another aspect of mind. Under the tight circumstances, as said, two o ‘even three ofthese aspects are capable of operating simultaneously. “The dream mind and astral mind gather experience memories indepen- dently from the moment they become active, the moment the mind/-split effect occurs, to the moment awake consciousness is restored. Most of ‘these memories disappear into uncharted areas of the unconscious mind ‘upon waking, Occasionally, though, dream and astral memories will be recalled, often mixed Problems can occur when the physical body’s copy of mind regains consciousness while its other aspects are also conscious. This can cause a variety of sleep-related phenomena, including sleep paralysis (the physi- cal body is awake, bur cannot move) and senses like astral sight and hear- ing, and more rarely, touch and smell and taste. Asreat SiGHT AND HEARING ‘Astral sight is the phenomenon of seeing through closed eyelids during sleep or in the preludes to sleeping or awakening, The quality of astral sight can range from secing vague, shadowy shapes, images, and colors to seeing as if your eyes were open and the overhead light were lt. Sounds heard through astral hearing can range from bell cones (tuning fork sounds) and buzzing or humming electrical noises to pecu- liar sounds and voices. Some astral noises (eg. a train roaring past close ‘to your head, a lawnmower starting up in your bedroom) can be frighten- ingly loud—as loud as they would bein tel life, “Ascral sight and heaving happen when the physical body is asleep, but the mind is still awake. ‘This is also called a trance state or an altered state of consciousns. In this state, psychic abilities will often manifest that allow seeing and hearing into the astral dimension. Spirits and asteal projectors can also sometimes be seen and heard in this way. These bili ties can also become activated by overtiredness, when the physical body falls asleep while the mind is held awake. SLEEP PaRALysis Sleep paralysis is something that most people will experience at some time in their lives. When it happens, persons wake up physically paralyzed tunable to move a muscle or even blink. This can also happen while you ate eying to fall asleep or while just relaxing, Ie most commonly occurs when persons are overtired, Although this condition usually only lasts 8 “The Practical Paychic SlEDefnse Handbook minute or two, it can be terrifying, especially if is cause is unknown. This condition is offen misinterpreted as something siniscer. Astral sight and hearing will often occur during episodes of sleep paralysis, which ean make the situation even more fear inducing, 1 suspect that unknown subtle mechanisms relating to the nature of sleep and how the mind animates the physical body are involved with sleep paralysis. This condition is well known to be associated with out-of- body experiences (OBE, or astral projection). Natural astral projectors usualy suffer frequent bouts of sleep paralysis during their lives. The physical body is not truly paralyzed during sleep paralysis. Nerve con- nections between the physical brain and body remain intact. The mind sim- ply becomes disassociated from its physical body during sleep and is unable ‘co animace the body for ashore time. This dissociation is said to be caused bya cemporary glitch in the mechanism that deactivates the physical body luring sleep, to stop the body from copying what its doing in its dreams. Sleep-paralysis episodes will occasionally be accompanied by unex- plainable feelings of dread. There is often a tangible presence sensed as coming from a particular direction. This fecling ofa disturbing presence is caused by the mind-split effece thar happens when an unsuspected astral projection isin progress. In this case, the astral double is awake and active, and possibly the dream mind is as well. This activity is using all of the physical body/mind’s available consciousness energy, which is caus- ing the paralysis. The sense of tangible presence is caused by subtle energy interactions between a person’s paralyzed physical body/mind and his/ her own astral projected double. This eect is strongest a close range. (Please see my book Astral Dynamics for more detailed information ercming fe mind-split effect and other sleep- and astral-related phenomena. Core Images Core images are combined energy-body and meneal devices used by Negs to infiltrate and manipulate people. Natural core images are powerful memories formed by reablife traumas, These memories are the first tar- iets For Negs during psychic invasion. After these are mpromised, false core images ate implanted through telepathic dream manipulation. In time, networks of controls are created in the minds and energy bodies of victims. These networks attempt co circumvent natural shielding to give The Unseen Encironment °