I love to dream, because when I dream, I'm living an adventure that my mind made up, it's like living in a random world where things are not like normal life but you stay in the world and explore it for the challenge and fun. For example in my first dream that I had last night was having to act like a fugitive. These little dream stories give me such interesting ideas for stories or even books to write. Crazy, but interesting. I'll be creative and write my little stories derived from my dream here sometime but here is basically what happened in my dreams

Dream #1
I am working on an electrical device that taps military or some type of encyrpted lines and I can hear the conversations with the pilots, but then I am detected and traced. I see a helicopter fly outside my house with the primary purpose to open fire, my mom runs out the house screaming and scared stupidly and then gets shot by the helicopter. My Dad and I take the conceled way out and split up and I then end up being a fugutive....

Dream #2
This dream was weird! I see a special fairy made of light, she then forms a human physique and then we have lunch together with the other children. Then the fairy turns back to light and flies all over and leads us to some wooden area with little vegetable gardens. I see Santa Claus lying face down on the ground dead.. Then as I walk further I come to a building which is huge and full of children, sort of like an orphanage made of lots of bunk bed floors, each floor was made where you had to climb up a few ladder steps. There were about 4 floors and other compartment areas and there were lots of boys sitting in front of desks or sleeping and there were lots of beds and sheets, I walked through the building area and the scenery seemed about the same except I came to a bathroom area with people getting masssages!
Later I find myself driving the car around town... enjoying driving.

Oh my goodness I just remember haviin a separate dream in between these two dreams. I dreamnt that I had the keys to a car outside of a resort, but I looked forever and forever but the car was not there, then I was worried that I would not have a way of getting home.

Ok I wonder what your reactions are to reading this!

ASTRAL PROJECTION 101

This is a text on the 'how to' of astral projection. It basically
deals with 'how to get out of your body' and is also about all the
things you can do and meet on the Astral Plane. It's a very good idea
to read more about all this. I recommend 'Astral Projection' by
Denning & Philips (Llewellyn Press). Their meditation is the one I use
and is thus included in this document. The Incense-recipe is from
Scott Cunningham.

-- What is Astral Projection ?

Astral Projection is the projection of your mental body to any place
outside your physical body. To do this, the mental body needs a part
of your astral body to serve as its vehicle. It's not an unnatural
thing to happen. In fact, we unconsciously do it two to four times
at night, when we are asleep. Many little children for example report
'flying' dreams. Those weren't dreams, but astral projections. The
real fun starts if we can train our being to astrally project 'at
will', or, in other words, when we are conscious. When you are
consciously 'out there' (on the Astral Plane), you can go anywhere you
want, see what you want to see, heal the sick, work some spells and
meet the other beings on the Astral Plane; the elementals, the guides,
other astral travellers, earthbound spirits, angels etc. You can even
have Astral Sex! It's even more fun than Netsurfing!

-- How to do it ?

There are many ways to achieve Astral Projection. In fact, there are
about as many different ways as there are practitioners. Shamans may
call up on the help of nature spirits to take him out of his body. A
traditional Quabbalist may meditate upon the path between Yesod and
Tiphareth. A Golden Dawn or Enochian ritualist may use the 'skrying
in the spirit vision' rituals. So, there's not one way to do it.
Please remember this as you go along and feel free to make any
adjustments you want to make to the following meditation. As long as
it 'feels right', you're doing fine. The meditation in this text,
however, was designed to more or less 'bridge' the different methods
used to Astrally Project. It's Wiccan nor Crowleyian nor GD'ian nor
whatever. The designers (Denning&Philips) have taken a good look at
all the 'overlapping' points in all those different rituals, and have
concluded that these 'overlap' points are the important 'points' in
the process of astral projection. They managed to sythesize these
points into the following meditation.

-- Preparation.

