etc, then verifying theaccuracy of my findings afterwards.There are strong natural barriers to conscious, real time projection, the OOBE, in thephysical world. The amount of etheric matter generated and channeled to the astralbody, is one of them. It limits the duration of any real time projection to the degree ofchakra development and control.The Astral ProjectionThis is where the astral body is projected into the astral dimension, where things are quitedifferent from the real world. Time is distorted and extended, i.e., an hour in the astralcan be like a few minutes in the physical dimension, depending on what part of the astralyou are in. Reality is fluid and changeable.The Lucid DreamThis is where a person becomes fully aware that they are dreaming during a dream. Theyeither take some kind of conscious control over the course of events, or they convert theexperience into an astral projection. Lucid dreaming is more similar to an astralprojection than to an OOBE, as time and reality are distorted.Astral Projection Or Lucid Dream?Many astral projectors black out before making a conscious exit from their body andreturn to awareness in the astral dimension. You become aware after the actualseparation from the physical body and are usually already in the astral dimension. If youmiss the conscious exit from your body you are technically having a lucid dream, not anastral projection as you have become aware after separation.All three types of projection are closely related, i.e., they all involve the astral bodyseparating from the physical and experiencing a reality separate from the physical body.---------- Robert Bruce -------------rsb@tower.com.au ----------Your comments, experiences and requests for help and advice are most welcome. Ifcorresponding via email, however, please keep your text to a minimum and please dontsend great chunks of my work back to me. Thanks in advance for your consideration. ----------------http://www.tower.com.au/~rsb/ ---------------- TREATISE ON ASTRAL PROJECTIONVolume II - v1.1Part 2ByRobert BruceCopyright 2 July 1994Starting OutAfter the physical body has fallen asleep, the astral body always projects into the physicalworld. Once the energy body has expanded, the astral body floats free and hovers justabove the physical body, but within the expanded energy bodys field of influence.Within this field, known as cord activity range, the astral body is held close to thephysical world as it is within a field of etheric matter.During a conscious astral projection it may appear as if you are projecting straight into anastral plane. But there is always an intermediary phase at the beginning, when you areexisting as an astral form close to the physical dimension. This, real time part of anyprojection, may be missed if you black out at the moment of projection. The area aroundthe body, within cord activity range, is flooded with etheric matter and within this fieldthe astral body is held in real time close to the physical dimension.Etheric MatterEtheric matter is the actual life force substance generated by all living things by simplybeing alive. It is a substance in-between physical matter and astral matter, part physicaland part astral. This etheric matter has actual weight. It is a very refined substance inbetween matter and energy and is similar to