High Vibes Only - What to Expect from Your First Visits to the Astral // Figures in Remote Viewing
Season 3 Chapter 2
Welcome readers to another installment of The Legend Queens! Things are picking up in Chapter 2 so if you haven’t read Chapter 1 yet for this season, head back before you get too confused about this week.
Austin and Amber will continue their discussions with Amber diving more into Astral Projection and the experiences people have had with using it and Austin will go ahead and be introducing us to some important figures in the Remote Viewing world to get you ready for our final chapter in two weeks.
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So….. Shall we begin?
High Vibes Only - What to Expect from Your First Visits to the Astral
Written by: Amber Brevig
As per usual, before getting started and diving into today’s chapter, I want to give a disclaimer: I am not a professional or even an amateur out-of-body traveler. To me personally, it’s hard to believe astral projection is real. The stories I’ve read and listened to to create this chapter all sounded like very similar experiences (which, to me, either means the experiences are true and corroborate each other, OR that they all derived from similar narratives like the out-of-body scenario I described in chapter one), so I have gathered their commonalities and are presenting those to you today.
I did not dive into sacred texts, but please know that astral projection is deemed a sacred practice in many religions and belief systems, and is often only taught to people who are deep into their spiritual practice. I’d also like to note that my sources for this chapter and the experiences I found and used do not account for the POC experience or experiences of different nationalities.
This spiritual space, like everything, is also becoming deeply commercialized so it seemed like most information about astral projection had the counter agenda of selling a course or book. And of course, you never know what’s being said just for clout.
SO with all of that said - I took peoples’ experiences at face-value and share them with you today. It is up to you to decide if you believe them.
The Threshold: Entering the Astral
The first “level” of the astral plane is known as the Threshold. I think of these levels like floors to a skyscraper. There are different beings, knowledge, and wonders on each level. This first dimension is very similar to the physical reality we experience in our waking life, and it's often where people initially project during their first out-of-body experiences.
Kristina Clarke (truly just a random Youtuber who shared her first Astral story), described her first projection experience as if she was just exploring her house and neighborhood. She states that she was able to travel through floors of her house to explore her basement and travel outside into her street.
Oliver Fox describes a similar plane in his book “Astral Projection: A Record of Out-Of-the-Body Experiences” where for the first several years of his practice, he gathered information and experimented in this lower-level astral realm.
One of his most interesting discoveries was that things done in the astral could impact the physical world. He found this to be true when interacting with people in the physical world while he himself was in the astral. In one account, he describes going down his street to visit with a few of his other friends who were keen to astral project. On his way, though, he encounters an older lady who seems to sense his presence. He determines that she cannot see him, but when he leans in and touches her shoulder, she violently jolts from the touch, shocking him and sending him back into his body.
(I thought it was interesting too that after this account, he goes into detail about how he thinks laws should be considered in the future to hold people accountable for touching people in the physical realm via the astral realm without their express permission. Consent matters, y’all, even during astral projection.)
I could dive into this rabbit hole for hours, but the common thread I found amongst experiences was this bigger picture idea that everyone’s first account either consisted of:
Floating out of their body, freaking out, and immediately slamming back into their body (and usually trying to do it again pretty soon after); or
Appearing in their astral body in their room or next to their body, exploring their house and neighborhood, and then re-entering their body after a few minutes.
It seems to take time and practice to be able to hold the astral projection. Since your body needs to be asleep but your mind awake, it seems from the accounts I read to be difficult to hold the experience, especially if something happens where you see something scary or have a big emotion you would typically feel in your body.
So what happens when you can hold the experience?
You’ll Be Tested
Aside from seeing things directly from the physical realm, new astral projectors usually quickly find that other energies dwell in this realm, too.
From the personal accounts I’ve absorbed in these last few weeks, it seems that a common experience is being confronted with a guardian.
These guardian energies are known as Dwellers of the Threshold, and they are believed to be a manifestation of your lower self - all of your negative karma in shadow form.
According to some practices, the Dweller of the Threshold is your first test to see if you can access higher knowledge and higher consciousness in the astral. In other words, if you haven't worked through your traumas and big emotions from your physical life, this guardian (your lower self) will be insurmountable, and you will not be able to reach higher levels of knowledge in the astral because you are simply not ready.
You will not be able to project to other astral dimensions until you reach a certain consciousness threshold (I think of this like leveling up your astral projection skill- the more you practice projection, grounding yourself in the physical, and learning from your past experiences, the better you’re equipped to move through the different realms).
