Answer: Dream sharing is a phenomenon where two people are having the same dream, at the same time, and both are aware of the presence of another dreamer in the dream.

It’s extremely rare to be able to enter someone else’s dream. When someone is dreaming, they are in a construct that is very internal to their own brain. In order for someone else to cut in on that, they would have to be able to get inside the original dreamer’s mind. I’d say that for the most part it’s nearly impossible to share a dream.

However, I’ve had three instances I can recall where I witnessed a dream that one of my friends was having, but I could not interact or affect the dream, and my friend was unaware of my presence. However, the next day I was able to tell him in exact detail what he dreamed. Was I in his dream or was I picking up on his thoughts psychically, or was I somehow able to tap into his dream remotely and see what was happening? I’m not sure. I think this is one for the scientists. All I know is that I saw the dream as it was happening and I was accurate in my report.

Now… there is another phenomenon that occurs which may be more likely what you’re experiencing. I’ve had a lot of experiences where friends and I shared a dream. Or so I thought. These were experiences where they were aware of me, I was aware of them, and we could interact with each other consciously during the experience, and share full recall the next morning. At first I thought we were dream sharing, but then I realized that every single time I experienced this phenomenon the content of the “dream” was paranormal in nature. In other words, we were being attacked by a low vibrational entity from the astral plane. We were not in a dream construct, we were more in an energetic construct that had form.

For example, in one experience I can recall, I was being chased by a horde of demonic creatures, let’s call them hell hounds just as a point of reference. I remember hiding under a staircase in an old castle. I heard footsteps coming down the stairs and my boyfriend at the time appeared before me and said, “I chased them off. Let’s get out of here.” As we ran, we had a conversation. The next morning he told me he had a “dream” that he found me cowering under the stairs after chasing off a horde of nasties. He and I both remember the conversation we had during the experience. Was it a dream or something else? I’m going with something else. Probably something astral.

So I believe you can witness someone else’s dream, and I believe you can consciously meet on the astral plane, but I don’t think you can enter someone else’s dream and affect it. It’s too much a part of their brain. You can remote view it, but I don’t think you can affect it.

So I would say if you believe you are in your friend’s dream, take a moment to analyze whether it’s a dream or an astral experience, especially if running from nasties is involved.

Instead, to help your friend, I suggest you counsel him on overcoming his past issues and help him remove his blocks. I don’t think you need to be in his dreams to do it.

© 2006-2011 by Erin Pavlina.

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Answer: Wow, now that’s a question!

The most powerful low vibrational being on the astral plane should definitely be avoided as it is definitely harmful and dangerous. I have encountered some major players on the astral plane that are downright nasty and will suck your energy dry leaving you a sad withered husk of your former glorious self! You definitely want to avoid those dudes. I have to imagine if I ever met the most powerful nasty on the astral plane I wouldn’t be here to talk about it.

The most powerful high vibrational being on the astral plane, on the other hand, is likely an archangel. Interacting with them would be awesome, but some of them are really busy guarding the portal to our dimension and keeping us from ripping apart at the seams so, you know, I wouldn’t ask them if they want to play canasta or anything. Let them do their thing.

Think of the astral plane like the ocean. If you want to dip your toes in the shallow water, you’ll likely encounter some pretty fish and maybe something icky like a jellyfish who might sting you, but you’ll recover. The deeper you go, the more protection I hope you have. Getting swallowed whole is no fun, or so I hear.

Be careful out there, young man. But if you get into trouble, call the Coast Guard, aka the archangels! They’ll bail your butt out of trouble.

© 2006-2011 by Erin Pavlina.

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Answer:
I started astral projecting when I was 15 years old after trying for almost 3 years. Once I got the hang of it, I was projecting 3-4 times per week – sometimes because I wanted to and sometimes because something was pulling me.

I continued to have frequent projection experiences until I was in college. At that time, I really tried to shut down my paranormal abilities, including astral projection, because I was tired of defending myself and being attacked, and because I was more engaged with the “real world” and trying to study and get my psychology degree.

I’m now in my 40′s and I’d say I consciously astral project maybe 6 times a year, and 1-2 times per year I’ll have a nasty encounter with an astral entity who thinks it’s fun to yank me out of my body by my ankles.

