living in a self-created virtual hell. She had been murdered on the physical plane
and was recreating this scenario over and over and over. She could not see anyone because that was
not part of her self-inflicted reality. She would run, in panic, oblivious to what was happening
around her until she was again murdered and the cycle would start over again. She was trapped in
this energy that she mistook for reality.
I could not reach her through normal means of communication. She could not see me because I was
not part of her accepted reality. I had to instead manifest a huge energy within myself to "bust"
through her illusion. Within my solar plexus I generated a ball so powerful that when it hit her she
was thrown off her feet to the ground. She sat shocked at what had happened to her. In that moment
she looked around and could then see me. I went to her and held her and she started sobbing
uncontrollably. All her time of grief and terror was spilling out. I helped her heal in those moments
and know that she was now free to move beyond this hell.