But on the flip side, your guardians may also help catapult you further into your astral journey. For example, Out of Body traveler and author Vincent Field described his encounter with these shadows initially as nothing short of terrifying:
During one encounter, when he was still fresh to projection, he instantly noticed a 10ft tall shadow standing at the foot of his bed. Upon seeing it, Vincent shot back into his body out of fear. But he grew bolder and the next time he projected and saw the being, he just flew around it to the other side of his room. The being turned to continue watching him, but did not move otherwise.
Thinking he was in the clear, Vincent didn’t pay the shadows much mind after that since he could just maneuver around them. Of course, he wasn’t in the clear, and during one projection he found himself being chased by the shadow that had been at the foot of his bed. This shadow being chased him down and grabbed him by the back of the neck - instantly sending energy into his astral body. Even when Vincent woke up, he said he still felt the tingle of the energy in his fingertips.
After that experience, Vince was able to astral project into higher dimensions and gain knowledge and experiences he never thought possible (for example, seeing colors in the astral that are impossible to view in the physical world). He came to realize that these shadows might be here to help him reach higher levels of consciousness.
Wanting to test out his new hypothesis, he set an intention to speak to the beings during his astral travels.
When the opportunity presented itself, the beings told Vincent that they were there to help him in his quest for consciousness and that they were only doing what had been requested of him from his highest self.
(The highest self is essentially your highest level of consciousness- my understanding is that it’s basically the embodiment of your soul - your soul has been around a lot longer than your body has and it knows the plan for your physical life- so the highest self guides you on the karmic journey you set out to experience in this life.)
Aside from these guardian entities, you may encounter other people who have bodies in the physical realm but are also projecting into the astral. In a MindValley talk, Jade Shaw, creator of the “Astral Academy” described an astral story where one of her students was astral projecting when he saw a shadow figure coming towards him. The figure was completely dark and was just humanoid shaped, however the student stood his ground as the shadow figure reached out to him. When the shadow was within arm's length, the shade fell from the being, and the student realized the figure was his son. The two then continued to have an astral journey together and were able to recollect the adventure together the next morning.
Overall, it seems as if the shadows in this first realm are non-threatening, but the general consensus seems to be that not everything is what it seems. But how does one get past this initial realm and these guardian entities to explore further in the astral?
The Importance of Your Vibration
This might be a little beyond comprehension for those of you who are new to some of these concepts, but you enter higher realms by raising your own energy to a higher frequency. You astral project to the frequency you’re emitting.
This takes a knowledge or base understanding of a few other ideologies to grasp, but essentially there’s a concept that everything in our universe and every dimension is comprised of energy (this is pretty elementary school science, but in case you needed a refresher).
Anyways, this energy vibrates at certain frequencies - low frequencies attract other low frequencies and high attracts high, etc. Low frequencies, in our physical dimension, are negative mindsets. Complaining, thinking the worst is always going to happen, being angry - those are the things that are low vibration. High vibration is the opposite - joy, peace, calm, gratitude.
When you astral project, Vincent Field theorizes that you project into astral dimensions that align with your current frequency. As you learn to become more at peace through meditation, love, support, and practice, you learn to keep this high vibrational state for longer which allows you to do more things in the astral.
In her talk, Jane Shaw also shares that the Universe is love, so as long as you come into the experience with positive intent and in that high frequency state, you do not have to worry about being attacked or harmed in the astral.
So like in my disclaimer, this all sounds really interesting, but what can we corroborate about it to prove any of it is true? Be sure to subscribe to learn about what the CIA and other institutes have discovered about Astral Travel in our last chapter of the season - coming March 19!
Figures In Remote Viewing
Written by: Austin Charles Bolkcom
This week as we explore Remote Viewing we will be doing a little bit more of a history lesson as you start to learn about some of the key figures of the official conception of the ESP method but also some modern practitioners who have really defied the odds as to the capacity of the human mind and soul.
Some of the figures that will be discussed are Russel Targ, Harold Puthoff, and Lori Willams. There are earlier accounts of using RV (scrying) accounted for in history but for today's chapter we are going to focus on these three individuals to get more of a concrete understanding of their impact on how Remote Viewing is done today as well as officially conceptualized.
Lori Williams
Lori Willams has been someone who has always had moments of high intuition where her gut is pointing her in some direction or leading her on a path to the right decision, or even her fate. Growing up she remembers having these moments quite frequently and always regretted when she didn’t listen to her intuition as it had rarely let her down when she followed along. Williams had the privilege and luxury of learning Remote Viewing under the direction of Lyn Buchanan, a government agent who used Remote Viewing and assisted the US with missing children's cases as well as working on Project Stargate. Buchanan finally found a student to pass down his wisdom to so that the teaching and practicing of Remote Viewing wouldn’t be lost to humanity. Lori also was taught under another Remote Viewing mentor Melvin Riley who also was a part of the team responsible for being in a psychic spy unit for the US Intelligence apparatus. The knowledge and experience these two had to share with Lori is what would help cultivate her in being such an advocate and at the forefront for promoting Remote Viewing learning. Williams having the perfect amount of natural talent along with having some of the best teachers she could ask for, has set her up for success as a Remote Viewer who is highly sought out by clients for her talents.
