Leaving the BodyHow to induce a safe, controlled out-of-body experience using physical and mental methods. Astral projection, the ability to “leave the body” at will, is a phenomenon that has long fascinated both the scientific world and the general public. If you have been curious about this strange power and are now ready to take your curiosity one step further, here is a complete guide to eight genuine methods that have been proven to induce out-of-body experiences. In plain, straightforward language, this realistic guide explains the techniques and potential applications of astral projection through dynamic concentration, progressive muscular relaxation, dietary control, guided imagery, and others. |
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... specific hallucinations of actually leaving and re - entering the body were a characteristic of this type of experience . These pertinent issues were raised since the Kansas team were aware that some people , having spontaneously ...
... specific hallucinations of actually leaving and re - entering the body were a characteristic of this type of experience . These pertinent issues were raised since the Kansas team were aware that some people , having spontaneously ...
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... specific brain - wave rhythms is one of the most exciting new avenues of potential research on the subject . As Palmer reported during his Washington University presen- tation , " ... if this relationship should bear out in future ...
... specific brain - wave rhythms is one of the most exciting new avenues of potential research on the subject . As Palmer reported during his Washington University presen- tation , " ... if this relationship should bear out in future ...
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... specific " induction " techniques can aid the individual who wishes to undergo one . Moreover , the chances of having an OBE are increased if one can learn to control the electrical pulsations of the brain . Therefore , it appears that ...
... specific " induction " techniques can aid the individual who wishes to undergo one . Moreover , the chances of having an OBE are increased if one can learn to control the electrical pulsations of the brain . Therefore , it appears that ...
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Page 29 - I determined, with the whole force of my being, that I would be present in spirit in the front bedroom on the second floor of a house situated at 22 Hogarth Road, Kensington, in which room slept two ladies of my acquaintance, namely Miss LSV and Miss ECV, aged respectively twenty-five and eleven years.
Page 140 - I dreamt that I was floating through a landscape with bare trees, knowing that it was April, and I remarked that the perspective of the branches and twigs changed quite naturally. Then I made the reflection, during sleep, that my fancy would never be able to invent or to make an image as intricate as the perspective movement of little twigs seen in floating by.
Page 89 - I was floating against the ceiling, bouncing gently with any movement I made. I rolled in the air, startled, and looked down. There, in the dim light below me, was the bed. There were two figures lying in the bed. To the right was my wife. Beside her was someone else. Both seemed asleep.
Page x - There are two modes of knowledge, through argument and experience. Argument brings conclusions and compels us to concede them, but it does not cause certainty nor remove doubts in order that the mind may remain at rest in truth, unless this is provided by experience.
Page 2 - This certainly shook her; as apparently; the lady concerned had a mastoid operation and was just as I described. She was not allowed out of bed; and of course I hadn't been up at all. After several other details; such as the time by the clock on the wall (which had broken down) I convinced her that at least something strange had happened to me.
Page 2 - L shaped; so that anyone in bed at one part of the ward, could not see round the corner. One morning I felt myself floating upwards, and found I was looking down on the rest of the patients. I could see myself; propped up against pillows, very white and ill. I saw the sister and nurse rush to my bed with oxygen. Then everything went blank. The next I remember; was opening my eyes to see the sister bending over me. I told her what had happened; but at first she thought I was rambling. Then I said,...
Page 108 - Know that the complete secret of prophecy consists for the prophet in that he suddenly sees the shape of his self standing before him and he forgets his self and it is disengaged from him and he sees the shape of his self before him talking to him and predicting the future.
Page 137 - A fter you have learned to hold consciousness well up into the hypnagogic state, until you actually are enveloped in sleep, then you must go a step further and construct a proper dream to hold in mind, while going to sleep. Remember: the dream must be constructed so that you are going to be active in it; and further, it must be constructed so that the action you go through will correspond to the route taken by the phantom when projected. What do you like to do? Swim? Ride in an aeroplane? Go up in...
Page 7 - At that moment 1 felt a strange sensation in me; it was a sensation of weightlessness and a strange mix of a sense of a feeling of joy. I turned back in my steps in order to go back to bed when to my big surprise I saw myself reclined on the bed. This surprising experience at that very small age gave me the kind of a jerk which, so to say, shook me back to my body.