Mental projection

Mental projection is a form of astral projection or dreamwalking which utilizes meditation instead of sleep paralysis. It's known to lack full sensory immersion without practice.

Methods

Cliff method

The cliff method is simply getting into a meditative state and then throwing one's mental self off a cliff to induce a dreamwalk, as done by the native Cheyenne tribe of North America.

Candle method

Another native American method, softly focusing on a dim candle's flame while the rest of the world comes out of focus and your mind goes blank can induce mental projection.

Mindscape method

1. Achieve a state of gnosis (trance with an empty mind)
2. Find your inner self, or the mind's representation of who you are
   • This should come naturally, don't force it
3. Continually working with your inner self should allow you to feel your astral body as distinct from your physical body
   • Those who skip this typically fail consistently
4. Create a mindscape, a landscape representation of your mind
   • This can be reused for future attempts
5. Designate a particular part of the mindscape as representative of your actual mind, and another as leading to the astral plane, such as a portal or door
6. Designate an astral location and step through the astral representation

This method, while simple, may take a few tries to carry out successfully. It should result in a dual awareness of the physical and astral planes as a sort of split consciousness.