Review: Beyond the Edge - Part 2

 Beyond the Edge

by Nurit Weiss Davicioni

This is Part 2 of my book review of Beyond the Edge by Nurit Weiss Davicioni. To read part 1, visit this link.

This book is divided into four parts.

Part 1 is "The Journey Begins" which is mostly introductory stuff, a lot of which I covered in part 1 of my review.

Part 2 is "Astral Gateways" which is mostly techniques and tips, but also contains some interesting observations.

This quote matches my observations, and it's something almost no other books in the genre talk about:

"When people speak about astral planes, they often describe them as fixed layers or clearly defined realms. In my experience, this doesn't reflect the reality of how these spaces are encountered. The astral is not a static map--it is a living, responsive landscape...The environments I've moved through do not exist as neatly separated worlds. They blend, overlap, and transform, sometimes gradually and sometimes instantly." (pg. 155) 

What are Davicioni's experiences like? Like most people, they vary. For example:

"...In these moments, the sense of 'me' fades into the background, replaced by a quiet awareness witnessing something immense.

One such experience remains vivid: I found myself aboard what felt like a spacecraft, moving effortlessly through a vast realm of crystalline islands suspended in endless space...

Encounters like this leave me with a deep sense of humility. They suggest that consciousness extends far beyond personal exploration, and that there are realities layered with complexity and scale that the human mind can scarcely comprehend." (pg. 158)

Many astral projectors and authors become egotistical or arrogant. Some even try to convince you they have vast secret knowledge. I wrote about ego problems in this blog article. Davicioni  doesn't have that problem. She writes:

"I don't claim to understand these spaces or define what they are. I only know that they felt undeniably real and profoundly other." (pg. 158)

On the next page, she writes:

"My knowledge is limited to what I've personally encountered, and there are undoubtedly dimensions beyond anything I can imagine. Beyond the physical, there is no fixed world--only a vast, multi-dimensional unfolding of awareness that flows around and through the self, reaching into realms beyond our understanding." (pg. 159)

The book offers some unique techniques, such as the Seahorse Meditation (pg. 165), Elemental Meditation (pg. 167), Box Breathing (pg. 169), Tuning Consciousness through frequencies and voice (pg. 172), and others.

Part 3 is "My Path Beyond the Veil," which contains mostly narratives, Davicioni's personal experiences. I thought it was interesting that the author waited until nearly halfway through the book to share her experiences, other than a few simple examples near the beginning, like the ones shown above.

A lot of authors in the genre don't admit to dry spells or fallibility (probably the ego thing again). Davicioni doesn't have that problem either. She writes:

"This was one of my first experiences after years of not having any. I had just started my spiritual journey again, after being preoccupied with life for so long." (pg. 185)

Many of her narratives are interesting. For example, she mentions looking at a mirror while out-of-body and seeing her own face, but distorted, but then later, she looks again and it looks normal.

"This time, I see myself clearly, and I smile..." (pg. 195)

In most of her narratives, Davicioni tries to find a valuable or insightful take-away from her experience. For example:

"In the end, this experience brings me back to the message of balance--between control and surrender--and the reminder that, even in the surreal or dreamlike, we can find profound truth about who we are and the world around us." (pg. 197)

Part 4 is "Going Deeper: Supportive Theories and Advanced Techniques" 

As I said in part 1, I got the impression most of the author's narratives were from lucid dreams. She also shares a few non-lucid dreams that were spiritual or instructive. I'm totally okay with that. In fact, in my second book, Lessons Out of the Body, I shared a few of my own spiritual lessons I received as ordinary dreams. The author is totally upfront about this:

"The encounter felt like more than just a simple dream; it carried deep layers of meaning..." (pg. 231) 

"The encounter with Abraham might not have been a traditional astral projection or lucid dream. It was as if I had accessed a different layer of consciousness altogether." (pg. 233)

They sure reminded me of some of my own experiences in which I wasn't totally lucid. I sometimes refer to these as "Almost There Experiences." It's somewhat dream-like, but you know it's not. They seem "more real than a dream," even with partial lucidity.

It's interesting to note that, from her writing, Davicioni does not strike me as a religious person. Yet many of her experiences seem deeply rooted in religion or spirituality. She gives hints that her family has Jewish roots, but she acts skeptical and distrusting of her encounters with celestial beings like "Abraham." That tells me she's well-grounded, and that's very much the attitude I take toward unknown beings in my experiences.

Davicioni has a section on how to use astral experiences and lucid dreams for growth and healing. For example:

"Through astral projection, you travel to a parallel reality where you already made that career change. In this experience, you observe how the decision plays out." (pg. 262)

Unfortunately, she doesn't say exactly how to get to that parallel reality. 

In chapter 20, she spends a long time talking about how to use astral projection and lucid dreaming for healing.

Although she doesn't call it her "inner voice," the kind I wrote about, chapter 21 focuses mainly on developing intuition, and she treats the subject fairly well. For example, here's some great advice similar to advice from my book, Answers Within:

 "Distinguishing Between Ego and Intuition - The ego often speaks loudly, filled with fears, doubts, or personal desires. True intuition is subtle, calm, and clear--it doesn't demand attention, it simply is." (pg. 311)

Chapter 23 is titled "Awakening Our True Nature: The Evolution of Consciousness." This actually echoes my own beliefs about the nature of reality and the purpose of life.

