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I've attempted OBE without much success twice using Rope techniques from Robert Bruce's Astral Dynamics (well, I am not even half finished reading it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) ) However, when I did tried it - I felt the spinning vertigo on the solar plexus he talks about when my etheric body "moves" - trying to break free - but that's how far it would go - when the vertigo started to hit, I think I freak out a bit (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol_2.gif) thus putting an unconcious self restraint on my progress to exit - damn! I need to learn to let go (IMG:style_emoticons/default/fie.gif)

Have you attempt an OBE? How did you do it? what did you do when you OBE/AP and how's that made you feel?

This has been an interesting topic to read, not to mention most enlightening!

I had my first OBE a week or so ago (I made a topic about it in fact where I was debating whether it was, in fact an OBE - but with my second I've been able to draw corresponding evidence and reach a positive conclusion!) and my second one only a night ago.

My first OBE occurred after a very long time that night of attempting to project consciously. I had decided to give up and go to sleep instead, only to get the feelings while trying to fall asleep of projecting (feeling heavy, vertigo, feeling as though the world is spiralling, etc). I then found myself seeing through my eyelids! Movement was very sluggish, and I found it very difficult even to get out of bed. As time wore on things began to get a bit surreal as sleep tried to take hold, but luckily I awoke remembering the entire experience.

I found myself unable to replicate this experience for a few days, and so decided to take a new approach. I made a sigil which would enable me to succeed in conscious projection and immediately gave up all attempts, instead focusing on dream recall and recording (as at that point I had been pretty lax with regards to my dream diary, I'm ashamed to say). I found it difficult to 'forget' the sigil, which from my reading was immensely important. However after a while it paid off!

My next OBE was much more interesting than the first. Might I say that the astral realm is so much more interesting during the day!

Unfortunately because I didn't immediately record the experience I found myself forgetting parts (cue me banging head against desk - I shan't be making that mistake again). I remember being in my room and leaving out into the street. To test to see whether I had actually projected I tried jumping, only to fly up into the sky! Needless to say I was quite pleased, but this was soon replaced by surprise as I kept going up and then the feeling of falling as I crashed back to land. From them on I vaguely remember travelling across a field.

It's such a fantastic feeling when magickal work pays off. I would say to those trying hard with little success: keep going! As I recall Kraig saying in his book; results must follow.

This post has been edited by ellmaring: Apr 26 2010, 07:05 PM