I have found that it’s more difficult for me to consciously project now. If I had to do it on command, I may only have a 20-30% chance of success. Compare that to when I was 15 when I had a 90-100% chance of being able to astral project.

I do think the older you are, the less likely you are to project. But I don’t know if that has something to do with age, or if it’s because adults have less free space in their minds than teenagers do. In other words, I go to bed thinking about my business, my kids, my finances, my health, etc. When I was a teenager, I didn’t have as many responsibilities cluttering my mind.

If you are just starting out and you are not a teenager, I do think it’s going to be more difficult to get started. I am not sure why, but from the emails I get, that does seem to be the case. Teenagers seem to be able to learn astral projection and have more control over it than people who are older.

I wouldn’t give up though. If you want to have an out of body experience, your best bet is through sleep paralysis or lucid dreaming. I’ve got a bunch of articles on astral projection, sleep, and dreams that you can browse through here:

Astral Projection, Sleep, and Dreams

Good luck!

© 2006-2011 by Erin Pavlina.

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Nothing in our conversation was scripted. You’re hearing the actual organic conversation we had. It’s not really interview style but it does lean in that direction. As such, we went all over the place with our topic as things came up. So in this podcast we talk about what I remember from before I was born, and we go into a discussion of astral projection, lucid dreaming, spirit guides, the future of our planet, and a lot more. We recorded this on his iphone so you’ll hear some shifting and some unusual audio sounds, but overall we felt the quality was good enough to share.

This is a free download. Just click on the link and the podcast should begin playing, or you can right click on it, save it, and play it using the media you prefer. It’s just over 27 minutes.

Podcast: What I Remember About the Ether by Erin Pavlina and Bron Johnson

Enjoy!

© 2006-2011 by Erin Pavlina.

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I was fifteen years old when I had my first astral projection experience. It wasn’t pleasant. In fact, it was terrifying. All kinds of astral entities swarmed me over the first few weeks. It got to be so bad that I seriously considered sleeping with the light on. Plus I thought I was going crazy. A whole other world was opening up to me and I didn’t know much about it, but it sure seemed to know a lot about me. Every time I attempted to leave my body I was invariably confronted by an entity that seemed to want to kill me, suck my energy dry, or just scare me to death.

Luckily for me, I had a friend who had a great deal of experience with astral projection and he taught me how to raise my vibration so the lower vibrational entities couldn’t reach me. Think of it like a radio. When you first project, you might be on the “fear” station. If you can raise your vibration to something more like courage, love, compassion, or joy, then it’s like switching channels on the radio and you no longer hear the fear broadcast.

Once I raised my vibration, I was off and running, exploring wonderful new dimensions and planes of existence. I met high vibrational beings, traveled to places you can’t get to while in a body, and had experiences that seemed impossible. But occasionally, something would confront me. Like a moth to a flame, the lower entities would be attracted to my light. I had to do something to keep them from stinging me.

That’s when I created my astral sword. Simply, my astral sword was a projection of my own love energy. When lower vibrational beings got too close, I stabbed them with my light sword, and they would vanish. I’d continue on my merry way, and have a lovely night of astral travel. But occasionally, something big and nasty would show up and confront me. That’s when I had to do battle. For the sake of those who are exploring the astral plane, I want to share some tips and advice for fighting the big bads you will invariably encounter.

Avoid
Like any good mother, I’m going to suggest that you avoid a fight whenever possible. Fighting a battle on the astral plane can be very draining energetically, like having an astral hangover. The nights I did battle, I was a wreck at school the next day. It would take a day or two for my energy to restore itself. If you can avoid a battle, do so.

Avoiding means that when you see or sense something waiting for you, don’t project. Go back to your body, get up for a bit, turn on a light, and wait until the being goes away. They don’t generally stick around for too long; instead they will go find other people to drain. There is no valor in being something’s tasty snack. Avoidance is your first line of defense against a big bad. Save your energy for something fun.

Evade
Sometimes, through no fault of your own, you attract a lower vibrational being who picks up your scent and just won’t leave you alone. It follows you around, trying to nibble on your energy so it can thrive. It’s like the time I was at the Renaissance Faire and this bee followed me around the faire for an hour. I couldn’t shake him. He was like a dog with a bone. To evade him, I had to go inside my vehicle. He buzzed around for a bit and finally flew away. I then got out of my car and went back to enjoy the faire.