You have to prepare yourself properly before you can succesfully
astrally project. It takes a long, long time of hard work and practice
before you can just sit down and pop out. Only the best and most
dedicated magicians may achieve this status. Us mere mortals have to
gradually glide into the process and gently persuade our bodies to let
go of part of its consciousness and astral body. Here are some
important points:

- Learn the meditation properly by heart. This is easier than
you think. You can not project while you're reading this
text.

- Get into a steady life-rhythm. Wake up at the same time,
go to bed at the same time. The body really appreciates
this!

- Try to get as much good sleep as you can. 8 hours a night
is the absolute minimum. 10 hours is much better.

- Get plenty of physical exercise. This will release energy
blocks and thus allow energy to flow more vigorously through
your body.

- Watch your diet! Try to stay away from arrousing stuff as
much as possible. No hot or spicy foods, stay low on fat.
No coffee or chocolate (try herbal tea instead) and
ABSOLUTELY NO ALCOHOL ! Trying to project while under the
influence of this drug can get you into SERIOUS TROUBLE.
Try to eat no meat, or, if this is hard for you, as little
as you can. Try drinking plenty of water (no mineral water).
A big mug of water with some freshly squeezed lemon juice
can be a great coffee substitute at breakfast.

- Pick a regular time at which you may try to project. This can
be at night, in the afternoon or in the morning. Just make it
the same time every time. The body doens't like surprises.
A good general rule.

- Before you try to astrally project, concentrate on it. This
may start hours, days or even weeks in advance. Persuade your-
self that you ARE going to achieve it someday, and visualise
youself being out of the body already. This gets your being
in the right frame of mind.

- Make sure you will NOT be disturbed while you perform the medi-
tation. Disconnect the phone and try to jam the door-bell.
Lock your cats away, and kick everybody else out of the house.
Any disturbance to this meditation (or any meditation) can be
extremely annoying, and get you into a really bad mood.

- Pay attention to other disturbing factors. Your clothes for
example. You may want to perform this mediation naked, because
your clothes are too tight, or just getting in the way. Room
temperature is another factor. Not too cold, not too warm. Dis-
connect all the electrical wiring that surrounds you. They can
generate disturbing energy fields. In fact, any steel/iron/metal
in and on your body can seriously fiddle with your energy-flows.
So take out those earrings and tongue-piercings. Any accupunctu-
rist can tell you that it's not a good idea to just jam a piece
of metal in your nervous system. Oh, and here's a good one: re-
member to go to the bathroom before you start your meditation :)

- If you insist on using music through the meditation, that's fine.
It doesn't work for me, though. I always end up just listening
to the music instead.

- Make your room very dimly lit. This will relax your eyes. A
very important and often neglected step. Getting out is very
difficult when your eyes are still hard at work.

- Like I said earlier: really work up to the moment you will
start the meditation. If you feel you're not up to it, then
don't do it. You will most likely not be able to project and
this will only lead to disappointment and eventually break
your moral. Always remember that it's a natural process and
that you CAN and WILL do it.

- A few hours before the meditation, open all the windows and
doors in your room and allow fresh air to blow through it.

- You may want to use the incense I included in this text. Burn
it beforehand and then extinguish the fire. Your body will
instinctively react to fire burning somewhere in your room and
relaxing will become very hard.

- Make sure all your body's needs are satisfied. Make sure it's
not hungry, not thirsty. Don't eat anything 'heavy' before
meditating. Make sure your body is sexually pleased, although
after having a taste of astral sex, the urge for having sex
can actually be of help to achieve astral projection.

-- The Meditation.

- Lie down, with your head pointing to the East. Relax. Make sure
you're in a comfortable position. Make sure your spine and neck are
quite straight. You may need a pillow to support your head. Breathe
rhythmically. In, hold, out, hold, in, hold, out, hold. Very deeply.
Concentrate on your breath. Feel it flowing and blowing through your
body. In, down, trough your lungs, cooling your ribs, all the way down
to your genitals, hold it, out, up through your belly, up your throat
etc. Do this until you have reached a very relxed posture and
breathing rhythm. This may take a while, so don't rush things.

