This was a very quick read, what an excellent writer with an amazing story!

Some of the most fascinating things I learned:

Through these out of body experiences (OOBE) he could travel through Locale I, the here and now. He was able to confirm via multiple connections, including pinching people that caused IRL bruising. He also claims to go to Locale II, which contains what might be described as heaven or hell depending on ones emotional state. Additionally he had experiences in Locale III which seemed to be parallel universe and alternate realities.

While in the "second body" of the OOBE, one can shift and change themselves into whatever form they wished. He postulates this could be the origin of werewolf or vampire bat mythology.

A consistent issue in his OOBE travels was electricity. The presence of high voltage power lines could dereail his intended destination. At one point he attempted an OOBE in a charged Faraday cage and was unable to escape it in his second body.

In order to reach these states it is most conducive to be lying in a north-south direction with your head pointing north. Lifting your eyeballs so they're about 45 degrees higher than normal (I've heard elsewhere this is an easy trick to get into theta waves, but this book was written before that language was widely used).

He repeatedly explains how important it is to control ones emotions and thoughts. In particular the sexual urge will distract and derail the experience, but outright denying it also becomes problematic. He suggests simply saying, yes sex would be nice but maybe later 😅

He speculates that this began happening to him after he received metal tooth caps, which I found very interesting as I noticed that one of the commonalities that the active members of Psy-Gym all share in common is either metal implants or metal poisoning. So perhaps metal in the body creates a better conduit?

He speculates that a small group of people with these abilities would be able to control the destiny of mankind. Which he says leads to the question, are any of them organized now and do they now control our destiny?

10/10 highly recommend! 🤓

#bookstr #consciousness