On the astral plane, evading an entity means moving to a different plane or level. You do this by raising your vibration to something higher than where you are, or you literally move to a different plane. There are many planes to choose from. If an entity is bothering you, go somewhere else. I’ve also played tag with a few beings, moving through planes like running through a bunch of doors, in an attempt to shake them off. I don’t attack them, I just get out of their way. This uses far less energy than attacking them. If you can’t avoid an entity, evade it and keep exploring.

Confront
Sometimes a confrontation is your only choice. I’ve had nights where something literally jerked me out of my body because it wanted a piece of me. Imagine something grabbing your leg and pulling you out of bed. It’s not easy to avoid or evade in those cases. You’ve got to be ready to confront and attack or you will go down. Here’s what to do when confronted by a tenacious and powerful entity.

First, whip out your astral sword. You literally create this from your own energy. It’s an extension of who you are. You fill this sword with your light, your love, your power, and your courage. The moment you show fear in front of the big bad, it starts eating. So practice creating your light sword (or other weapon) before you are confronted so you can draw your weapon easily.

Second, create a shield of light around your body, so that if it does attack you, its energy bounces off your shield. You create a shield using your will, just like you created your sword.

Third, go on the offensive. The best defense is a good offense. You’re in its world and it’s often stronger than you. So if you’re going to do battle, make it short and sweet. Slash at the entity with your sword. Cast love at it (they hate that). Be fierce. Have a battle cry ready. Whatever you do, don’t show fear. Do not go back to your body until you have dispelled or banished the entity, otherwise it will just pull you out again. That’s happened to me many times. You’ve got to make sure it’s gone. You’ll know it’s gone when you no longer see it, you no longer feel its energy around you, and it’s not tugging at your astral body like you’re a chew toy.

Beseech
Sometimes you’ll encounter a being that’s either too strong or instills too much fear in you, and it gets ahold of you and starts chomping at your energy like you’re a turkey leg at the Renaissance Faire. You can’t change your vibration, you can’t get back to your body, you can’t get away from it, and you are too afraid or unable to make your light sword. That’s when you’ve got to call for reinforcements. Call on Archangel Michael to help you. You can also call on Source, any ascended master, or any other high vibrational being or angel in the vicinity. Angels have the ability to remove and dispel any being you can encounter on the astral plane. They will come. Every time. Think of them like a referee in a boxing ring. They’ll stand back and let you do battle if you want, but if you’re up against the ropes or the entity has knocked you down, they can drag them off of you and send them on their way. Sometimes all you need is a breather so that you can get back to your body.

Don’t call on your spirit guides. Sometimes they can help but it’s not really their function or bailiwick. It’s like calling your mom for help when a bear is attacking you. Yeah, she’s going to try to help you, but she’s not really equipped to kill a bear. Let the angels help you, as it’s their job to patrol the astral plane and keep these entities from getting into our world.

Stay Frosty
The astral plane is an interesting place to visit and explore. If you can keep your vibration high and avoid encounters with big bads, you can have the most amazing and wonderful experiences. If you go around stabbing beehives, the bees are going to sting you. So stay away from them, don’t poke them, and stay frosty.

© 2006-2011 by Erin Pavlina.

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This week’s question comes from Alice. She asks:

“Can negative entities masquerade as spirit guides?”

Transcript of the Video:
Hello and welcome to another episode of “Ask Erin Pavlina.” Today’s question comes from Alice. “How can we tell if entities we’re encountering on the astral plane are positive or if they’re negative beings pretending to be positive. I’ve heard that some negative entities will masquerade as guides to deceive and trick us.”

Well, Alice, that is true. As soon as you enter the astral plane, it’s every man for himself. There are definitely things out there that are of a lower vibrational quality than the things that you’re probably wanting to encounter and it is wise to be aware that these beings exist, so that you can avoid them. I like to think of negative entities as bees. So, when you’re at, like, a picnic and you’re enjoying yourself and the bees come or the ants come, it’s very annoying and you don’t want to agitate or disturb them, or they might sting you. So, the same is true of negative beings or lower vibrational entities.

So, there are four things I would recommend you doing before you go astral traveling so that this doesn’t happen to you.

