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While a newcomer to the Craft may be under the mistaken belief that magical work involves strange and supernatural powers, further study and understanding will eventually show them that the processes used, while meeting public skepticism, are in fact quite normal and an inherent part of the human experience. One of the most well studied aspects of the psychic abilities the Witch or magician can utilize in seeking knowledge is the ability to send their consciousness out from their bodies to witness objects and events at great distances.
The traditional lore calls this separation of the spirit part of a human being from their living body to travel across the etheric level of reality astral projection. Closely aligned with this process is the moving of the pure consciousness to another location and is called astral projection. In the late twentieth century this process acquired the label of 'remote viewing'. Surprisingly this intense study of the ability to travel along the astral level was instigated by the Central Intelligence Agency.
With information that Russia had begun to turn a great deal of effort to study psychic phenomena, it was felt that it should be investigated to see if such a thing actually existed and if it posed a threat to national security. Needless to say, the results were so overwhelmingly successful that for at least the next twenty years the government and military maintained a sizable group of people who were trained as 'psychic spies'.
While the phenomena was never adequately explained in a 'scientific' manner it became apparent that it was real. It was discovered that distance did not matter when astral travel was involved. One of the more popular examples was of a 'journey' by one of the remote viewers to the planet Jupiter. The remote viewer reported a ring around the planet he saw and thought he had mistakenly 'seen' Saturn. It was some time later that the first flyby of the planet by NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft showed that Jupiter did indeed have a smaller, previously unseen ring around it.
These are things that the magical practitioner has known for centuries. Time and space are relative concepts within the etheric realm. The past, and even to some degree the future, are available for the practiced person to travel through in their spirit/astral body and glean information from. There are a growing number of places where one can train in the ability to more easily let loose the bonds that hold the spirit to the flesh and travel where they will by the power of thought alone.
By studying and learning how to travel astrally, those in the Craft can discover a wealth of knowledge that can be had more safely and accurately than with most of the traditional divination tools available. They will experience a better understanding of the subtle yet powerful forces that constitute reality on a level much higher than the material plain. And through utilizing the 'remote viewing' of distant places and events, the practitioner can build confidence in their abilities without having to overcome the doubt that astral travel and projection is real. It has already been shown to be a fact.
As well as writing and researching on the paranormal and occult phenomena that intersect our reality, Douglas Mefford can also be found helping spread literature to the world at Bell, Book & Candle Publications or hanging out at his bungalow in Greenwoods Village.
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