Also known as astral unfolding or even as astral travel, this is a natural human function (present also in animals), which always occurs when we are asleep.

It is important at this point to remember the bodies and vehicles of the occult human anatomy:

Vital body or aura: the four-dimensional sphere of the physical body.

Astral body: which corresponds to the astral world.

Mental body: which corresponds to the mental world.

When we are sleep we leave our physical bodies in bed and travel to the astral world (or dream world).

This takes place so that the vital body (or aura) can “recharge” the physical body, which has been drained of energy in the normal daily activities.

Due to this, it is impossible for a person to remain without sleeping for a long time. The physical body needs to be revitalized in order to keep working. A very commom example of this necessity is when people who, due to the undelayable requirement of revitalization of their physical bodies, fall asleep while they are driving a vehicle, consequently causing, sometimes, serious accidents.

When we are in our astral body, we can go anywhere and learn about many things, including things about the past and the future.

This happens because in the astral world, which is governed by other laws, time does not exist, but rather only eternity.

Also, when we are in astral bodies we can fly and move as fast as thoughts. Who has never dreamt they were flying? Or, that one moment they were one place and the next in another entirely different one.

There are also situations in which a certain fact takes place and we say, “It seems like something I had already dreamt about before!” That is because we saw something of the future in the astral world.

You see, this is a world of immense possibilities to be investigated.  

There is no risk or danger in this because, besides being a natural human function, we do this every night or every time we fall asleep. And we always wake up again, don’t we?

The astral body remains linked to the physical body by the silver cord, which is also known as the thread of life and, in the east, as Antakarana.

This cord stretches into the infinite, never breaks and always allows us to return to our physical body in total safety.

The problem is that we do this unconsciously and thus we can’t do what we desire, we can’t visit a desired location or look for some particular knowledge we need.

Therefore, we must learn conscious astral travel, in a spontaneous manner, so that we can really get pleasure from freedom and the infinite possibilities of astral projection, where we can learn about mysteries of life and death, visit the Temples of Wisdom, etc., etc.

Next we will describe some simple and efficient techniques for astral projection.

The mantras.

A mantra is a group of sounds (vowels, syllables or words) which, due to specific vibrations, produce a desired effect.

The following mantras produce the effect of astral projection.

 FARAON – is pronounced in two parts, like this:

                FFFFFFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA....RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOONNNNNN *

 EGIPTO – is pronounced in two parts, like this:

  EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE....JJJJJJJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII P   TTTTTTTTTTTTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 LARAS – is pronounced in two parts, like this:

                LLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...RRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAASSSSSSSS *

TAIRÊRÊRÊRÊRÊ – is pronounced in a single part, like this:

                TAAAIIIIII RÊ RÊ RÊ RÊ RÊ RÊ RÊ RÊ RÊ *

*note: the letter “R” is always pronounced with the sound of a single “R” in the middle of a word. For example, like the “R” sound in the word "heart".

We must always perform this practice lying down in a comfortable position, in full relaxation and performing the mantras in a very concentrated way, thinking about nothing else.

We can perform the mantras verbally about three times and then begin to do them mentally, repeating them until a light sleep is induced and then an astral projection.

Sometimes we perceive the usual symptoms of unfolding as a generalized "tingling”, the physical body is immobilized, and there is strong vibration. All this is perfectly natural and when you perceive these symptoms, just continue with your mantras until you reach the astral projection.

You must practice every night whithout giving up, because that is the way that results will appear.

When you are outside your body, pray to your inner Father, who is the Master or individual Real Being of each person, who will take you to the Gnostic Church or any other place you want to see, and he will take you there.

We recommend you visit the Gnostic Church, because it is a Temple of Wisdom where important Hierarchies officiate, such as Angels, Archangels, Mahatmas, etc., real masters of wisdom who are waiting for souls that really desire the true knowledge of the mysteries of nature, life and death, and of the whole universe.

This knowledge is not contained in books and cannot be learned at schools. It is something much superior.

The practice of the little jump

This practice is very effective and in fact it is a discipline to be applied in our daily life.

Doing this daily we will awaken our consciousness in the astral world, that is, when we are dreaming we will wake up (without coming back to the physical body) and then we will perceive we are in the astral world. Then, it’s just a question of going to the Gnostic Church.

The discipline is as follows:

In our daily life we must pay attention in everything around us, such as people, objects, places, etc. In the astral world there are many things and phenomena which don’t exist in our physical world, such as flying objects, strange creatures, unknown animals and a variety of other things.

Then, in our daily life, when we see something that looks strange or different (for example, a person with eccentric clothes, a different building, an unusual object, in short, anything or situation that looks a little different) we must ask ourselves, "Am I in the physical or astral world now?”, and then we may perform a little jump in order to float.

If you can't float, obviously you are in the physical world, but if you can, that means that up to that moment you were dreaming and now you are conscious and you are in the astral world.

The more times you do that during a day, the better it is, it will be easier to awaken in the astral world, because if you get used to this discipline here in the physical world, when you see some of the various strange things that exist in the astral world, you will do the same thing, that is, you will ask yourself, you will take a little jump and then float, then you will be conscious and you will be able to go to the Gnostic Church or anywhere else you may desire.