- Now do a muscle relaxation exercise. Clench your toes for a few
seconds, then relax. Feel the fatigue taking over your muscles. Do
this again. Do the same with all your muscles, working from bottom to
top. Your legs, your bottom, your belly, your chest, your hands and
arms, your neck etc. Particularly important is relaxing your face! Try
to really wear out your facial muscles. Stick out your tongue as far
as you can, make funny faces, clench your jaw, lift your head a little
of the floor, make yourself look like an idiot (this is why there
should be no other people present :). Then feel the fatigue and warm
relaxation take over. Also try to relax your eyes this way.

- Now comes the main meditation. It is made up out of four parts:
1. Energizing
2. Protection
3. Formulating the Astral Vehicle
4. Actual Projection

1. The energizing meditation is actually a very good meditation to
perform whenever you feel like it. It balances out your chakras and
makes you feel fit and clear. It's also very important to perform
this meditation after having (whether or not succesfully) tried
to astrally project, because it will rebalance your being again.

- On an 'out' breath, visualize the Crown centre (the top of
your head) as a sphere of brilliant, white light. Keep on
breathing until you get a steady image.

- On an 'in' breath, draw down a shaft of white light to your
next centre, in this case the Brow (your forehead, the third
eye between your eyebrows).

- On an 'out' breath, visualize a sphere of dove-gray light
on your forehead. Make sure you get a steady image.

- On an 'in' breath, draw down a shaft of white light from your
forehead to your throat.

etc. etc. etc.

Here are all the centres and their colors. The shaft is always
made of white light. Visualize the spheres as being part inside
and part outside your body. When you visualize a sphere, quickly
recap al the spheres you already 'energized'.

Top of Head - Brilliant white
Forehead - Dove-gray
Throat - Intense mid-purple
Heart - Radiant Yellow
Genitals - Lavender, radiant and swirling
Earth (under
your feet) - The seven prismatic colors (rainbow)
swirling lazily.

Once you have energized your whole body like this, concentrate
on all the spheres and shafts at once. Be aware of all the colors.
After having done this exercise a number of times, you will feel
actual tingling in the centres when you energize them. You will
feel your solar plexus (in the middle of your body, right between
your belly button and ribs) throbbing like crazy. Here's where you
will exteriorizing astral substance. Hold the spheres for a few
more seconds, then let them slowly fade away.

2. The protection. Visualize a large sphere of radiant white light
lying at your feet, until you get a steady image. Breath in, and pull
all that light in a long white shaft up through your body to the top
of your head.See it light up the inside of your body, leaving a steady
shine. On an out breath, let the light flow down along the outside of
your body, encapsulating you in a waterfall of white, protective
light. Let the light recollect at your feet and at an in-breath, pull
it back up again. This is a greatly relaxing exercise, and it makes
you feel great. Repeat this cycle for as long as you like, at least 10
times.

3. Now you have to formulate your astral vehicle; the 'car' your
conscious needs to 'travel' in. Here's how to do it. Visualize a jet
of blue-silver mist to leave your body at your solar plexus. Make it
form a cloud a few feet above you. Then form this cloud into a human
figure, floating above you, facing down towards you. This human figure
decides what you're gonna look like in the Astral plane, but don't
worry! You can remodel this figure in great detail once you're out
there. It is a good idea however, to, prior to the meditation,
concentrate on how you want to look like. Once your happy with this
visualization, stop the flow of astral substance, but keep the fine
line between you and the vehicle intact. IMPORTANT: if you don't
succeed in projecting, ALWAYS make an effort to 'take back' the
exteriorized astral substance. Make the figure into a cloud again, and
pull it back. This will prevent unnecessary and severe energy loss and
fatigue.

