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For a while it was as if i was remembering all of my dreams vividly and even had a few LDs and brief OBEs. but for the past month or so, i can hardly even remember a normal uncontrolled dream.

has anyone else ever hit one of these "dry spots" where you don't experience anything for quite a while? i'm not quite sure what to do. i clear my mind and do all the steps i used to, but nothing seems to happen anymore.

I tried doing a search to see if any topics existed about this, but could not find anything. If one already exists that I am not aware of, I apologize.

Anyway, I thought I would create a topic where we can post forms of art or media that may have been inspired by astral projection. Every now and then I come across pictures, music, movies, etc and think that the creator must have been influenced by an OBE in some way.

Here are a few that I have been thinking about recently:


I found this one on tumblr with a paragraph under it that had absolutely nothing to do with AP; however, I feel like there's no other explanation for this one.


This is the album art for an album called Dreamless Sleep by Evan Caminiti. I think It was released back in the fall. It was easily one of my favorite releases of the year. For those wondering, this isn't an album of binaural beats or anything like that. It's more along the lines of ambient dark wave/drone. With song titles like "Leaving the Island," "Becoming Pure Light," and "Bright Midnight" alongside this album art, I also believe this may have been inspired by AP.

Aside from those two, I always thought the anime series Dragon Ball Z shared a lot similarities with AP as well. Everything from the planets, meditation scenes, characters using their third eyes, etc.

Also, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, a film by David Lynch, may have many references to AP. Lynch practices Transcendental Meditation; however has never mentioned astral projection. But this film has so many similarities. The concept of beings from another place trying to take away a certain energy which can only be produced by humans (I believe this was mentioned in one of Monroe's books) and the idea of "The Black Lodge" and entering new dimensions through pictures on the wall.

What other art and media have you guys seen?

This one is kind of long, but I really feel that I need to share this with someone. Since I am still very new to AP, OBEs, and LDs, I have a hard time distinguishing all of them.

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To quickly sum up how I was feeling before sleeping last night, I felt very flu-like and had a pretty bad case of chills. It didn't take me long to fall asleep, as I was sick. I went to sleep around 1:00am, which is slightly early for me on the weekends. I usually wake up several times between 8:00am-11:00am, and it is during these times that most of my experiences occur. I can not remember if what happened occurred earlier in the night or after waking and falling asleep yet again during the times mentioned.

It started as a normal dream with bizarre events that could have led me to have a LD. One moment I'm on vacation with my cousin in a weird boardwalk cottage, then I am in a very uncomfortable situation with my girlfriend in my basement, which is still bothering me hours later. During this situation, I gained the will to stop whatever was happening. It was at this time that I began to flash in and out of the dream. I was in my bed experiencing SP; however I feel as if i were experiencing SP during a False Awakening (if that's possible). It was as if myself in my bed were communicating with myself in the dream (in the basement). I kept telling my dream-self that I was experiencing SP; although, I was not scared. More so just really irritated with the fact that it was happening. Whenever I perceive myself to be in SP it is as if my eyes are on my forehead and I can only look up and down, It usually starts with my vision focused on the top of my nose for whatever reason.

I could move my fingers and I vigorously kept trying to jerk myself left and right to end the SP. At this time, various manifestations of random humanoid beings would appear standing on my bed and quickly disappear. While this was happening, I would describe the beings to my dream self, who was still in the basement. One of these beings appeared to be a younger version of myself. Once I saw this, I tried sitting up and jumping into this body, assuming that it would help me end the SP. Still, nothing happened. Once the manifestations stopped, I yet again jerked my body vigorously to the left and managed to get out. Everything was moving quickly and I recall leaving my bedroom, which was missing the door, and headed to my bathroom. On my way there I pinched my arm to make sure I was awake (Cliché, I know). I did in fact feel it, so I assumed I was awake. Once I entered my bathroom I was not myself. My thoughts, movements, appearance, etc were simply not me. I looked more pale, thin, and had less physical features on my face. This also really disturbed me, mostly the way I was acting, and I was not okay with it.

