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90-DAY GUIDE TO OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE ROBERT BRUCE & BRIAN MERCER INCLUDES CD-ROM WITH 25 CUSTOM-DESIGNED TRANCE MEDITATION SOUND PROGRAMS About the Authors Robert Bruce (left) is a metaphysicist and the author of numerous articles and two groundbreaking books. He has spent most of his life exp...

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90-DAY GUIDE TO OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE

ROBERT BRUCE & BRIAN MERCER INCLUDES CD-ROM WITH 25 CUSTOM-DESIGNED TRANCE MEDITATION SOUND PROGRAMS

About the Authors Robert Bruce (left) is a metaphysicist and the author of numerous articles and two groundbreaking books. He has spent most of his life exploring the dynamics of all things paranormal and testing the boundaries of reality. He lives in Australia with his two sons. His website is www.astraldynamics.com. Brian Mercer (right) is an information technologies professional and part-time novelist. For as long as he can remember he has been interested in the paranormal. He is the author of the metaphysical science fiction trilogy The Kaladrious Reflection. His current out-of-body explorations originate in Seattle, where he lives with his wife, Sara.

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90-DAY GUIDE TO OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE ROBERT BRUCE & BRIAN MERCER

Llewellyn Publications St. Paul, Minnesota

Mastering Astral Projection: 90-Day Guide to Out-of-Body Experience © 2004 by Robert Bruce and Brian Mercer. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever, including Internet usage, without written permission from Llewellyn Publications except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. First Edition Third Printing, 2005 Book design and editing by Joanna Willis Cover design by Lisa Novak Illustrations on pages 51, 52,53, 79, and 111 by Wendy Froshay Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bruce, Robert, 1955Mastering astral projection: 90-day guide to out-of-body experience / Robert Bruce & Brian Mercer. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7387-0467-9 1. Astral projection. I. Mercer, Brian, 1967- II. Title. BF1389.A7B78 2004 133.9'5—dc22 2004048569 Llewellyn Worldwide does not participate in, endorse, or have any authority or responsibility concerning private business transactions between our authors and the public. All mail addressed to the author is forwarded but the publisher cannot, unless specifically instructed by the author, give out an address or phone number. Any Internet references contained in this work are current at publication time, but the publisher cannot guarantee that a specific location will continue to be maintained. Please refer to the publisher's website for links to authors' websites and other sources.

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90-DAY GUIDE TO OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE ROBERT BRUCE & BRIAN MERCER

Llewellyn Publications St. Paul, Minnesota

For Professor Barbara S. Raines, teacher, mentor, friend . . . —Brian Mercer

For the late Robert Bruce (senior), father, mate, inventor, dreamer . . . —Robert Bruce

Also by Robert Bruce Astral Dynamics (Hampton Roads) Practical Psychic Self-Defense (Hampton Roads)

Contents

Acknowledgments Preface

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Introduction: Preliminary Instructions for the Ninety-Day Program How the Ninety-Day Program Develops What to Expect in Part 1

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Parti: PREPARING FOR LIFTOFF Week 1: Flexing Your Astral Muscles 9 What to Expect 9 Setting up Your Meditation Space Learning to Relax 11

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Breathwork: Breath Awareness 12 Stimulating the Energy Body 12 Preparing for Energy Work Your Dream Journal 14

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Daily Affirmations 16 About the Brain Wave Generator 17 Optional: Brain Wave Generator Preset "Week 01: Relaxation" 18 Week 1 Daily Pages 20 Before Moving On 41

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Week 2: Manipulating the Energy Body 43 What to Expect 43 Energy Body Development 44 Setting the Stage for an OBE 45 What Happens During a Projection 47 The Projection Process 50 Transferring Consciousness and How Shadow Memory Works 53 Preparing for the First Inner-Body Projection (Part 1 of the Program) Breathwork: Deepening the Breath 55

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Optional: BrainWave Generator Preset "Week 02: Relaxation (Deep)" 56 Week 2 Daily Pages 57 Before Moving On 75

Week 3: Mind Taming 77 What to Expect 77 Raising and Storing Energy

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Clearing Your Mind 79 Taming the Mind 81 Developing Lucid Dream Objectives