The first thing is: Know your guides. If you know who your guides are, it will be easy for you to tell whether what you’re encountering is your real spirit guide or if it’s something masquerading as a guide. So, how do you get to know your spirit guides? There are a lot of different ways, but I highly recommend meditation and tuning in that way. There are a lot of articles on my website that will help you distinguish and identify your spirit guides and learn how to tune into them. So, if you know who your guides are, and something else presents itself, you’re going to be able to tell the difference. Trust me, you will know. They will not be able to masquerade as guides if you already know who your guides are.

The second thing I would tell you is that negative entities feed off of fear. And because they feed off of fear, when you astral project, if you’re in a state of fear, they’re going to be attracted to you. But if you encounter a negative being, or even if you’re encountering a being whose frequency you’re not familiar with, cast love at them. If they are a negative or lower vibrational being, they are going to flee from your love energy. Poof. Gone. So remember to love, love, love and they will not be able to withstand that energy.

The other thing I would say is before you project at all, or before you go to sleep and are open to projecting, ask your guides and your angels to protect you – to help keep the negative entities away. They can do that. Angels especially can protect your energy from the negative beings. So, if you’re going into a situation where you’re already being protected by angels, let them clean house and let them keep the negative entities away.

The last thing I would say is keep your vibration high so you don’t attract negative entities. Negative entities are only there because you are a tasty treat with your energy. If you are coming into an astral situation and you’re feeling fear, then they’re going to be attracted to you like a moth to a flame. So, don’t be attractive to the lower vibrational entities. Raise your vibration and be in a state of love, joy, and compassion, and gratitude, and you will not attract the lower vibrational beings. In fact, you will attract the higher vibrational beings and that is a much, much better place to be.

Great question! Be safe out there.

© 2006-2011 by Erin Pavlina.

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This week’s question comes from Michelle. She asks:

“What is the tingling sensation I get during sleep?”

Transcript of the Video:
Hello and welcome to another episode of “Ask Erin Pavlina.” Today’s question comes from Michelle. “When in a relaxed state, especially before falling asleep, I often feel tingles all over my arms, legs, hands, feet and back. In the past few months it has been replaced by a ringing in both of my ears that is high pitched and seems to only happen in this relaxed state. Can you explain what this could possibly be?”

Welcome to the world of astral projection. You, my dear, are right on the verge of having an out-of-body experience. Many people who have already experienced astral projection will tell you that this is exactly how they feel before they begin to project.

Let me explain what’s happening. When you feel that tingling sensation all through your body, and you hear the high pitched whine or ringing in your ears, that is what – I mean, I’m not a physicist – but what I believe is happening is you’re raising your vibration, you’re raising your frequency and you’re falling out of phase with your body. So, your spirit, your soul, your consciousness is pulling and separating away from your body, which is at a much lower frequency – a much lower density.

Now, what generally happens from this place is people get scared or they get freaked out and they simply don’t move. This can also happen during sleep paralysis, which is where you wake up but you cannot move at all. You can see, but you can’t move.

This is actually the moment when you want to try to astral project, because what’s happening is when you feel the tingling and when you hear the ringing in your ears, you have already separated from your body. You just haven’t stepped out of it, yet. So, this is the point where most people are too scared to do anything, but if you can get yourself to this state, you’re really right on the verge. All you have to do is stand up or sit up or step out, and it’s a hard thing to do because it feels a little unnatural and it definitely feels scary.

You might hear or see things in the room that might frighten you. When that happens it just means you are at a low vibration because you’re probably in the state of fear and you want to bring yourself – in that moment – to a higher vibration like love or compassion or joy, so that you move past the low frequencies and up into the higher frequencies, which will allow you to feel safer while projecting. One way you can do that is to ask your guides – your spirit guides or angels – to come assist you in that moment. And they will help you project, if that’s desired.

I hear from a lot of people that even though they feel that sensation of tingling and have the high pitched ringing in the ears they still can’t seem to get out of their body, or they can get out a little bit but they’re snapped back. And that’s very common. The body doesn’t really want the soul to leave it, so it’s going to pull on the spirit to keep it in the body. What I have found effective in the past is to teleport my astral body out, and usually I would go to like the roof of my house. You can do that. There’s no time or space here, so you can go right from your body to being on the roof. And sometimes that’s enough to sort of overcome the gravitational pull of your body and get you out so can go explore the astral realms.

