
 MONROE TECHNIQUES FOR 
Astral Projection 
Note: After having studied many methods of Astral Projection, I have found that 
this is the easies to do.  Monroe teaches these techniques in a week, but they 
can be easily done in a day, with proper devotion. I feel that this technique is 
superior to others because it doe not require intense visualization, which many 
people cannot do.  enjoy!
(Taken from Leaving The Body: A Complete Guide to Astral Projection,
D. Scott Rogo, prentice Hall Press)
One of the chief barriers people learning to project face is fear. Many are 
afraid that they may die, or be harmed in some way as a result of their 
projection.  Nothing could be farther from the truth. The Cantebury Institute, 
reknowned for its occult studies, executed an experiment in projection involving 
over 2,000 people.  None of them were hurt in any way by this, and now, three 
years later, none have complained of any newly arising problems.
Once you are aware that you cannot be harmed by projecting, you should begin 
monroe's techniques, step by step.
Step one:
Relax the body. According to Monroe, "the ability to relax is the first 
prerequisite, perhaps even the first step itself" to having an OBE. (out of body 
experience) This includes bothe physical and mental relaxation. Monroe does not 
suggest a method of attaining this relaxation, although Progressive Muscle 
relaxation, coupled with deep breathing exercises (inhale 1, exhale 2, inhale 
3....  until 50 or 100) are known to work well.
Step two: 
Enter the state bordering sleep.  This is known as the hypnagogic state.  Once 
again, Monroe doesn't recommend any method of doing this. One way is to hold 
your forearm up, while keeping your upper arm on the bed, or ground. As you 
start to 
fall asleep, your arm will fall, and you will awaken again.  With 
practice, you can learn to control the Hypnagogic state without using your arm.  
Another method is to concentrate on an object.  When other images start to enter 
your thoughts, you have entered the Hypnagogic state.  Passively watch these 
images.  This will also help you maintain this state of near-sleep.  Monroe 
calls this Condition A.
Step three: 
Deepen this state. Begin to clear your mind.  observe your field of vision 
through your closed eyes.  Do nothing more for a while.  Simply look through 
your closed eyelids at the blackness in front of you.  After a while, you may 
notice light patterns.  These are simply neural discharges.  They have no 
specific effect.  Ignore them.  When they cease, one has entered what Monroe 
calls Condition B.  From here, one must enter an even deeper state of relaxation 
which Monroe calls Condition C-- a state of such relaxation that you lose all 
awareness of the body and sensory stimulation.  You are almost in a void in 
which your only source of stimulation will be your own thoughts.  The ideal 
state for leaving your body is Condition D.  This is Condition C when it is 
voluntarily induced from a rested and refreshed condition and is not the effect 
of normal fatigue.  To achieve Condition D, Monroe suggests that you practice 
entering it in the morning or after a short nap.
Step Four: 
Enter a state of Vibration. This is the most important part of the technique, 
and also the most vague.  Many projectors have noted these vibrations at the 
onset of projection.  They can be experienced as a mild tingling, or as is 
electricity is being shot through the body. Their cause is a mystery.  It may 
actually be the astral body trying to leave the physical one.  For entering into 
the vibrational state, he offers the following directions:
     1. Remove all jewelry or other items that might be touching your skin.
     2. Darken the room so that no light can be seen through your eyelids, but 
do not shut out all light.
     3.  Lie down with your body along a north-south axis, with your head 
pointed toward magnetic north.
     4. Loosen all clothing, but keep covered so that you are slightly warmer 
than might normally be comfortable.
     5. Be sure you are in a location where, and at a time when, there will be          
absolutely no noise to disturb you.
     6. Enter a state of relaxation
     7. Give yourself the mental suggestion that you will remember all that 
occurs during the upcoming session that will be beneficial to your well-being. 
Repeat this five times.
     8. Proceed to breath through your helf-open mouth. 
     9. As you breath, concentrate on the void in front of you. 
     10. Select a point a foot away from your forehead, then change your point 
of mental reference to six feet.
     11. Turn the point 90 degrees upward by drawing an imaginary line parallel 
to your body axis up and above your head.  Focus there and reach out for the            
vibrations at that point and bring them back into your body.
Even if you don't know what these vibrations are, you will know when you have 
achieved contact with them.
Step five: 
Learn to control the vibrational state.  Practice controlling them by mentally 
pushing them into your head, down to your toes, making them surge throughout 
your entire body, and producing vibrational waves from head to foot.  To produce 
this wave effect, concentrate of the vibrations and mentally push a wave out of 
your head and guide it down your body.  Practice this until you can induce these 
waves on command. Once you have control of the vibrational state, you are ready 
to leave the body.
Step six:
Begin with a partial seperation.  The key here is thought control. Keep your 
mind firmly focused on the idea of leaving the body. Do not let it wander. Stray 
thought might cause you to lose control of the state.  Now, having entered the 
vibrational state, begin exploring the OBE by releasing a hand or a foot of the 
"second body".  Monroe suggests that you extend a limb until it comes in contact 
with a familiar object, such as a wall near your bed.  Then push it through the 
object. Return the limb by placing it back into coincidence with the physical 
one, decrease the vibrational rate, and then terminate the experiment.  Lie 
quietly until you have fully returned to normal. This exercise will prepare you 
for full seperation.
Step seven: 
Disassociate yourself from the body. Monroe suggests two methods for this.  One 
method is to lift out of the body.  To do this, think about getting lighter and 
lighter after entering this vibrational state. Think about how nice it would be 
to float upward.  Keep this thought in mind at all costs and let no extraneous 
thoughts interrupt it. An OBE will occur naturally at this point.  Another 
method is the "Rotation method" or "roll-out" technique.  When you have achieved 
the vibrational state, try to roll over as if you were turning over in bed.  /do 
not attempt to roll over physically.  Try to twist your body from the top and 
virtually roll over into your second body right out of your physical self.  At 
this point, you will be out of the body but next to it.  Think of floating 
upward, and you should find yourself floating above the body.  Monroe suggets 
you begin with the lift-out method, but argues that both are equally 
efficacious.
If, after all this, you still can't project, I recommend purchasing Leaving The 
Body, by R.  Scott Rogo.  It only costs $7.95 and contains another eight or so 
techniques.  Not all techniques work for everyone, but chances are you'll find 
one that works for you in this book.  Good luck!
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