Hyonagogic Vs Astral Projection

[thesmokingpants]

Can someone explain the difference bewtween the two. A lot of sites seem to say they are the same thing - but from what I have experienced they are very different. To my knowledge I have had Astral Projections - During naps I have either been lying face down or face up and slowly relaxing and telling myself "Now I am out of body". I tend to fall asleep and instantly I feel like my body is shooting somewhere at a million miles an hour but I can't see anything. I usually always here voices or music - some sort of larger than life sounds. Now I also believe I have had a hynogogic trance - I was rolling in my bed early morning and suddenly I had all these visions before my very eyes - something like a bonked up cartoon. Does anyone know the difference and especially does anyone know good techniques for inducing hypnagogic trances?

[AndrewTheSinger]

Hypnagogia happens while one is falling asleep, and the AP happens when one is asleep. It is like stage 1 and stage 2.

When you experience hypnagogic images you still have a sense of your body, you can perceive that the images are rolling on the background of your closed eyelids. There can be some sort of interaction, but once you seep into the visions you're then technically 'phased'.

Everybody experiences hypnagogia since this is how the dreams are formed, some just don't notice.

To induce the state you need to get yourself to the border of sleep. Relax, slow down your thoughts and set yourself out to notice what's going on 'behind the curtains'.

You can also imagine things and try to see the details. Imagine you're reading a book, turning the pages, seeing pictures... try to feel it real, deep, then concentrate and read some words, what colors do you see in the pictures, what's the number on the page you're reading?