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Note: After having studied many methods of Astral Projection, I have found that this is the easiest to do. Monroe teaches
these techniques in a week, but they can be easily done in a day, with proper devotion. I feel that this technique is superior
to others because it does not require intense visualization, which many people cannot do. enjoy! (Taken from Leaving
The Body: A Complete Guide to Astral Projection, D. Scott Rogo, Prentice Hall Press) One
of the chief barriers people learning to project face is fear. Many are afraid that they may die, or be harmed in some way
as a result of their projection. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The Canterbury Institute, renowned for its occult
studies, executed an experiment in projection involving over 2,000 people. None of them were hurt in any way by this, and
now, three years later, none have complained of any newly arising problems. Once you are
aware that you cannot be harmed by projecting, you should begin Monroe's techniques, step by step. Step one: Relax the body.
According to Monroe, "the ability to
relax is the first prerequisite, perhaps even the first step itself" to having an OBE. (out of body experience) This includes
both physical and mental relaxation. Monroe does not suggest a method of attaining this relaxation, although Progressive Muscle
relaxation, coupled with deep breathing exercises (inhale 1, exhale 2, inhale 3.... until 50 or 100) are known to work well.
Step two: Enter
the state bordering sleep.
This is known as the hypnagogic state. Once again, Monroe doesn't recommend any method of doing
this. One way is to hold your forearm up, while keeping your upper arm on the bed, or ground. As you start to fall asleep,
your arm will fall, and you will awaken again. With practice, you can learn to control the Hypnagogic state without using
your arm. Another method is to concentrate on an object. When other images start to enter your thoughts, you have entered
the Hypnagogic state. Passively watch these images. This will also help you maintain this state of near-sleep. Monroe calls
this Condition A. Step
three: Deepen this state.
Begin to clear your mind. observe your field of vision through your closed eyes. Do nothing more
for a while. Simply look through your closed eyelids at the blackness in front of you. After a while, you may notice light
patterns. These are simply neural discharges. They have no specific effect. Ignore them. When they cease, one has entered
what Monroe calls Condition B. From here, one must enter an even deeper state of relaxation which Monroe calls Condition C--
a state of such relaxation that you lose all awareness of the body and sensory stimulation. You are almost in a void in which
your only source of stimulation will be your own thoughts.
The ideal state for leaving
your body is Condition D. This is Condition C when it is voluntarily induced from a rested and refreshed condition and is
not the effect of normal fatigue. To achieve Condition D, Monroe suggests that you practice entering it in the morning or
after a short nap. Step
Four: Enter a state of Vibration.
This is the most important part of the technique, and also the most vague. Many projectors
have noted these vibrations at the onset of projection. They can be experienced as a mild tingling, or as is electricity is
being shot through the body. /their cause is a mystery. It may actually be the astral body trying to leave the physical one.
For entering into the vibrational state, he offers the following directions:
1. Remove all jewelry or other items that might be touching
your skin.
2. Darken the room so that no light can be seen through your eyelids, but do not shut out all light.
3. Lie down with your body along a north-south axis, with your head pointed toward magnetic north.
4.
Loosen all clothing, but keep covered so that you are slightly warmer than might normally be comfortable.
5. Be
sure you are in a location where, and at a time when, there will be absolutely no noise to disturb you.
6. Enter
a state of relaxation
7. Give yourself the mental suggestion that you will remember all that occurs during the
upcoming session that will be beneficial to your well-being. Repeat this five times.
8. Proceed to breath through
your half-open mouth.
9. As you breath, concentrate on the void in front of you.
10. Select a point
a foot away from your forehead, then change your point of mental reference to six feet.
11. Turn the point 90 degrees
upward by drawing an imaginary line parallel to your body axis up and above your head. Focus there and reach out for the vibrations
at that point and bring them back into your body.
Even if you don't know what these
vibrations are, you will know when you have achieved contact with them.