So, you’re right on the verge! And if this is something you’ve been trying to do, you are succeeding. Try not to be scared when it happens, because the more fearful you are the more tightly the body is going to cling to your spirit. And if it’s not something that you’re desiring to do, you’ll want to take some steps to prevent yourself from astral projecting, which I’ve written about on my website. There’s an article there that you can check out Can You Prevent Astral Projection? Otherwise, go explore and have fun and be safe. Good question.

© 2006-2011 by Erin Pavlina.

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This week’s question comes from Erin. The question is:
“Is it true that we astral project just a little every time we sleep? I’ve heard that we hover a few inches over our body after we fall asleep.”

And the answer is…

Here is a transcription of the video:

Welcome to another episode of “Ask Erin Pavlina.” Today’s question comes from a person named Erin. Her question is: “Is it true that we astral project just a little every time we sleep? I’ve heard that we hover a few inches over our body after we fall asleep.”

Well, yes and no. So, let’s talk about this. When you astral project, your astral self is leaving your physical, corporeal body and roaming around on the astral plane. If that’s happening to you, you are extremely aware that it’s happening. It’s not something that happens unconsciously. So, a true astral projection is when you leave your body and you maintain your awareness in your astral body while your physical body stays prone and asleep. So, that being said, however, what happens at night is your astral body becomes aware, it sort of wakes up, but it doesn’t necessarily leave your body. In that way, I could see why you’re asking “Does the astral body hover over the body while sleeping?” I can tell you that during the times that I have astral projected and gone to visit friends I can see their astral bodies moving out of phase with their physical bodies. So, usually I see a person’s head coming out of their physical head. So, I kind of see their incorporeal head here – their astral head – and their physical head just underneath them. And they usually look pretty shocked. I don’t know if that’s because they’re sensing my presence or that’s how it looks normally. I would have no way to tell, but I can tell you that the astral self does move out of phase a little bit from the physical body while we sleep. At least from what I have seen. This would make sense to me, because when we sleep our bodies are going into sort of a hibernation that allows our astral self – our astral body – to separate and explore if it wants to. If we want to. Always remember that you are attached to your corporeal body with your astral cord, which is what helps you get back into your body after you’ve been out for a while. You don’t want that to get severed . That’s the end of the show if that happens.

So, yes, I would say it’s true that every time you sleep your astral body becomes aware, that it is free to move around, but a true astral separation you would be very, very aware of. It would not be something that you’d forget. So I would say that yes, there is some astral activity every night when you sleep, but probably not a full separation. Good question.

© 2006-2011 by Erin Pavlina.

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Answer: Ah the joys of astral travel with a buddy. Once you’ve learned how to successfully astral project, isn’t it natural that you’d want to share the joy with a friend? But if your friend doesn’t know how to astral project, how will you get him out?

If you can get out of your own body, by all means, fly to your friend’s house and try to get their attention. If your friend is fully awake, they won’t be able to see you and may not even know you’re there. So wait until they are asleep when you stand a greater chance of being seen by their astral self.

You won’t be able to tap them on the shoulder or scream their name, so you want to gently push some energy towards them so it comes into contact with their astral field. Many people sense danger when you do this, though, so don’t be surprised if doing this actually wakes them up or just firmly ensconces them in their bodies to avoid the assault they interpret as you.

If your friend knows you’re coming, that’s always better, as they may not block or shield themselves from you. So once you get their attention, they may open their energy to you. If your friend knows how to astral project, it will be easy for them to separate at this point. If they don’t, you can merge some of your energy with theirs and telepathically encourage them to leave the warm, safe confines of their body to travel with you. This is unlikely to occur if the person has never astral traveled before. The physical body holds tight to its astral body and doesn’t let it go easily. Be loving and encouraging, never forceful. A body in fear does not release its astral self.

If you see your friend slip out of his body, you can go fly around together and both of you should remember the experience. But it’s just not as easy as it seems like it should be. It’s easy to be distracted on the astral plane by other creatures that roam there. It’s also easy to slip into different frequencies so that you’re on one plane and he’s on another. And most astral experiences last only a few seconds to a few minutes before someone gets overly excited and is pulled back to their body. But keep trying and keep practicing.

