Hacking the Out of Body Experience
by Bob Peterson
Today I'm reviewing Hacking the Out of Body Experience: Leveraging Science to Induce OBEs by Robert Peterson. Actually, no. I'm not reviewing it because I wrote it, and I'm obviously biased.
Many
people buy astral projection and out-of-body experience books without
knowing much about the contents. To help people make an informed
decision, I've been doing detailed book reviews for many of these books for the past 8 years.
And I recommend that before you buy any book about it, check to see if
I've done a book review. But it recently occurred to me: my own
books--the books I wrote--are not represented in my list, so it is
unfair to me to keep them out and say nothing.
This book is a detailed guide on how to leverage science to induce out-of-body experiences. It goes into great depth and detail on techniques and how to do it. Therefore, it avoids most conjecture about what OBEs are and focuses strictly on techniques. It's divided into 5 parts and 77 chapters, as follows:
Table
of Contents
Introduction 11
Part 1 -
Out-of-body Basics 17
1. So Many
Questions 19
2. Becoming an Ideal
Candidate for OBEs 31
3. The Science of
OBEs, the PFC, and the TPJ 41
4. Robert Monroe’s
Lines of Force Technique 53
5. The Vibrations 59
6. OBEs, Sleep
Cycles, and Brain Waves 101 63
7. Sleep Paralysis
and OBEs 69
8. Overcoming
Fear 79
9. The Guardian of
the Threshold 87
10. The Four OBE
States 93
11. The Three
Strategies to OBE Induction 101
Part 2 - The
Direct OBE Induction Strategy 103
12. Harnessing the
Hypnagogic (Pre-Sleep) State 105
13. Harnessing the
Hypnopompic (Post-Sleep) State 111
14. The Five
Approaches to the Direct OBE Induction 115
15. Preparing For
Liftoff: Mental Preparation 123
16. Preparing For
Liftoff: Physical Preparation 131
17. How to Focus
Your Mind for an OBE 149
18. The Cloud or I
Am Elsewhere Technique 153
19. The Target
Technique 155
20. Simulacrum, Cube
and Black Box Techniques 159
21. The Spinning
Disc Technique 161
22. The Floating
Beach Ball / Sphere Technique 163
23. The Pineal
Doorway Technique 165
24. Rocking and
Swaying Techniques 167
25. The Yoyo
Technique 169
26. The Falling In A
Well and Cone Techniques 171
27. The Feet Zoom
Technique 173
28. The Swinging
Arms Technique 175
29. Ab Crunch, Tai
Chi and Exercise Techniques 177
30. The Almost Move
Technique 179
31. The Flash or
Running Technique 181
32. Rolling,
Spinning, and Tornado Technique 183
33. The Rope
Technique 185
34. The Washing
Hands Technique 187
35. The Feel for
Buzzing Technique 189
36. Heavy / Light
Technique 191
37. Brain Crush and
Straining the Brain Techniques 193
38. The High Pitch
Whine Technique 195
39. The Song Replay
Technique 197
40. Imaginary
Shouting for OBE 199
41. Mantras for
OBE 201
42. The Heartbeat
Technique 203
43. The Candle Flame
Technique 205
44. The Orange Peel
Technique 207
45. The Swinging
Hypnagogic Image Technique 209
46. Problem Solving
for the Direct Strategy 213
Part 3 - The
Indirect OBE Induction Strategy 221
47. Introduction to
the Indirect OBE Strategy 223
48. Chi Circulation,
Energy Bouncing, and Chakras 227
49. Hypnosis and the
Christos Technique for OBEs 237
50. The Desire
Factor and the Thirst Technique 239
51. OBE Affirmations
and Prayers 243
52. Self-Labeling
and Self-Talk 247
53. OBEs and
Music 251
54. OBE Narratives
and Walk-Throughs 255
55. Sneaking Past
the Gatekeeper 257
56. The Sleep
Directive Technique 261
57. The Wake Back To
Bed (WBTB) Technique 263
58. WBTB and
Technique Cycling 267
Part 4 - Turning
Lucid Dreams into OBEs 271
59. Lucid
Dreaming 273
60. Keeping Dream
and OBE Journals 275
61. Appointments,
Trigger Mechanisms and Anchors 283
62. Turning Lucid
Dreams into OBEs 289
Part 5 - Brain
hacks and Assisting Technologies 291
63. Introduction to
Brain Hacking 293
64. Breath Work and
Proper Breathing 297
65. Sound
Technologies and Binaural Beats 301
66. Sound and Light
Machines 303
67. Vitamins,
Supplements and Probiotics 305
68. Aromatherapy and
Scented Oils for OBEs 315
69. The Pineal
Gland, Contaminants, and Boron 317
70. OBEs, Celibacy,
Masturbation and the Sex Drive 321
71. Dietary
Considerations 325
72. OBEs and the
Default Mode Network 331
73. Odds and Ends
and Superstitions 335
74. Putting It All
Together 339
75. When All Else
Fails: A Formula for OBE Success 345
76. The Future of
OBE research 349
77. Conclusions 351
The book is 351 pages, which means there's lots of content. It's massive. On the plus side, it's relatively up-to-date, published in 2019 and has everything you should ever need to induce OBEs. On the minus side, there are no OBE narratives and it gets a bit heavy on science; mostly neuroscience (brain science).
I'm giving it 5 stars out of 5, but like I said, I'm biased.
Bob Peterson
09 January 2021
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planning to review, so don't expect a quick turnaround.
If you like my work, visit my website, robertpeterson.org, where you'll find lots of other free OBE advice and links.
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