I didn't agree with everything in the book. For example:

"If we are only using a small percentage of our brains--perhaps 3-5%--then the possibilities for our experiences are truly endless, and we are constantly evolving." (pg. 336)

I do believe we're constantly evolving, and I do believe the possibilities are endless. However, science has disproven the myth that we use only a small percentage of our brains. In fact, we use pretty much all of our brains. Well, unless you're a politician.

The author's attitude toward "fate" and "destiny" are basically the same as mine: 

 "We were not destined to blindly walk toward doom and gloom. We have the power to change our direction, to grow, and to awaken." (pg. 337)

I wrote about this topic in a blog article titled Deja Vu, Synchronicity, Fate, Destiny and the Law of Attraction and my beliefs are based on my personal experiences.

Chapter 24 delves into topics rarely spoken of by other authors in the genre. For example, she writes about "Astral Projection While Awake."

"With these tools in place, a new possibility opens--the ability to project while fully awake." (pg. 355) 

She even gives some techniques to accomplish it. Very few people have claimed to be able to astral project while fully awake. Keith Harary, Ingo Swann and Tom Campbell come to mind. Still, I think there's a fine line between this and "Remote viewing." I've always said "astral projection" is the same as "out of body experience/OBE," and I've always defined OBEs as experiences in which 100% of your awareness seems to be away from the body; the body is just another inanimate object in the room. In other words, you're completely immersed. So is it possible to project while awake? Well, Harary and Swann certainly displayed some amazing feats, but to me, it always seemed like an oxymoron.

The book contains several "advanced" techniques, and while they're treated quite fairly, seemed more like beginner techniques, such as the Target technique, Breath and energy work, and Using the hypnagogic state while awake.

It also contains techniques for lucid dreaming, primarily MILD (Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams) which, in her eyes, means using a combination of:

• Wake Back To Bed (WBTB)
• Dream recall and journaling
• Setting intentions
• Visualizing yourself in a dream 

She also covers sleep paralysis, false awakenings, and such, but does not get deep into more scary topics like "hagging" and the "Guardian of the Threshold." She does, however, talk about fears and how to work past them.

Davicioni doesn't say much about the so-called "Akashic Records" but she does say:

"The Akashic Records are not somewhere else--they are a layer of awareness we can touch when we are truly present, open, and willing to listen." (pg. 379)

She doesn't give any personal experiences to back up this claim, and although it makes sense and seems reasonable, I hate unsubstantiated claims like this. Several authors--usually of esoteric or occult backgrounds, such as the Theosophists--claim the Akashic records is a specific place. Best example is Kensho's book The Astral Explorer, which contains an artist's illustration of the place. I've never seen or visited the Akashic records, so I have no experiential knowledge of it.

The book is 413 pages long, with decent font and decent margins, which means there's a lot of content. You definitely don't feel rushed or short-changed. The book covers a lot. The book has a lot of "headings" meaning that every chapter is broken up into small sections, and each section has its own heading, which seems a bit unnecessary.

I give Beyond the Edge four stars out of five. It's not the best book out there, nor the most innovative, but it's solid and worth the money.

Bob Peterson
29 September 2026

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Review: Beyond the Edge - Part 1

Beyond the Edge

by Nurit Weiss Davicioni

Today I'm reviewing Beyond the Edge by Nurit Weiss Davicioni. The copyright is 2026. The author sent me a copy of the book to review.

This is a big book--more than 400 pages--so I took a lot of notes. The review got so long I had to break it into two parts. This is part 1. I'll release part 2 next Tuesday. 

The first question I always ask is: Who is this author and what is their level of experience? Are they writing from experience or is it just another data dump? I can usually tell which by the book's out-of-body (OBE) narratives (or lack of them) and the subtle things authors say in their descriptions.

Unfortunately, in today's age of Artificial Intelligence, it's no longer easy to tell. Anyone can use AI to "write" a book about astral projection, and there's plenty of public material to draw upon. Sometimes the writing gives it away, as was the case in two of the three previous books I reviewed, Astral Projection by Emily Oddo, and The Astral Plane by D.R.T. Stephens. This book was different, in a good way. However, AI has also gotten much better than it was just a few months ago.

I asked google how to detect AI writing and listed a bunch of things to look for, like:

"Finding five em dashes in three short paragraphs—especially when commas or parentheses would fit better—is a strong sign of automation."

This is especially true for ChatGPT and Claude. For non-writers, an "em dash" is the long "—" symbol that separates thoughts, just like you see after the word "paragraphs" and "better" in the sentence above.

So as I read this book, I paid close attention to the "em dashes." Guess what? The book is 413 pages long, and if I had to guess, there were em dashes on 390 or more pages, and often several per page. I found very few pages without them.

