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- APREAD.TXT
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-
- ASTRAL PROJECTION/OOBE CLASS
- CONDUCTED ON THE COMPUSERVE NEWAGE FORUM
-
-
- BY DONALD J. DEGRACIA
- COPYRIGHT 1994
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- README FILE AND INSTRUCTIONS
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- INTRODUCTION
- ------------
-
- You are now reading the README file which accompanys 15
- other files (AP_01.txt - AP_15.txt). These files contain relatively
- comprehensive lessons on how to achieve astral projections/OOBEs.
- These files were written as notes for an on-line class I gave in
- the New Age forum on CompuServe during May and June of 1994.
- If you are reading this file, then you did NOT obtain this
- package from CompuServe's New Age forum. What you are reading is the
- version I have released everywhere else in cyberspace. The only
- difference between this package and the original class notes is this
- README file. The text in AP_01.TXT through AP_15.TXT is unchanged.
- I am releasing these notes to the Public Domain essentially
- as a free book on how to astral project. Please note however that
- all of the material is copyrighted.
- I hope you will find this material useful and enjoyable. I
- have stressed a practical approach to inducing astral projections/OOBEs
- while at the same time trying to provide a reasonable balance
- between differing views of this phenomena.
-
-
- ------------
- INSTRUCTIONS
- ------------
-
- There's really not much to say. If you are reading this
- file, then you have already unziped the archive DO_OBE.ZIP.
- The reason for packaging this material as 15 relatively
- small ASCII files is so that you can easily read these files
- using the DOS EDIT program or Windows Notepad. The files are
- sequentially numbered and all you have to do is read them in
- sequence! At the end of this README file is the table of contents.
- You may want to keep these 16 files in their own subdirectory.
-
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- DISTRIBUTION
- ------------
-
- Please feel free to upload DO-OBE.ZIP to your favorite BBS
- or FTP sites. Do NOT upload the individual files. Distribute
- only the full archive. Thanks.
-
-
-
- ---------------------
- CONTACTING THE AUTHOR
- ---------------------
-
- I can be reached at the following e-mail addresses:
-
- CompuServe: 72662,1335 (72662.1335@compuserve.com) [PREFERED]
- CompuServe: 71331,3516 (71331.3516@compuserve.com) [Rarely used]
- Internet: ddegrac@cms.cc.wayne.edu [Very rarely used]
-
- If you send me e-mail and do not hear from me within a few
- days, try one of the alternative addresses listed here.
- Please feel free to write me with questions, comments,
- criticisms or anything else. I will try my best to give
- a quick reply back to any mail I receive.
-
-
-
- ----------------
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- ----------------
-
- Since 1987, Donald DeGracia has had numerous out-of-body experiences.
- He is an avid student of occultism, science, history, social science,
- and philosophy. His whole orientation towards the OOBE involves
- a point of view that seeks to synthesize scientific and occult
- knowledge. Donald has a Bachelors of Science degree in chemistry,
- and is currently obtaining a Ph.D. in physiology. He presently
- works as a biochemical researcher in the field of cerebral
- ischemia and reperfusion, and has published a number of papers
- in this area. Donald and his lovely wife Kathy are currently
- situated in Detroit, MI.
-
-
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- Special Thanks
- --------------
-
- Special thanks goes to my wonderful wife Kathy, who had the
- patience and excellent grammar skills to proof and edit these notes.
- Thanks also goes out to Jeff Wiley, a fellow traveler/dreamer for
- his helpful suggestions, and to Rilla Muldon for giving me the impetus
- to write these notes.
-
-
- ------------------------------
- DETAILED LIST OF FILE CONTENTS
- ------------------------------
-
- 1. AP_01.TXT
- [FILE 1] WHAT IS ASTRAL PROJECTION? PART 1
-
- Introduction
- 1. What Is Astral Projection?
- 2. Different views of astral projections.
- A. Occult views
-
- 2. AP_02.TXT
- [FILE 2] WHAT IS ASTRAL PROJECTION? PART 2
-
- A. Occult Views (continued from file 1)
- i. Occult Anatomy
- B. Scientific Views
- i. Parapsychology - OOBEs
- ii. Psychology - Lucid Dreaming
-
- 3. AP_03.TXT
- [FILE 3] WHAT IS ASTRAL PROJECTION? PART 3
-
- 3. Tying It All Together
- 4. Radio Station theory of consciousness - The Subplanes
- 5. Mystical view of consciousness
-
- 4. AP_04.TXT
- [FILE 4] HOW TO ASTRAL PROJECT - PART 1
-
- 1. USING DREAMS AS A SPRINGBOARD FOR ASTRAL PROJECTING
-
- 5. AP_05.TXT
- [FILE 5] HOW TO ASTRAL PROJECT - PART 2
-
- 2. TRANCE METHODS
- A. PUTTING YOURSELF INTO A TRANCE
- i. Hypnogogic Imagery
- ii. Kinesthetic Sensation
-
- 6. AP_06.TXT
- [FILE 6] HOW TO ASTRAL PROJECT - PART 3
-
- 3. Don's Actual Experiences On The Border Between
- Waking And Projecting
- 4. Other Techniques For Getting Out Of Body
- A. Visualization Methods
- B. Drugs, Tapes And Other Devices
-
- 7. AP_07.TXT
- [FILE 7]1. IN THE OOBE REALM - PART 1
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-
- 1. Describing OOBEs with words
- 2. The State Of Your Mind In The OOBE State
- 3. The OOBE world: objective or subjective?
- 4. The Dweller at the Threshold
-
- 8. AP_08.TXT
- [FILE 8] IN THE OOBE REALM - PART 2
-
- 5. Things You Can Do There That You Can't Do Here
- A. Moving, Flying and the "Wind"
- B. Moving through walls
- C. Exercising psychic powers
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- 9. AP_09.TXT
- [FILE 9] IN THE OOBE REALM - PART 3
-
- C. Exercising psychic powers (continued from FILE 8)
- 6. Places you can go: Sights and vistas
- A. Life in the void
- B. Life on the planes
- i. The Lower Realms
- ii. The Middle Realms
-
- 10. AP_10.TXT
- [FILE 10] IN THE OOBE REALM - PART 4
-
- ii. The Middle Realms (continued from FILE 9)
- iii. The Higher Realms
- iv. The Surreal Regions
-
- 11. AP_11.TXT
- [FILE 11] IN THE OOBE REALM - PART 5
-
- 7. Things And People You Meet
- A. Nonhuman Denizens Of The Planes
-
- 12. AP_12.TXT
- [FILE 12] IN THE OOBE REALM - PART 6
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- B. Meeting People: Dead Verses Dreamers
- i. The Character of People In OOBEs
-
- 13. AP_13.TXT
- [FILE 13] IN THE OOBE REALM - PART 7
-
- B. Meeting People (continued from FILE 12)
-
- 14. AP_14.TXT
- [FILE 14] IN THE OOBE REALM - PART 8
-
- 8. Getting into trouble
- 9. Waking up - Returning Back To The Physical Realm
- 10. Astrology and OOBEs
- 11. Wrapping it all up
- A. Review.
- B. OOBEs: Subjective Or Objective?
- C. Maya and Buddhi
-
- 15. AP_15.TXT
- [FILE 15] ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY-Recommended Reading List
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