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Breathwork: Cloud Breathing 85 Optional: BrainWave Generator Preset "Week 03: Meditation" 85 Week 3 Daily Pages 88 Before Moving On 107

Week 4: Primary Centers and Their OBE Connection 109 What to Expect 109 Raising Energy Before Bedtime 109 Primary Center Stimulation 110 Mapping and Stimulating Primary Energy Centers Primary Center Stimulation Notes 114 Overcoming Energy Stimulation Side Effects Rousing Dormant Primary Centers 118 Final Word on Primary Center Stimulation Additional Body Awareness Actions 119 Breathwork: Expanding the Breath 119

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Optional: Brain Wave Generator Preset "Week 04: Meditation (Primary Center Stimulation)" 120 Week 4 Daily Pages 121 Before Moving On 143

Week 5: Trance Practice 145 What to Expect 145 Trance Work 145 Trance States 146 Trance Preparation 148 Trance Hurdles and Ways Around, Over, or Through Them

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Trance Practice: Using Slight Discomfort for Altered-State Conditioning 156 Additional Methods for Slight Discomfort 159 Breathwork: Valving the Breath 160 Optional: Brain Wave Generator Preset "Week 05: Trance Meditation" 160 Week 5 Daily Pages 162 Before Moving On 183

Week 6: Loosening up the Energy Body 185 What to Expect 185 Preparing for an OBE 185 The OBE Walk-through: Rehearsing Your First Projection Experience Planning Your First OBE 187 OBE Walk-through Example 189 Brow Center Trigger 190 Projectable Double Loosening

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Responding to Spontaneous OBEs 191 Grounding Cords and Conscious-Exit Projection 192 Preparing Your Meditation Space for OBE Practice 193 Breathwork: Pacing the Breath Cycle

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Optional: Brain Wave Generator Preset "Week 06: Energy Body Loosening" 195 Week 6 Daily Pages 196 Before Moving On 218

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Part 2: LIFTOFF Week 7: Anatomy of an OBE 221 What to Expect

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A Step-by-Step Walk-through of the Exit

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Reality Fluctuations 225 Returning to Your Body 226 Recalling Shadow Memories 227 Your OBE Journal 227 Breathing and the OBE 228 Using Brow Center Trigger to Cause Vibrations

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The Preprojection Routine, from Relaxation to Body Loosening Overview of Exit Techniques 231 Rolling-out OBE Exit Method 232

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Important Things to Remember 233 Optional: Brain Wave Generator Preset "Week 07: Exit Training" 233 Week 7 Daily Pages 234 Before Moving On 251

Week 8: Overcoming Mental Blocks 253 What to Expect 253 Mental Barriers 253 Fear and Surprise: Facing the Unknown Tips for Confronting Fears 255 Belief System Cleansing 262 Trying Too Hard 263 Where Your Attention G o e s . . . Prayer and the OBE 265

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Optional: Brain Wave Generator Preset "Week 08: Exit Training" 265 Week 8 Daily Pages 266 Before Moving On 283

Week 9: Dreams and the OBE 285 What to Expect 285 Inevitable Questions 285 Mind-Split Review and the Model of Projection

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Nightly Spontaneous Projection 288 Lucidity as a Function of Energy 289 Reality Fluctuations as They Relate to the Dream Mind Making a Sleep Programming Recording 291

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Optional: Brain Wave Generator Preset "Week 09: Exit Training" 293 Week 9 Daily Pages 294 Before Moving On 309

Week 10: Troubleshooting 311 What to Expect

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Reassessing and Making Adjustments 311 Energy-Raising Problems 312 Primary Center Stimulation Problems 313 Relaxation Problems 313 Breathwork Problems 314 Brow Center Trigger 314 Mind-Taming Problems 315 Trance Problems 315 Body-Loosening and Exit Problems

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Setting Achievable Goals 321 Ideal Conditions for Practicing the Exit

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Optional: Brain Wave Generator Preset "Week 10: Exit Training" 323 Week 10 Daily Pages 324 Before Moving On 343

