Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgments xiii
Foreword xv

One: CELESTIAL HORIZONS: THE ART OF LEAVING THE BODY 1
What Is the OBE? 5
New Approaches to Having an OBE 13

Two: SCIENCE AND THE OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE 19
So What Is Science? 20
The Extended Mind Theory 23
The Quantum Entanglement Theory 25
Contributing Factors in Psi Success 26
How Remote Viewing and Near-Death Experiences Relate to OBEs 30

Three: SKEPTICS AND THE OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE 35
The Skeptical Community 37

Four: YOUR PERSONAL PROFILE: WHICH APPROACH IS BEST FOR YOU? 47
A Program to Suit You 48
Working with Your Personal Profile 56

Five: TRANSFORMING BELIEFS 57
The Problem of Fear 59
Apathy and Motivation 68
Managing Your Time 69

Six: IMMERSIVE APPROACHES TO HAVING AN OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE 73
My Experiments with Immersive Environments 75
The Ganzfeld Approach 77
When and How to Use Immersion 80
Concerning Hallucinogens 81
Other Forms of Immersion 82

Seven: THE PHYSICAL BODY 87
Diet 88
Physical Exercise 92
Relaxation 94
Sleep 96
Sound 97

Eight: THE EXTENDED MIND 99
What Is the Subtle Body? 100
What Can We Learn from Personal Experience? 102
Cosmic Consciousness 104
The Extended Mind and Enlightenment 108

Nine: LEAVING THE BODY: WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT? 111
The Vibrational State 113
Encounters Beyond the Body 115

Ten : ANOTHER REALITY: MULTI-DIMENSIONAL VISUALISATIONS 125
A Tattva Vision 126
Three-Dimensional Tattvas 128
Geometric Patterns and Consciousness 132

Eleven: HEALING AND THE OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE 137
Healing Energies 138
My Experiences with Healing Others 140
Practical Vibrational State Healing 142

Twelve: CERULEAN DAWN: PERCEIVING ACROSS TIME 147
Precognition in Action 148
Experiments with Time 150
An Historical Approach to Precognition 151
Seeing into the Past 153
Developing Perception through Time 154

Thirteen: THE NEXT LEVEL: LIFE AFTER DEATH 159
Evidence for an Afterlife 160
Accessing the Transphysical Levels 165
The Summerlands 168
The Out-of-Body Experience and Spiritual Development 170

Epilogue 175

Appendix: TECHNIQUES AND APPROACHES 179
How to Use This Section 179
Relaxation Techniques 180
Vibrational State Techniques 186
Home Immersive Approaches 191
Techniques for Intellectual People 193
Techniques for Visual People 195
Techniques for Auditory People 198
Techniques for Physical People 200
Techniques for Working with a Partner 205
Technique for Accessing the Transphysical Levels 208

Glossary 213
Endnotes 225
Bibliography 231
Index 239