You can also try asking your friend to meet you somewhere prearranged at a certain time. This has the benefit of you not having to go play tug of war with your friend’s body, but the odds of both of you getting there at the same time are pretty small. There is no sense of time on the astral plane, and I don’t know too many people who know what time it is while they are sleeping. If you’re very accomplished travelers, though, you can certainly set an alarm to wake you at a certain time and then go astral immediately and meet at the rendezvous point. Otherwise, plan to spend a long time waiting at that lightpost on the corner for your friend to arrive.

I’ve had a few experiences where I successfully astral traveled with a friend, but we were both very experienced and were waging war against a demonic entity at the time, so the stakes were high and we were both very committed to the experience.

I’ve also had several experiences where I encountered family members sleeping in the house with me and I would see their astral bodies inside their sleeping bodies and attempt to make contact or provide reassurance. Sometimes my family or friends would “call” my astral self to them if they were being attacked by a lower vibrational astral entity. That was alright with me as I became very comfortable interacting with and dispelling lower vibrational beings when necessary and was happy to do it for them.

If you can’t astral travel with your friends, you may be able to find other humans on the astral plane to interact with. Again, you have to be on the same plane and frequency and learn how to communicate without words, but what a fun way to make a new friend.

Remember, kids, you must always astral travel safely. You don’t want to bring something back with you. You don’t want to encourage entities to hover around you while you’re awake, leeching and sucking off your considerable energy. And you don’t want to become so enamored with astral projection that you forget to sleep and let your body and mind restore itself. But for occasional use, it’s just fine.

Happy and safe traveling!

© 2006-2011 by Erin Pavlina.

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Answer: There’s a huge irony here. I get tons of emails from people who want to project and can’t, and emails from people who don’t want to but keep finding themselves accidentally doing it. If only the twain could meet.

To prevent astral projection you pretty much need to do the opposite of what you’d have to do to bring one on.

Don’t sleep on your back
The most common position where a spontaneous astral projection takes place is while on your back. Take great pains to sleep on your side, or your stomach (even better!). You can train yourself not to sleep on your back with practice, just as you can train yourself to sleep on your back or sleep upright if you wanted or needed to. Of course it is possible to astral project when you sleep on your side, but it’s more rare so you stand a better chance if you can stay on your side.

Don’t take a nap
I certainly don’t understand the science behind this one, but it’s easier to astral project during short naps than long nights of sleep. So if you want to avoid a spontaneous and unwanted projection, don’t take a midday nap.

Sleep through the night
Likewise, people trying to learn astral projection are often taught to wake themselves up at 4am, stay up for 30 minutes, then go back to sleep. This can lead to lucid dreaming and/or astral experiences. So if you’re trying to avoid an astral experience, don’t go back to sleep an hour after you wake up.

Don’t meditate before bed
Another way to increase your chances of astral projection is to meditate, raise your vibration, and ask your guides for help. So to avoid this, don’t meditate right before bed. If you love meditation, switch to the morning or the daytime. When you meditate before bed, you will raise your vibration and make it that much easier to project.

Ask your angels for help
When you want to project, you can ask your angels to help protect you when you go out. Likewise, if you want to stay in for the evening, ask your angels to keep the door closed and to stand guard. Sometimes the spontaneous astral projections happen because there is indeed an energy waiting to interact with you, so it sort of throws open the door and invites you in.

Be ready to pull back
If you are unable to prevent the astral projection from starting, at least be ready to slam the door closed when it happens. If you wake up on your back, tingling, high-pitched whine going, and something “untoward” breathing down your neck you must act fast. Normally, to project from this state you would raise your vibration (to move out of phase with the baddie), and then stretch out or pop out of your body.

If you’re trying to prevent an astral experience though, you have to pull your energy in tight. You don’t want to lower your vibration because that will just make you an easier energy snack for the low vibrational being. Ask your guides to protect you, and ask your angels to escort the baddie off the premises. Pull your chakra energy in tight instead of opening it up. Try to move your physical body. You’ll probably be paralyzed, but keep trying. Try to use your vocal cords to scream. It may come out as a whimper, but that’s enough. If you have a partner in bed with you, they might hear the whimper and wake you up.

You’ve got to stay confident and strong and bring your will to bear on the situation so you can stay in your body and not get pulled. Do not succumb to fear or you can find yourself being pulled out of your body unwillingly. Sleep paralysis can be frightening, but it usually only lasts seconds to a couple of minutes. You will break free. When you do, immediately sit up, turn on the light, and raise your vibration.