Week 11: Advanced Methods 345 What to Expect

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Taking Those Last Few Steps 345 Fasting to Enhance Personal Energy Levels Juice Fasting 346 Water Fasting 348

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Fasting Tips 348 Substance Fasting Alternatives Day-Long Meditation 349

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Influencing Sleep Patterns to Effect Projection Final Word on Advanced Methods 354

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Optional: Brain Wave Generator Preset "Week 11: Exit Training" 355 Week 11 Daily Pages 356 Before Moving On

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Week 12; After the Exit 373 What to Expect

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A Quality Projection Experience Strength and Vitality Issues Reasoning Problems

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Sight and Visual Complications 375 Body Magnetism

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A Fearful Presence Astral Feedback

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Self-Hypnosis to Recall Shadow Memories Self-Hypnosis Recording Script

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Notes on Using Your Hypnosis Recording 382 Optional: Brain Wave Generator Preset "Week 12: Exit Training" 383 Week 12 Daily Pages 384 Before Moving On 403

Week 13: The Basics of OBE Navigation 405 What to Expect 405 Another Door Opens . . .

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Astral Physics 406 Getting into the Real-Time Zone

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Getting into the Astral 407 Astral Tubes 409 Projecting into Void 410 The Subconscious Mind, the Higher Self, and Astral Travel The Astral Wind Phenomenon 413 Astral Sight and Projection 414

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Developing Your Own Exit Techniques 414 Astral Transference: Mentally Projecting into the Astral 414 Optional: Brain Wave Generator Preset "Week 13: Exit Training" 419 Week 13 Daily Pages 421 Where Do I Go from Here? 440

Afterword 443 Appendix A: Suggested Supplemental Reading List

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Appendix B: BrainWave Generator Installation Guide and Tips Appendix C: Dream Journal Template and Instructions Appendix D: Projection Position Posture

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Appendix E: Keys to a Successful OBE by Laetitia M. Kimball Appendix F: My OBE Successes by Brian Mercer Glossary

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Bibliography Index

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We want to thank the volunteers who gave of their spare time road testing this program. Your comments and ideas were invaluable in shaping the content and organization of this book. Our sincere appreciation also goes to Tracy Weber of Seattle's Whole Life Yoga for her guidance in ensuring that the breathing techniques featured in this program are both safe and effective. We are also grateful to Adrian Cooper, aspiring projector and web master extraordinaire, for his enthusiasm and technical support; to Ben-Jamin Bruce for his invaluable encouragement and intellectual contribution; to Michael Ross for his OBE literature input; to Laetitia Kimball for kindly allowing us to publish her essay on the OBE; to Richard and Michele Kaplowitz for their loving support and photographic expertise; to Keith Alderslade for being so annoyingly intelligent; to Tommy Pirbos for technical input; to Nancy Mostad for her OBE insights on "just letting go"; and to Sara Mercer for tirelessly reviewing and proofreading version after version of this manuscript. Additional thanks go to all those in the Brain Wave Generator user community whose advice played a role in the development of the presets that complement this program, and to the early users of the web version of this manual and the www.astraldynamics.com forums community for their guidance and suggestions. And to Joanna Willis, Lisa Novak, Wendy Froshay, and all the folks at Llewellyn Worldwide Publications: thank you!

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Welcome to Mastering Astral Projection! This book is devoted to teaching you how to have a fully conscious astral projection (also called out-of-body experience or OBE). It focuses on practical OBE exit training and advice, rather than on covering everything relating to the history, speculation, and practice of astral travel. My first book, Astral Dynamics: A NEW Approach to OBE (Hampton Roads, 1999) covered not only projection training and OBE exit techniques, but also many related issues, phenomena, and theories associated with astral travel. During the latter stages of writing Astral Dynamics, it was clear that I needed to include a practical training program to help readers apply the information I was giving in a step-by-step and goal-oriented way. Given the eventual size of Astral Dynamics (560 pages), however, such a weighty addition was impractical. A few chapters had already been cut to save space.