Illustrative action in daily life.

"... That John mentioned here so many times, our friend, used to perform this practice during his daily life, at every moment, when he was facing any detail that caused interest or curiosity. One night… John had visited some friends. They welcomed him very affectionately.

As he sat there among them, he took part in their conversation and was really very content to be there.

However, as was his custom, when facing any important detail, he asked that question to himself, and obviously that meeting with his friends was reason enough to ask himself again: “Am I in astral? Will I go outside my physical body?”

He looked around him and evidently everything showed he was not outside the physical body. His friends were wearing normal clothes of contemporary common urban life: dresses, jackets, etc.

Nothing indicated John was in astral. However, he said to himself: “I’ll take a jump!”

He asked his friends permission and left the room.

Once outside, he resolutely took the highest jump he could, in order to fly.

The result was certainly extraordinary; he floated in space. Then, he saw clearly he was in astral, his physical body was left behind in bed.

John was able to ask himself this question in the astral world because during his daily life, moment by moment, he always asked himself the same question. Conclusion: the practice had remained in his subconscious in an absolute manner. Thus, automatically, his subconscious stimulated him to repeat it during his sleep, exactly when he was outside his physical body. In this way his astral consciousness was awakened.

John came back to the room and then said to his friends:

 “I want to tell you, my friends, that everybody in this room is in astral bodies. The question is: we went to bed several hours ago to sleep… Thus, our physical bodies are in their respective beds… and we are all in astral.”

His companions looked at each other, pinched themselves and said:”This is impossible! We are in physical bodies, in flesh and bone!

Ïn the end, they all laughed at John.

When John saw that his friends were either a group of innocent people or were living with slumbering consciousness, he withdrew floating in astral body.

He thought of going to San Francisco, California, and so there he went, because he wanted to visit a certain temple that an initiated person built in that city.

On the way, John found a man in astral that was walking on a road.

That man was a porter and he was carrying a huge pack on his back.

When John looked at him, he could perceive certain details: he was looking at a dead man!

He had left his body some time ago… and now, in astral body, he was walking along that road. That man was firmly convinced that he was walking there in his physical body.

He disregarded everything related to his death.  

He walked with his consciousness asleep and the pack he carried on his back was no more than a mental image created by himself. That poor man had been a porter and still, after his death, he went on with his occupation of carrying loads. John wanted to help him awaken his consciousness and said to him: “My friend, perceive your situation... Remember, you have already died, you no more have a physical body.”

The man looked at John with sleep walking eyes and couldn’t understand anything John was trying to make him understand.

John, floating around him, made another attempt, which, however, was also unsuccessful. The man’s consciousness was slumbering and the attempt of awakening it was a total failure.

If this man while alive, when he had his physical body, had practiced the key to discernment, he would have been able to awaken his consciousness during normal sleep and now, after his death, he would have become a conscious disciple of the Great White Lodge, even though he was disembodied. 

John gave up any further efforts and went on his way, finally arriving at the temple which was the goal of his visit.

Later, he returned happily to his physical body.

He re-entered his body through the pineal gland, which is the window of Brahma, the seat of the Soul, as Descartes said.

Certainly, using the key here revealed, countless disciples will succeed in awakening their consciousness to the inner worlds. The important thing is to continuously practice it during the waking hours, so that it will be engraved in the subconscious and then be automatically active during sleep.

This is the way we put our subconscious to work for the conscious will. When the student returns to the physical body, after sleeping, he should not move on his bed, because movement of the physical body agitates the astral body and memories are lost. When you wake up, practice a retrospective exercise to remember where you were, what places you visited and what you learned while you were active in astral."

V.M. Samael Aun Weor

Heart Concentration.

Another extremely effective practice which is used in astral travel is heart concentration.

After you have lain down in a comfortable position and with your body completely relaxed, you should concentrate and imagine your own heart.  

Try to really see your heart, how it beats, what it looks like externally, its color, texture, etc.

You should not be worried if you don’t know what a heart looks like in details, you can simply imagine it the way you think it is.

With practice, you will really see the actual appearance of this organ (“the wise man who imagines, sees”).  

After a good external visualization of the heart, let your imagination go inside the heart and begin to observe how it works internally (the way you imagine it does).

When you are satisfied with the internal investigation of your heart, you must go deeper yet in your concentration and visualize its cells. After that, concentrate even more and look at a single cell. Lead your imagination to the interior of the cell nucleus.

This concentration must be done slowly, without hurry, and in the best way possible. You will see that in the beginning it is difficult to keep in mind the image we want, but this will be accomplished with constant practice.

Try to fall asleep while performing this concentration.

You can be sure that as you perform these practices you will get the desired results.

The practitioner can choose a technique best suitable to himself and then discipline himself to practice it every night, because that is the way to get results.

During the course of the day it should also be practiced, using the technique of the little jump.

It is known that practicing during the early morning hours, after you have already slept for some time, it is easier to achieve astral projection, because besides the physical body being more rested (which produces lighter sleep) the early morning atmosphere is also more peaceful and silent.

Many people, using the techniques described above, have experienced again and again for themselves the reality and benefits of astral projection.

All you need is willingness, practice and constancy.

Have a nice experience!

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