Step five: Learn to control the vibrational state.
Practice controlling
them by mentally pushing them into your head, down to your toes, making them surge throughout your entire body, and producing
vibrational waves from head to foot. To produce this wave effect, concentrate of the vibrations and mentally push a wave out
of your head and guide it down your body. Practice this until you can induce these waves on command.
Once
you have control of the vibrational state, you are ready to leave the body.
Step six: Begin with a partial separation.
The key here is thought control.
Keep your mind firmly focused on the idea of leaving the body. Do not let it wander. Stray thought might cause you to lose
control of the state.
Now, having entered the vibrational state, begin exploring the OBE
by releasing a hand or a foot of the "second body". Monroe suggests that you extend a limb until it comes in contact with
a familiar object, such as a wall near your bed. Then push it through the object. Return the limb by placing it back into
coincidence with the physical one, decrease the vibrational rate, and then terminate the experiment. Lie quietly until you
have fully returned to normal. This exercise will prepare you for full separation.
Step seven: Dissociate yourself from the body.
Monroe
suggests two methods for this:
One method is to lift out of the body. To do this, think about
getting lighter and lighter after entering this vibrational state. Think about how nice it would be to float upward. Keep
this thought in mind at all costs and let no extraneous thoughts interrupt it. An OBE will occur naturally at this point.
Another method is the "Rotation method" or "roll-out" technique. When you have achieved the vibrational
state, try to roll over as if you were turning over in bed. Do not attempt to roll over physically. Try to twist your body
from the top and virtually roll over into your second body right out of your physical self. At this point, you will be out
of the body but next to it. Think of floating upward, and you should find yourself floating above the body. Monroe suggests
you begin with the lift-out method, but argues that both are equally efficacious.
There are 7 plains of beings. There is Earth, our touchable world, and there is the Astral, or, the other 6 univereses.
This was explained to me by a very dear friend of mine, the Magician's Apprentice. I'm not sure if I can explain it as well
as he can, but I'll try.
Think of the 7 universes as balloons all tied together.
When you squeeze one balloon the air pops into another, so the air is never in two balloons at once. that is kind of how our
universes work, in simplest terms. They operate in a never- ending cycle.
There
are a ton of ways in which to access the astral. One is something every human being is done: dream. Others are meditation,
OBE's, Astral projection, and a multitude of different ways. Each one gets harder and more complex, especially OBe's and Astral
projection. I'm sorry to say I haven't been able to accomplish either, except for one very strange occasion.
The following is a very easy meditation, the
first one I've used, adapted from the book, "Wicca", by Vivianne Crowley.
Put yourself in a very comfortable position. You may want to light a few candles
or some insence, in fact insence is known for it's enhanced clarity effect. Breathe deeply for a few moments, and clear your
mind of all thoughts. Make sure you are in kind of a deep stupor, so you don't notice things around you much.
Once you are thouroghly relaxed, feel the walls of your bedroom or wherever you are
melt away. Now, you are sitting in a BEAUTIFUL vineyard. You are no longer in your room, you are in the vineyard, in a circle
secluded by large grape vines and purple forests. It can look however you want apart from that, night or day, mountains of
valleys in the distance.
A warm breeze tickles your neck. This is the element
of air. Feel it all around you, not just the wind, but the whole concept of the element air. The Air cleanses your sole, provides
wisdom and clarity. Notice everything in your life that is related to air, including the way the breeze makes the leaves of
autumn fall off the tree, to the way your mind feels refreshed and clear after you've dived into the pool.
Do this with all the elements. For fire, maybe notice the sun shining over heard or the stars
off in the distance, or perhaps even a earth renewing wildfire. For water, something simple like a pond or the dew on the
leaves. Earth could be the ground you sit upon or something likewise.