4. The actual projection. Pick a point on your body. Any point will
do, but I have found that the point that works best, is your solar
plexus, because it's right where your astral vehicle is attached to
your body. Now, collect your being, your self, everything you are, all
your wishes, thoughts, movements into this point. It like crawling
away into a grain of sand. Empty your head, your legs, arms etc. and
recollect yourself at this specific point. Now visualize the same
point on your astral vehicle, that's still floating above you. Now,
make a mental resolution to lift this point where you are out of your
body, along the line (cord) that links you with your vehicle, into
your vehicle, to the same point in your vehicle, and SEE IT HAPPEN.
Now the hard part: make a mental effort to 'turn around' in your
astral vehicle thus come to face your own body lying a few feet away.
Now expand your personality again, and make it fill your astral
vehicle. This is rather like putting on a thick glove. Make yourself
aware of your new body. You've done it! You can fly! Whee! Have a good
time!

Important notes:

- The first time it actually happens, don't do much more than just
floating in air and looking at your body. Keep this up as long as
you can, then slowly 'drift down'. You will automatically 'snap
back' (this is very much like what can happen to you when you're
lying in bed, when you get that feeling like you're falling down.
I already said that we all astrally project while we're sleeping).
This 'snapping back' will happen more often that you wish for the
first times you achieved actual projection. Don't worry. You have
learned the 'knack', there's no reason why you cannot do it again,
and you will learn how to stay out there for a longer period of
time automatically.

- Once you're out there comfortably, and you're ready to explore,
get away from your body as quickly as possible. Because, even
looking at your body, or getting close, may cause snapping back.

- When you are back (or haven't succesfully projected), always do
the Energizing meditation again, to revitalize your being.

- I almost forgot: you need a good reason for your body to willingly
let you go. Like I pointed out, sex is a good reason. But also a
friend in need, someone who needs healing, curiosity etc. Any
reason that makes you feel comfortable (yes, this may include
eavesdropping! But be careful, someone might actually see you!)
It's a good thing to meditate on your reason to project, and to
think of your reason and why it's a good one right before you try
to project yourself.

- The Key-signal phenomenon. Many people who astrally projected,
reported a 'key-signal' right before they left their bodies.
This usually is a strange, whistling sound in their ears, but
can also be a cold draft on your forehead, a strange smell, or
weird metallic noises. If this happens, don't be upset at it!
It means you're on the right track. Thinking about your specific
key-signal the next time you try to project may even facilitate
the process significantly.

-- What can I actually do out there ?

- You can remodel your astral vehicle with your willpower, to look
like anything you wish. Yes, if you miss and arm or a leg, you can
still have one in the Astral world (this may explain the Phantom pain
phenomena. People who had to miss an arm or leg often experience pain
in their missing body part). Your eyesight can be very screwed up. You
can at times experience eyes 'at the back of your head'. This 360
degrees vision can be upsetting to some people, and very interesting
to others. Making a willed resolution to 'see as you wish', will solve
the problem. You may be able to dress up as you wish, you cannot
disguise your personality on the astral. Other beings can see your
aura very clearly, and if it's no good, you will be treated likewise.
You can check on your aura by looking at yourself in streaming water,
or a crystal ball (if you know where there is one).

- Moving in astral space can be very difficult at first. Travel speed
in astral space equals thought speed. You can move yourself to the
other end of the universe by just thinking about it. So, you have to
think yourself forward and backward. This may be awkward at first, but
you'll soon get used to it. Don't be afraid about getting lost! Just
think about your body or your room and you're there. Get a little
closer, and you'll snap back automatically. Oh yes, physical obstacles
form no barriers!

- You can also move in 'lightness' and in time ! Though this is a bit
harder, and you may want to really practice to stretch your limits on
this.