After Astral Dynamics was published, I received many requests for an OBE training program. One of my readers, American computer programmer, writer, and OBE aficionado Brian Mercer, sent me the bones of such a program. He had developed it for his personal use, and offered me a copy out of courtesy. After studying Brian's ninety-day program, I uploaded it to my website and made it available to the public online. It quickly became popular and resulted in a lot of constructive feedback. I passed the feedback along to Brian, plus my own ideas for improvements, and he revised and fine-tuned it accordingly. It soon became obvious that we were building the foundations of a valuable OBE training manual. Brian and I soon became good friends. Following my instincts, I invited Brian to coauthor a book with me, the book you are now holding. In the months that followed we discussed the theme and content of this book at great

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length. We recognized that an old hand like me and a keen novice like Brian teaming up as OBE teachers would create a winning combination of knowledge, experience, and priceless enthusiasm. I am not really a fair test subject for any kind of OBE training program, as I have way too much firsthand experience. Brian, however, was a well-read novice with little actual OBE experience. He was not one of those fortunate few who can easily induce an OBE. At that time Brian had tried for many years, but with only enough success to fire his continuing interest. Brian road tested each section of the program repeatedly. He put in time and enthusiastic effort, as I watched for problems and worked on solutions. Together we fine-tuned the methodology of the program for optimal results. During this process we gained a profound understanding of the numerous problems that beset novice projectors and came up with many new and innovative solutions. We also began researching and experimenting with helpful technologies, such as light and sound machines and audio devices that help induce altered states of consciousness. We wanted to include everything that could possibly help projectors. The structure of this ninety-day program is simple. Information and instructions are given in bite-sized chunks, while readers follow a progressive series of OBE-related exercises. Only enough instruction and theory are given at any one time to provide context to the work at hand. Basic skills like deep relaxation, clearing the mind, concentration, and energy body stimulation are taught first, and

then a variety of OBE exit techniques are introduced one at a time. Advice and tips from Brian and me are given every day of the program as students practice and develop their skills. Common problems are identified and solved along the way. Extensive problemsolving sections are included. Each week begins with a new case history to familiarize readers with the OBE and to fire their expectations. Introductory information required for that week's activities follows. Each week builds upon the previous week. Summary and review sections are given at the end of each week. By the end of the program, readers will know and will have practiced everything required to wake-induce an OBE exit. After that it is just a matter of patience and practice. Projecting out of body requires a delicate balance of mind, body, and spirit. Everyone is different and the time it takes to achieve this balance varies greatly from person to person. Some people take to OBE like a duck to water, whereas others have to practice harder to achieve results. This program levels the playing field with structured training and experiential advice. Everyone following it has an even chance of getting out of body. Throughout the ninety-day program we release new information that has been found to help induce the OBE exit. An example of this is my slight discomfort theory. In a nutshell, a very slight level of discomfort helps the physical body/mind stay more closely connected with itself and with its projected double during an OBE. This makes it easier to download and recall OBE memories. After all,

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without the memory of an OBE after the fact, it might as well not have happened. Everything that helps students retain their precious OBE memories must be recognized and used. An unavoidable side effect of this program is that it can cause the development of psychic abilities. This is understandable, as learning to induce an OBE requires training that can be applied to any other metaphysical pursuit. Our program contains extensive energy body stimulation work and, combined with deep relaxation, mind taming, and induced altered states of consciousness, dormant psychic abilities will begin to manifest. I wish you the very best luck as you begin our ninety-day training program. Astral projection might seem a giant leap for you now, but taken one step at a time it is not nearly as daunting as it appears. I suppose this is a bit like eating an elephant. If one looks at a whole elephant, the task of eating it all seems preposterous. But once the elephant has been reduced to frozen TV-dinner-sized portions, such a task would seem far more achievable. One might be eating elephant for a very long time, but success will always be in sight at the bottom of one's proverbial freezer. R O B E R T

B R U C E

It can be easy when going about mundane, everyday tasks like working, eating lunch, and driving to the store to be lulled into thinking that the world we can see and touch is the only thing there is. On this planet of exponentially evolving science and technology, the notion of having a soul—of life after death—seems

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almost anachronistic. Healthy skepticism is a good thing; it is essential. Yet occasionally s...