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90-DAY GUIDE TO OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE
ROBERT BRUCE & BRIAN MERCER
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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
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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 xv
Preface xvii
Introduction: Preliminary Instructions for the Ninety-Day Program
How the Ninety-Day Program Develops 4
What to Expect in Part 1 5
Parti: PREPARING FOR LIFTOFF
Week 1: Flexing Your Astral Muscles 9
What to Expect 9
Setting up Your Meditation Space 9
Learning to Relax 11
Breathwork: Breath Awareness 12
Stimulating the Energy Body 12
Preparing for Energy Work 13
Your Dream Journal 14
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) 55
Breathwork: Deepening the Breath 55
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 77
Clearing Your Mind 79
Taming the Mind 81
Developing Lucid Dream Objectives 82
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 111
Primary Center Stimulation Notes 114
Overcoming Energy Stimulation Side Effects 115
Rousing Dormant Primary Centers 118
Final Word on Primary Center Stimulation 119
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 150
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 186
Planning Your First OBE 187
OBE Walk-through Example 189
Brow Center Trigger 190
Projectable Double Loosening 191
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 194
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 221
A Step-by-Step Walk-through of the Exit 222
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 230
The Preprojection Routine, from Relaxation to Body Loosening 230
Overview of Exit Techniques 231
Rolling-out OBE Exit Method 232
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 253
Tips for Confronting Fears 255
Belief System Cleansing 262
Trying Too Hard 263
Where Your Attention Goes... 264
Prayer and the OBE 265
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 286
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Nightly Spontaneous Projection 288
Lucidity as a Function of Energy 289
Reality Fluctuations as They Relate to the Dream Mind 291
Making a Sleep Programming Recording 291
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 311
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 317
Setting Achievable Goals 321
Ideal Conditions for Practicing the Exit 321
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 345
Taking Those Last Few Steps 345
Fasting to Enhance Personal Energy Levels 346
Juice Fasting 346
Water Fasting 348
Fasting Tips 348
Substance Fasting Alternatives 349
Day-Long Meditation 349
Influencing Sleep Patterns to Effect Projection 351
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 371
Week 12; After the Exit 373
What to Expect 373
A Quality Projection Experience 373
Strength and Vitality Issues 374
Reasoning Problems 374
Sight and Visual Complications 375
Body Magnetism 377
A Fearful Presence 377
Astral Feedback 378
Self-Hypnosis to Recall Shadow Memories 379
Self-Hypnosis Recording Script 379
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 .. . 405
Astral Physics 406
Getting into the Real-Time Zone 407
Getting into the Astral 407
Astral Tubes 409
Projecting into Void 410
The Subconscious Mind, the Higher Self, and Astral Travel 410
The Astral Wind Phenomenon 413
Astral Sight and Projection 414
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 445
Appendix B: BrainWave Generator Installation Guide and Tips 448
Appendix C: Dream Journal Template and Instructions 451
Appendix D: Projection Position Posture 453
Appendix E: Keys to a Successful OBE by Laetitia M. Kimball 454
Appendix F: My OBE Successes by Brian Mercer 462
Glossary 475
Bibliography 478
Index 479
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!
Preface
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,
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.
ROBERT BRUCE
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
something very personal happens to make us
ask questions. Is there more to my existence
than I can readily observe? What happens to
people when their bodies are used up? Is there
a greater purpose for my being here?
We can have complete faith in our belief
system, whether that is science or atheism or
some form of religion or spirituality, yet in the
end they are only beliefs. What do we really
know? In the absence of the known, we are left
with its poor cousins assumption and conjecture.
We can say what we don't know, perhaps,
but for want of tangible answers we are only
left to ponder.
Even when we read about competent,
respected people having out-of-body or neardeath
experiences, it can still seem a little
implausible. If we accept these accounts, in
the final analysis, it is still just a belief. With
something like this, you can't really know
until you've experienced it yourself, and that's
what this book is all about.
This is the moment to lay beliefs aside and
to do—to find out for yourself who you truly
are and what this reality is all about. This is
the time to not just read about it, not just hear
people talk about it, but know it and do it. I
am talking about the survival of the soul. Are
we more than these fragile, fleshy shells?
The exercises and techniques in this book
work. I've always been interested in astral travel,
and since high school have tried dozens of
methods for fueling an out-of-body experience.
At first I experimented with hypnosis recordings,
but received little more than pleasant
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