Moving in 'lightness': You can, by an act of will, pull energy along
the astral cord from your body, or send back astral energy to your
body. Gaining energy causes your astral vehicle to get heavier and
more 'to the earth', losing energy makes you lighter and flow upwards,
to the higher astral realms. But getting too heavy or too light causes
you to 'snap back'. Through practice, you can get heavier or lighter.
If you are at a particular scene that is of interest to you, try
making yourself lighter and heavier in turn. At every level you arrive
at, something else is revealed about the scene. Getting heavier is
useful when you want to heal someone (you'll need the extra energy),
when you want to try to lift physical objects (this takes great
effort, you can lift about 56 grams), or if you want to try to show
yourself to someone (to haunt the living daylight out of him ..grin..)
Someone might be able to take a picture of your astral body this way.
Getting lighter is useful for visiting the upper realms, where the
higher astral beings hang out. The higher you can get, you more
'enlightened' you are.
Moving in time: you can travel in time, about 500 years forwards and
backwards. To archieve this, visualize a calender losing it's days, or
a clock going formards or backwards. Three interesting phenomena occur
as you do this. 1. You will find that some era's are unreachable, no
matter how hard you try. 2. When you go back, the images you're
getting fade and become colorless. More than 500 years back, almost
nothing can be seen. When you go forward, images become more and more
vibrant and sharp, until they become painful and unbearable. You
cannot interact with the physical level when you're back in time. 3.
Time elasticity. When you spend a few minutes in the past, you may
have spend a whole hour in the present. The further you go back, the
more 'present time' you need to spend a time in the past. For going to
the future, this is the other way around. You may be out of your body
for an hour, and spend a few hours, days or even weeks in the future
time. Odd, isn't it ? Traveling to the future opens up interesting
possibilities. Yes, try and see if you can find out which horse will
win the race next week.

- Astral Perception. Since the Astral plane is made up out of
emotional energy, you tend to percieve everything in an emotional way.
Buildings you find ugly can become unbearable to look at in the Astral
plane. Interesting anecdote: Vincent van Gogh, the famous painter,
used to drink for 'free' in a certain cafe in Paris. But suddenly, the
cafeowner, refused to serve him any longer. They got into a serious
fight, and Vincent left the cafe in a rage. He then painted the
interior of the cafe as ugly as he could possibly make it, with
disgusting browns, reds and greens. This is a lot like seeing
something you dislike in the Astral. Reading something can be very
hard. This has two reasons: 1. You don't have your brain with you 2.
You can only read what's emotionally important to you. Talking can be
done telepathically. Experiment with your perception. How do you
percieve the music you really like ? Can you smell and taste food ?
etc. etc. etc.

- The Akashic records. This is an astral place where all the knowledge
is stored and can be studied. To go there, simple imagine a place of
study, learning, students, teachers and books, and you will most
probably find yourself back at the Akashic Records. You can ask for
teachers, information etc. You will only be able to learn what you can
understand. Remember the old saying: 'When the student is ready, the
teacher is present.'

- The Astral beings. There are a lot of these. First, there are the
elementals. Salamanders (Fire), Undines (Water), Sylphs (Air) and
Gnomes/Elves (Earth). You can find them anyplace where their element
is overly present (Vulcanos, Rivers, Geysers, Mines, Cyclones etc.),
but there's usually one present in your own house. Try to observe them
closely. You may learn a lot of astral tricks from them, like astral
kissing. If you want to get involved with them closer, keep one thing
in mind: they are not particularly 'good' or 'evil', but playful, and
most of them have the emotional reactions of a little child. This is
fine of course, but they love imitating humans, and they can get you
in serious trouble without them realizing it. Earthbound spirits.
These are the spirits of dead people. No reason to be afraid of them,
they are just like most people around and usually very frustrated.
They pin themselves down on some reason to stay 'down here' and not
evolve to the upper levels. You may try to talk some reason into them
and thus help them.
Your astral guide. (S)he's always with you, and (s)he can become a
good and warm personal friend to you. They are usually at the same
intellectual/emotional level as you are, and they know a great deal
about you. You can ask him/her to guard your body, or to come along
with you. There are numerous other astral beings. Angels, archangels
etc. Going into describing them takes a lot of pages more. Read about
it! Ask around!
Thoughtforms: these can take on various shapes, from stunningly
beautiful crystalline formations to clouds of viscious energy. They
are a good indicator of what goes on in people minds and you can learn
a great deal about certain people by looking at their thoughtforms.
Don't touch them! You have no reason to destroy other peoples
thoughts, and you may even take on the negative thoughts of some
people! Of course, you can make thoughtforms yourself, through willed
action. They can be anything you like, from a pet familiar to a
diamond castle!