As a professional remote viewer, Ms. Williams has worked with five remote viewing companies and countless corporations in three countries. Lori is a member of the International Remote Viewers Association (IRVA) as well as the Professional Controlled Remote Viewer’s Association (PCRVA) and has a track record of 86% accuracy in the PCRVA professional database.
Her experience includes working with law enforcement to assist in missing person cases, conducting professional sessions for corporations that have had a direct effect on profit margins, working on archeological mysteries, doing extensive “Life Path” sessions for individuals and working on many remote-healing sessions.
Another acclaim of Lori Williams is that during one of her professional level workshops, an area where only her top students are allowed to learn and take part in, she had tasked her best viewer to find missing Flight 19 that disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle in 1945. Lori says that her pupil describes the airplane being surrounded in some type of void along with other vehicles used for transportation. Lori states this could be anything from as small as the airplane being under the sea or even on the other end the airplane could be in a different plane of reality stuck in some type of void or dimension. Her team didn’t provide the final conclusions of what happened on or to Flight 19 but her pupil’s discovery is still one to ponder about what could have happened to the bombers. Lori’s student personally believes that from his session that the plane had a mechanical failure and fell into the ocean but in his descriptions he also details seeing another craft or object being with Flight 19 before it plunges into the Bermuda.
Williams, like her mentors before her, is vastly interested in spreading the knowledge of Remote Viewing so that humans everywhere can take part in this skill that could lay dormant in many of us if we just had the right tools and guidance to help us get from point A to point B. Many of her intro level online courses, audiobooks, seminars, and other tools of knowledge are purposely priced at a low price point so that the material can be accessible to the wider public instead of being gatekept for profit. Her passion to give what has been given to her to as many people as she can.
Lori believes that remote viewing can be used to view the past, present, future, onto other planets, different dimensions, and even into the small workings on machines. Her goal and mission in life is to help humans open up the full capabilities of what is possible to do with the human body, mind, and soul.
Russell Targ & Harold Puthoff
One of the first proponents of addressing that the US Government needed to be using a newfound method of counter intelligence, you wouldn’t suspect that Russell Targ is a physicist with a specialty in lasers. Targ graduated from Columbia University in New York and worked in laser technology and the development of the laser and is known for early work in laser research.
Then in 1972 I had the idea that I could teach people to explore the part of themselves that’s psychic, and because I had some experience in that arena I was able to go to the CIA and convince them that they should support a program at Stanford Research Institute in which we would explore psychic abilities and pursue applications of interest to the CIA for national security purposes. They said ‘If you can do a demonstration of ability test for us indicating that this is not all nonsense, that is if you can describe one of our locations of interest in the Soviet Union given the coordinates, then we’ll support your program.’
We worked with a psychic police commissioner in the city of Burbank, Pat Price, and he gave a superlative written and graphic rendition of this R&D site in eastern Siberia. He drew the buildings, drew a picture of a large gantry crane and described what the Russians were building inside a research building and that was all entirely correct. That led to another 20 years of financial support from 1972 until 1995.
Following his retirement in 1997 from intelligence gathering and research & development, Targ has become a teacher of Remote Viewing having written 9 books on the subject of Remote Viewing and ESP. Russell, much like Lori, seems dedicated in his elder years in the spreading of knowledge on the subject to as many people as possible. Believing that every human has a vast amount of potential just waiting to be unlocked.
Much like his co-worker and colleague Russell Targ, Harold Puthoff also started off in a more modest field of study and research before his interests turned to parapsychology. Harold’s academic interests being in electrical engineering. Where he and Targ’s interests and research aligned is when Harold was getting his Ph.D at Stanford University, his interest was in laser properties. Now his interests range from theoretical studies concerning gravitational models and quantum vacuum-energy effects, to laboratory studies of innovative approaches for space propulsion and space communication.
Both of these men and their collective education, research, and development eventually lead them to getting funding for the infamous Project Stargate.
The reason for bringing up their background is that these two men are very well educated individuals and not some conspiracy theorist running a tangent on a reddit forum. While it would never be my intention to try and sell you on what someone else believes, it is my direction that I let you know about the individual who is proposing the idea and where they’re coming from.
That is all I will dive into about Targ and Puthoff for now as next time for my final portion of this series we will be going over Project Stargate from its inception, decommission, to the declassification of the information about the project and giving too much information about these two away now will spoil some of the fun for later.