Altered & Metaphysical States
Out-of-body and astral experiences, reality shifting, and the fringe states around sleep, explained.
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Why These Experiences Feel More Real Than Dreaming
Vividness is how much detail a dream had. Realness is the conviction it was not a dream at all. Here is what sleep research has measured about the second one.
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Remote Viewing and Dreams: What Is Claimed, and What Was Studied
Dreamed a place you had never seen, then found it? Remote viewing was studied for decades with public money. Here is what the record actually says.
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The Third Eye in Dreams: What the Tradition Holds
Dreamed of an eye opening or glowing on your forehead? Here is which tradition that image belongs to, from ajna to the wedjat, with every reading labeled.
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Hypnagogic States: The Images Just Before Sleep
Faces, a voice saying your name, a place you have never been, right as you fall asleep. What hypnagogic images are, why they happen, and when to take note.
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Is Reality Shifting Dangerous? An Honest Look
Is reality shifting dangerous? An honest look at what actually carries risk, what research has measured, and the line worth watching, without the panic.
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Reality Shifting: What It Is and What People Actually Report
What reality shifting is, in the words of the people who practice it, what they describe during an attempt, and why not having shifted yet says nothing about you.
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Out-of-Body Feelings and Sleep Paralysis: What Sleep Research Calls This
Floating, rising, or seeing yourself in bed while unable to move is a common part of sleep paralysis. Here is what sleep research has measured about it.
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Astral Projection or a Dream? How People Tell Them Apart
Floating above the bed, vibrations, seeing yourself asleep: here is how people actually tell astral projection apart from a dream or a lucid dream.
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