- Astral sex. At last! Simply put: it is possible to 'melt' with
another astral being. What happens then, I leave for you to explore,
but......it will rock your socks! Study the elementals to learn about
this. It's about the only thing they ever seem to do.

- You can show yourself to other people also while they're dreaming.
You can even 'shape' their dreams. This is frowned upon by some
people, but if you feel someone needs to 'think about something', this
may be a decent way to make sure that (s)he does.

- Thoughtforms and Spellcasting. It's a good thing to perform the
heavier/lighter investigation on yourself (your own body).
Thoughtforms will show up that affect your life, and you can alter
them. Ow ! Is there that memory of the time you went swimming in the
sea and lost your bathing outfit in the water, so you had to walk back
to your towel all naked ? Does it still affect your life so you won't
go swimming in the sea anymore ? Now is a perfect opportunity to erase
that thoughtform. Spellcasting. When a magician casts a spell, (s)he
makes an astral imprint (=thoughtform) in order to change the course
of his/her life. But it's usually like drawing on a blackboard,
blindfolded. When you're out there, you can actually see what you're
doing. The change it will bring about in your life will be more
radical, better. You can actually ask a higher astral being to make
the thoughtform for you. This is like being helped by Rembrandt to
shape your thoughtform. Before performing a change, however, always
ask yourself these three questions: 1. Is this change really necessary
? 2. How to do it in the best possible way 3. What are its
consequences ? This seems easy enough, but people have great
difficulty in living up to these rules (consider the environmental
problems. Industrial changes were made 1. When they weren't
particularly necessary 2. In completely the wrong way 3. without ever
considering the consequences. The net result: big trouble).

That's about it! But be patient. It may take many months, even years
before you fully master this art. Once you're an experienced
traveller, you may try to 'loosen up' on the rules. Try another diet,
and see how it affects your astral abbilities. And if you're a
steel-nerved kinda person, try projecting while being drunk! Only do
this if you really know what you can do and how to do it. Oh yes, I
almost forgot...:

RECIPE FOR INCENSE TO HELP ASTRAL PROJECTION (from Scott Cunningham)

Take the following ingredients:

3 parts Sandalwood
3 parts Benzoin
1 part Mugwort (Artemisia Vulgaris, NOT Artemisia Absinthium!)
1 part Dittany of Crete

Dry the ingredients and grind them. You'll have to sand the
sandalwood into a granular dust. Grinding the Benzoin can be
quite hard, because it can get quite sticky, but practise
makes perfect. Then, slowly, thoughtfully, while thinking
about the purpose of this incense, mix the ingredients to-
gether, one by one. Think about astral projection. See your-
self fly. When ye're finished, keep the incense in a dark,
airtight jar, and keep this in a dark, cool, dry place. To
use it, put some sand in a heat-resistant pot, light a coal
(or better, incense coal: a little 'cup' made of coal, which
you can buy at a store for Church supplies) and put some of
the incense on it. If you're going to use it indoors, expe-
riment with how much smoke the incense will generate. It's
hard to relax while you're suffocating!


OK. That's all folks. Always remember to act sensibly, respectful and
with common sense. It keeps you out of trouble. And one final warning:
regard the Astral Plane as an enrichment of your life, not as a
substitute.


Good luck !