If you find yourself repeatedly having these unwanted astral experiences you might want to get on top of them and learn how to astral project safely, then go out and have some fun experiences. There might be a reason you’re having these experiences. Perhaps your guides want to show you something.

© 2006-2011 by Erin Pavlina.

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2. Does Lucid Dreaming Lead to Astral Projection?
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5. The Dangers of Astral Projection
6. Astral Projection: My First Experience
7. Do you still astral project?

First, some basic definitions:

Demon: A demon is a non-corporeal entity that has never been human (and never will be human) that lives on another plane of existence. Demons are evil sons-of-bitches that seek only to hurt and harm tasty folks like us. You don’t want to call a demon, play with a demon, or invite a demon to dinner. They’re bad news all the way around.

Possession: Possession happens when a demon gains entrance to our plane by hopping a ride on a human. They move the human’s soul aside and take up residence in the human’s body. Finding out that you are possessed by a demon is about the worst news you can ever get. Yes, it’s even worse than finding out your stock portfolio is now worth 10 cents. Possession is something you want to avoid at all costs.

Hauntings: Hauntings happen when a human dies and refuses to cross over and go into the light. They fight to stay on our plane but, without a body, they are fighting a losing battle. In order to stick around, they must siphon energy from a person or people to sustain themselves. So they attach themselves, usually to a place, and usually the place they died, and suck off the energy of whoever is currently living in the house or visiting. You are a tasty snack, even when you don’t shower. I know, it’s crazy right?

Negative Entity Attachment: An NEA is more serious than a haunting because the spirit that didn’t feel like crossing over attaches itself to one person and siphons their energy. So you could be at the mall, at your boyfriend’s house, or on the moon and they’re still going to stay stuck to you. It’s like they’ve got a hook in you and you’ve got a new friend for life. You don’t want an NEA. The people most susceptible to NEAs are emo teenagers. More on that in a bit. NEAs don’t usually possess you, they don’t have the strength. But they will drain your energy to a point where you could potentially be open to possession by a demon.

Low Vibrational Beings: If you do any sort of astral projecting, sleep paralysis, or advanced lucid dreaming, you may come across low vibrational beings (LVBs). These are beings that are not demons and are not human spirits that refused to cross over. They are simply other beings that are living on another plane who feed off fear energy, so when you inadvertently or on purpose cross into their world, they will attack you like piranha. You have only yourself to blame. It’s like going into the shark tank without a cage. You’re in their world. I don’t recommend stepping into those worlds if you can help it.

High Vibrational Beings: The flip side of the LVBs are the HVBs. You can step into other planes of existence that aren’t all fear related. You can step into realms where the beings there are super high vibration. Instead of being attacked you will be showered with love. This is a good thing! Go often, bring flowers, and be nice lest they kick you out.

So how do you know what you’re dealing with?

Demons: If you are being attacked by a demon you will develop severe mental impairments (true psychological causes MUST be ruled out before you jump on the “I’m possessed, help me please” bandwagon.) There will also be significant paranormal activity going on around you including items being thrown across the room, doors opening and closing by themselves, bad smells, and being physically attacked (scratched, thrown around, raped, slapped, etc.). Your personality will undergo a significant change (again, psychological causes must be ruled out), and your family and friends will know something horrible is going on with you. Seek the help of a priest or demonologist who has experience expelling demons. Run, don’t walk to your nearest professional.

True demon possession is extremely rare! Angels guard the entrance to our world and don’t let the demons cross into our plane. When it does happen, it’s because someone opens a door using their free will and invites the demon in. Some people think calling a demon into our realm is nifty and will make for an interesting Saturday night. These people are dumb, and are sure to be eaten first. People who are shamed into believing they are devil-spawn sometimes open themselves to possession because some overly religious parent or pastor tells them they are lower than dirt and need to be cleansed. It’s horrible. The demons wait for such openings. But again, true demon possession is almost impossible so don’t worry too much.

Hauntings: If you live in a haunted house you should find a medium or other professional trained to help the stubborn spirit move on. You can try cleansing your house using sage and ritual and white light, but if you’re not familiar with how these things work, you should hire a professional.