After
you have noticed and thought about all of the elements, a beautiful raven swoops down from our of knowwhere, beconing for
you to follow him. At first you don't know what to do, because the raven had just flown up towards the sky, but then you discover
you have wings. You can fly! You follow the raven up through the clouds and into space. After you have been flying for quite
a while, a white light appears in the sky, somewhere where you can barely see. as you come closer, you realize it is an exotic
gemstone, sparkling with the kind of light you only see in your dreams. It is the diamond of all life. All faces of humanity,
religion, ethnic groups, and races are present on this jewel.
As you turn
to head back down to Earth, you see a glimpse of a lady winking at you. She is beyond beautiful, even though you only caught
a fleeting glimpse of her. You realize, this is the Goddess, and you have just seen your first glimpse of Spirit.
Now, slowly come back into reality.Don't move to quickly and try to get up and stuff
too fast, because u might get dizzy. I know I do. It's kinda like waking up from a deep sleep when you're sick.
So What Exactly is an OBE?
An OBE is an Out of Body Experience. I haven't ever tried it, so my information on it isn't a lot. I do know, however,
that when you leave your body you are still connected to it with a silver cord. This cord will always be attatched, but if
I were you, while I was having an OBE, if for some reason I thought the cord wasn't holding on, I'd come right back to my
body. I've heard that OBE's can cause heart problems, because sometimes when you get jerked back to your body, it can scare
the hell outa you. You probably shouldn't try this if you have heart problems.
If you really want to learn more about OBE's and Astral Projection, I suggest you buy a book. Don't, by all means,
go entirely by my information. This is what I have read about some helpful tips on leaving your body:
Take off all clothes and jewlery and lay on your bed or the floor. Go into a meditative state, and just focus on separating
yourself from your body. Imagine you are dropping through the floor in short, swift drops. Make sure the drops are short and
fast. When you feel yourself leaving your body, get far away from it, but stay in the same room. And make sure you don't go
much farther than how high up you would want to be if you were jumping into a river. It probably helps not to look at your
body, lest you get yanked back to it. When you want to return, do it slowly and calmly, to prevent the yanking. I've heard
that's really unpleasent. And again, don't base your whole trial of Astral Projection on my probably warped info.
My experience with an OBE
I
was meditating, talking to the Goddess Arianrhod, who I am named after. She asked me if I wanted to see a glimpse of a former
life. I don't know why, but for some reason I was scared and told her no. During the same meditation, I also talked with Blodeuwedd,
another Celtic Goddess. She asked me if I wanted to see magick. Determined not to be a chicken this time, I said, Sure, ok.
Blodeuwedd made something weird happen to the mountain we were standing on. The mountain seemed to bubble, and the sea below
us rose up. But I was way more distracted by the fact that I, in this plane, suddenly lurched forth from my body. I wasn't
out of it, but I was on an odd angle. Before I had been sitting cross legged facing my wall, but now I was sitting cross legged
facing my bed. I only opened my eyes breifly, because I was scared out of my mind, and I kind of forced myself back down and
left Blodeuwedd without saying goodbye. To this day, I'm not sure if I was really out of my body, or if I just imagined it.
Astral beings
More
creatures, beings, spirits, ghosts, spooks, whatever you wanna call them live in the Astral than anyone can ever know. Some
beings can talk and interact with humans, some can't or don't want to. In any case, you should always be careful in dealing
with astral beings.
Some of the more common Astral entities are Faeries,
Elements, Divas, Dieties (which live in all planes) and spirits. All of these can access this plane if they want to, but there
are a lot of beings that can't, and we can't access their planes either. Faeries are just that- all kinds of Faeries, which
I will explain more in my Faerie page. Elementals are spirits of the 4 elements. Divas are plant spirits. And we all know
Dieties are the Gods and Goddesses.
You may not realize this, but you
deal with Astral beings whenever you call quarters to your magick circle. Those are real, hard-core Astral entities watching
over your circle. And the actual circle is an Astral wall, not nesecarily alive, but it's really there.
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