Navigating the Out-of-Body Experience: Radical New Techniques [Paperback]
Graham Nicholls (Author)
Graham Nicholls (Author)
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Show posts MenuQuote from: personalreality on February 03, 2011, 12:00:28
I haven't read it yet.
I just came across it when I was perusing amazon.
When I bought it I was in the middle of reading Graham Hancock's Fingerprints of the Gods (which is a massive book if you've ever seen it) and I already had "Chariot of the Gods" on the list to read next, followed by this theoretical physics book I'm reading now by Brian Greene, then I have "Holotropic Breathwork" by Stanislov Grof to read, THEN I will read this crystal book.
When I posted this thread I knew it would be a little while before I got to reading the book. Also, I haven't been doing much in the way of projection practice lately as I have undertaken some new interests, so I knew I wouldn't be trying out these techniques for a bit. I really just wanted to share a potential alternative to traditional techniques and let you guys try it out.
From what I gather this book was always an eBook (wasn't originally a physical book, it still might not be, I don't know) and was associated with some kind of online course. Who knows, maybe it's the same old crystal info that you can find in a number of other astral projection sources (usually ones written from the perspective of pagan/shamanic traditions). Nevertheless, it sounded neat and at $2.99 why not. It may be a load of crap, but it may also be the key someone needs to achieve projection.
I have a history of working with crystals for projection, specifically things like Ulexite, Covellite, Bismuth, Spectrolite, Quartz, Selenite, Merlinite, Mochi Balls (Shaman's Stones) and others. I have always had interesting results. Often very subtle, but definitely noticeable. I still combined crystals with classic OBE techniques, but this author seems to imply that the techniques presented in this book are altogether different from typical meditative focus and visualization based techniques.
So, when I get around to reading this book I will certainly post my opinion of the techniques at the very least, if not a full review. But I happily invite others to do the same if you get to it before I do. I would honestly like to have an idea of what it's about as well.
Quote from: Volgerle on January 26, 2011, 14:01:47
my comment was meant to be more generic and jokingly, but nevertheless indeed from experience, it is common knowledge that some authors (especially those doing some kind of self-publishing, which is easy today) use it as a marketing tool to promote themselves
I just took a short look at the reviews now again (at amazon.com).
First: you only read 6 reviews instead of 7 since one is already duplicated (with a 5-star rate - how handy )
Moreover, some reviewers have only this book as their only review (click on their profile to find out) - which 'smells' at least a bit dodgy to me, although a "fake" cannot be proven by this.
It could be supported further, however, by a linguistic analysis. I am too lazy to do an exact one now, but it is somehow suspicious that most of the reviewrs - and also those who are the "one-timers" - also start their reviews (of almost equal length) with "this book..." or a similar expression. This, of course, also proves nothing substantial, since it might still be normal enough to start a book review with "this book is...". Anyway, the hypothesis is justified. It smells at least 'a bit' phony too me.
Maybe two of the reviews are genuine reviews by other users. The others might be the author (or friends doing a favour) herself.
Quote from: faxman on January 26, 2011, 06:36:40
I agree Volgerle and I don't like that.
Quote from: AstralBeginnings on June 06, 2010, 23:14:08
I got 101 and 102.
While I think alot of what he says makes sense logically, I think he appears to have become one of those Internet Self Help type marketers. If you check out his forums, you will see that success is clearly not as easy using his methods as he makes out.
If you want to save a bit cash, but get what in my opinion will help you more, go to www.vehram.com and buy his Out of Body eBook for $10. I had my first OBE's using this method.
Quote from: personalreality on April 22, 2010, 20:10:04
I'm not knocking this person and their book, but I too once thought that somewhere out there on the web or in some bookstore resided the secret that would help get out of the body. I thought that I was doing everything right, I just hadn't found the perfect technique yet. Well I was wrong. There is no secret book out there with knowledge that I just hadn't found yet. It just took persistence.