So, okay, it looks like the book was probably written with the "help" of AI. Does that make it a bad book? Not at all. As an author, I'm greatly concerned by the use of AI in writing. But in many cases, AI can be used to improve writing, sentence structure, and paragraph structure. This is especially true if English isn't the author's first language. I'd rather read AI-modified content than poorly-worded sentences with poor grammar or excessive use of passive voice like some books. This book flows well.

So what is Nurit Weiss Davicioni's level of experience? That's impossible to say. The book contains several out-of-body narratives from the author, and they're pretty decent.

Since astral projection experts just seem to appear suddenly out of nowhere, I went out to the largest astral projection group on Facebook and asked the moderators if they had ever heard of Davicioni, and what they knew about her. Much to my surprise, they jumped all over her (in private discussions). They said she had joined a bunch of astral projection groups, acting like a complete novice who knew nothing about the subject, copied a bunch of people's legitimate OBE narratives, claiming them as her own, then they kicked her out, and she suddenly claimed to be an expert on the subject. They out-and-out said she was a "fraud."

Is any of this true? I didn't see any of that exchange, so I have no direct knowledge of these accusations. But I can tell you this: The book is actually pretty good.

There are a few unscrupulous authors who make money by pumping out book after book on new-age subjects like astral projection, but they always write short books. They write books from 40 to 80 pages. They don't craft a 413-page tome like Davicioni's.

I'll tell you another thing AI doesn't typically do: make mistakes. This book has very few mistakes, fewer than most books. I found one sentence that ended with two periods, and then this:

"WBTB helps to increases [sic] awareness..." (pg. 42)

I don't think an AI could have written a sentence like that. There's another on page 51 where she writes, "...your ability to recall you [sic] dreams..." which, of course, should be "your dreams." But, of course, the book was probably edited by a human, so mistakes might have been added during editing. Don't get me wrong: Most books have mistakes, but in this case, it didn't bother me. It actually gave me a bit of comfort that I might not be reading the output of a machine.

Enough about AI and the accusations. Let's dive into the contents of the book.

Even before the first chapter, in the introduction, Davicioni sounds intelligent with quotes like this:

"The stories we tell ourselves, the beliefs we hold--these form the foundation of everything we experience." (pg. XV) 

Near the beginning of the book, she gives the read clues about her level of experience and tries to explain why she wrote the book.

"My journey into astral projection and lucid dreaming began unexpectedly when I was a teenager...
Through years of practice, I refined techniques that helped me leave my body at will and explore realms beyond the physical...
And something shifts when you realize you are more than your physical body." (pg. 6)

Likewise, in chapter two she describes how she had a terrifying episode of sleep paralysis when she was 16. (pg. 9) My impression, after having read the book, is that Davicioni has much more experience with lucid dreaming than astral projection. She applies almost every observation equally to astral projection and lucid dreaming. That was a little off-putting for me, but still, I didn't really disagree with any of her observations.

The book has basic out-of-body and lucid dreaming techniques. It covers your basic WBTB (Wake Back To Bed), Rope Climbing, Roll-out, "Target" technique, Vibrational Lift-out, Mind Movement Technique (similar to my own "Almost Move Technique,") breath-work, and many others.

In fact, she does a good job of presenting techniques. She even brings a few new ideas to the table. For example, she gives a "Vanishing Body Technique" (pg. 63) that I hadn't seen in other books. She gives a "Pendulum Focus" technique (pg. 87) similar to some of my own motion-based techniques, "Sensory Shift" technique," and others.

She also gives solid techniques for lucid dreaming, although not as good as Robert Waggoner's book, Lucid Dreaming.

She also gives a fair amount of tips and helpful hints. For example, she recommends things like "Breathing like you're already asleep." (pg. 47) and "The Stillness Trick." This is not too different from my own "Sneaking Past the Gatekeeper" technique. She writes:

"The more your body believes it's asleep, the easier the transition becomes." (pg. 47)

Again, this is helpful, and if she was just out to grab money, she wouldn't have cared enough to add so many. She took great care to make the book helpful to people who want to do it themselves.

Davicioni has an interesting discussion of how her demeanor is different in her experiences. She undergoes somewhat of a shift of personality. For example, during her experiences:

"I become more confident, assertive, expressive and extroverted, while in the physical world, I'm more introverted, gentle, and quiet." (pg. 128)

I haven't noticed any major personality shifts during my experiences, but I have described how sometimes I'm more right-brained, and more "spiritual." I'm also more curious and "awestruck" even after all these years.

Unlike many "money-grabbing" authors, Davicioni gives several of her own experiences, although like I said, many of these are probably lucid dreams and not OBEs, and she does little to differentiate them. Still, she reflects on her experiences, so there's a personal touch. For example:

"And maybe that's the beauty of our multidimensional nature: We are constantly evolving by integrating these different facets--balancing the bold with the gentle, the confident with the humble, the expansive with the grounded." (pg. 131)

She gives some good advice on sleep paralysis and controlling your fear. For example, she writes:

"The key is to shift your perspective. Instead of seeing fear as a threat, see it as a signal that you are about to unlock something important." (pg. 143) 

And I absolutely loved this quote:

Fear wants form. Awareness dissolves it." (pg. 147)

(To be continued)

Bob Peterson
22 September 2026

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