Astral Projection 101

dovewithscales:

a-rangerxsilver-nocturnedragon:

dovewithscales:

This will be an extremely basic explanation of how astral projection works. This is only one of several paths to the astral. Many also use lucid dreaming.

I will break it into three steps. At each step there are countless methods and tricks, and you will need to find one that works for you.

Trance Induction: First, you must be in the right mindset. This is also the first step of hypnosis and most meditation. It may be achieved by breathwork, visualizations, and many other methods. I will include my favorite.

Lay down comfortably, relax, deep breaths. In through nose out through mouth. Focus on one muscle at a time and relax each one from the toes up.

Leaving Your Body: The next step is bilocation, the out of body experience.

Now that you are in a trance state, visualize moving the self without the body. For this you must become conscious that you are not your body. You are a soul wearing a body. A meat suit. Feel where your body ends and you begin. Feel that you are inside your body but not part of it.

Now attempt to move your true self, your etheric body, without moving the meat suit. Starting with a finger is easiest. Once you can do that, slowly sit up out of your body. Look around, stand up and look back at your unoccupied body. You may also be able to see the “silver cord” of energy which connects you to your body when you are not in it. This is how you will be able to find your way back if you get into real trouble.

Enter Another Plane: Now you need to leave this plane for another. There are countless visualizations for this. Stepping through a mirror, climbing a tree, or a mountain. A staircase into the earth for other planes. Some form of crossing a boundary, preferably symbolic of your destination, and with a firm idea in your mind of where you want to go.

This is wonderful, and, again, many routes for this. Find what works for you!

I personally settle into a deep meditative state and reach that boundary where you feel like you’re asleep even though you know you aren’t? Yup, that’s the one. Once there, I just chill until I pull myself outside of my physical body.

“How do you get back to your body?” you may be wondering. Well, I bilocate–I’m both in my body and my happy little soul self about to go into astral for a bit. There’s a mark on my astral body that is basically a “gtfo and get back into real body.” Yes, there have been occasions I have hastily hauled ass, but those are for another day. Maybe. [Someone should ask. Super obvious hint here.]

Anyway. Cute little soul, still bound to body so there’s a solid way back. Y no Astral Plane?

Like Dove said, visualization. DON’T EVER ASTRAL WITHOUT A CLEAR DESTINATION. I almost got seriously in trouble with this one spirit cause I was in a place I soooo should not have been. You don’t want to throw yourself into the full astral plane off bat, either, especially not prepared. It’s like an mmo. Don’t be the level 1 rookie that walks into the world thinking you can own shit. Visualize some space that is your own–yes, you can do this (astral plane is legit, fam). This is a great place to practice, familiarize, and interact with any sort of companions you may have.

Now, how to get to the visualized place is really up to you. Some use stairs. Some climb up. Some are as simple as opening a door. Me? I dive. I literally picture myself floating on the water’s surface of the physical plane, and, once I’m ready, I dive into the depths to reach the Astral Plane. It’s what works for me.

And there you go. This is a hot topic for people, especially people just starting out. I found that hearing more personal accounts helped me, so I hope this helped! I wish you the best and BE SAFE.

Reblogging cause this is good information, and like they said, personal accounts will help.

And yes, as I’ve said elsewhere many times, the astral plane is as dangerous and as safe as the physical one, and spirits are as dangerous or as safe as living humans.

Which is to say listen to your survival instincts and don’t go places that feel unsafe or trust people too deeply if you don’t know them.