I do not remember much after, only quickly moving to a hotel somewhere in what I believed to be southern Florida. I was meeting someone I was vacationing with for breakfast out by the pool. I did not see their face. I just remember sitting down and staring up at what was supposedly the window of our room and I complained that was stuck in SP. I believe this was my way of telling this individual why I was late for this meeting. I then woke up (for real) feeling dehydrated and had a irritating headache.
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So, that's it. Now that I typed it all out, it seems less disturbing. But overall, very strange for me. I don't suppose anyone here could truly explain what the hell happened or if there were certain meanings behind all of this, but I'd appreciate any feedback!

Is there a distinct difference between numbness and vibrations? Before I casually sleep, whether it be at night or prior to naps, I never experience full body numbness. Occasionally (rarely), when I clear my mind and solely focus on having an OBE, my entire body will go totally numb.

I don't ever recall having vibrations, so I am unable to know the difference between the two sensations. However, last night, I had a brief strange experience. As mentioned before, I cleared my mind and focused on having an OBE. I would occasionally try to manifest images while staring into the darkness of my eyelids. After a few moments, my body went numb. This time, it was very different for me because the feeling was a bit more intense and I could slowly (very slowly) feel part of my self floating upward. I tried to see through closed eyes, but did not have any luck. After a while nothing was happening. So, I suppose fear came over me and I moved my physical body and opened my physical eyes.

So I'm stuck here wondering if I experienced vibrations, or if I somehow caused my body to go completely numb and simply imagined the floating sensations.

Are these feelings totally different? or do they ultimately result in the same desired experience, an OBE?

I'm Kevin, a sophomore in college, and still relatively new to Astral Projection. Over the past year or so, I've been reading some easy to find material on OBEs. Mostly books by Robert Monroe, William Buhlman, and Robert Bruce. I'm still struggling to achieve a memorable OBE, and I am having difficulty deciphering lucid dreams from OBEs. Most of the time I believe I am not succeeding due to fear.

I suppose I'll share some of my only experiences just so I can get some opinions on whether or not they are OBEs or vivid dreams. Sorry if my terminology is very weak.

- My most recent experience involved myself being in a dream-like state. At first, I was simply dreaming. But then I believe it became lucid. I was suddenly outside of my house in the street and saw two moons above my neighborhood. One was normal, the other was red. As I directed my attention to them, they started to come together and my vision began to blur. I kept telling myself to leave my body and eventually pushed myself up from a face-down sleeping position (no vibrations or sounds were present). I then observed my arm, which was a dull translucent blue, and sat at the edge of my bed. Everything was blurry. I demanded clarity a few times until i achieved it. I then walked (didn't float or fly) to my bedroom door. I reached to touch the door to see if my hand would go through it. It didn't. I was then in a different part of my house back into a regular dream doing normal boring dream things. I know that OBEs are supposed to be rather obvious, but I am not used to them; therefore, I can not tell if this was a dream or not.

- I don't know how this experience came about. I just remember trying very hard to leave my body in the early hours of the morning, while the sun was rising. I was slowly exiting, but it was as if a force of gravity was holding me down. I was very slowly moving upward toward the ceiling, but struggling the entire way. The light in my room was an overwhelming bronze color. i caught a glimpse of a man's head above my dresser. He jokingly winked at me and I was immediately back in my body in a paralysis state. I wanted to leave again, but feared being "stuck" in paralysis, so I convinced myself to fall asleep.


This is a very large message board, so I don't even know where to begin. If anyone here has any good book suggestions, let me know. I bet there are hundreds of works out there that I've never even heard of. I need to practice more and get beyond my fear barrier. I'm also considering trying some of Robert Monroe's Hemi-Sync discs (Are they worth trying out?) I realize that this introduction post may be scattered all over the place, but thanks to anyone who took the time to read this. I hope to stay here a while. Thanks