Negative Entity Attachments: In my practice, while doing readings, I have come across maybe 20 people who actually have a true negative entity attachment. There’s only one way to get rid of the NEAs: you must raise your vibration, keep it raised, and fall out of vibrational harmony with being someone’s snack. To use an analogy, attracting an NEA is like spreading honey on your body and laying down near an ant hill. If you don’t want the ants crawling all over you, wash the honey off your body and stay away from the ant hill. An NEA is only there with your consent, so once you cut the cords, you will be free. People most susceptible to an NEA are people in the vibration of guilt, shame, fear, anxiety, and depression, and to a lesser extent, people in the vibration of anger and pride. An NEA can’t feed off someone in the vibration of love, joy, compassion, gratitude, etc. You can release an NEA yourself or you can utilize the help of a professional like myself or anyone in the energy healing arena. If you keep your NEA, you will eventually be so physically and energetically drained that you will either want to commit suicide or you will fall into a deep depression. I should mention here that technically demons and low vibrational entities also qualify as NEAs, but the solution is the same. Raise your vibration!

Low Vibrational Beings: If you are going to swim with the sharks, for heaven’s sake protect yourself! If you astral project take your guides with you, surround yourself with white light, and go in with a high vibration, not fear. If you are being bothered by low vibrational beings call out to the angels for help. They will help you; it’s part of their job description.

High Vibrational Beings: You’ll know it’s an HVB you’re dealing with because you will feel love pouring into you. Pure and simple. It’s like being snuggled and rocked by your mom in her big fluffy bathrobe while eating a homemade chocolate chip cookie. Not to be missed.

I hope that clears things up a little bit. The best way to avoid being bothered by negative, energy-sucking baddies is to make sure your vibration is high. It’s like closing the screen door so they can’t get into your house. If they do make it in, zap ‘em with your electric fly swatter or show them out humanely. But never, ever, feed them after midnight!

© 2006-2011 by Erin Pavlina.

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7. Astral Projection: The Basics Explained

Answer:  Not usually, no.  In my many experiences of being outside my body I was unable to move objects in the physical world either through touch or telekinesis.  Nor would I necessarily expect to be able to affect physical reality while on the astral plane.  Let’s look at it logically.

Your physical body vibrates at a certain density, a lower density than your energetic or astral body.  So your physical body is fully capable of grasping a cup, opening a door, and walking around for example, because those objects are on the same plane as your physical body.  Your astral body is energy without physical form and is roaming around on a different plane.  Just as in your physical body you cannot “touch” anything on the astral plane, so too on the astral plane you cannot “touch” anything on the physical plane.

One of the reasons you can so easily float through a wall or window while in an astral state is precisely because the wall exists on the material, physical plane, where you are no longer vibrating.  You may see the wall in your astral state, but it is not on the same plane as you anymore so you easily pass through it like it isn’t there.  One thing that can affect how well and how easily you move through the wall, though, is your expectation of being able to do so.  Many people, when they first go astral, assume they must maneuver around physical objects; but soon you learn that you can easily fly, float or fling yourself through them quite easily.

One thing you can do to the physical world while in an astral state is be sensed by people who are awake.  I’ve had experiences where I was astral, floated on over to a friend’s house while they were awake, tried to get them to see me or notice me, and have them tell me the next day they “felt my presence” at the same time I was there.  This is difficult however.  Most people who are awake are not at all attuned to the astral plane.  That would be like tuning in to a cable channel you don’t normally get just to see if something other than static is coming through at that moment.

I do believe, though I’ve never personally experienced it, that it’s possible with great effort to do something to the physical world while in an astral state.  If you’ve seen the movie, Ghost, with Patrick Swayze, he eventually learns how to move a physical object (the penny) but it takes great effort.  You have to force the energy of your astral body to vibrate at a lower density to bring it into phase with the physical object you’re trying to move.  That’s tough.  So while I believe in theory it could work, I think you’d have to really practice and spend a lot of time trying in order to get it done.

Meeting up with another astral person is possible while in an astral state, because you’ll come into phase with them.  Both of you would have to be astral at the same time and know where to meet and when.

If you are an accomplished astral projector and you have managed to affect the physical world while astral, please report your story in our forums, as I’m very interested to hear your account.

© 2006-2011 by Erin Pavlina.

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6. The Dangers of Astral Projection
7. Do you still astral project?

Answer:  When I was a teenager, I used to astral project 3-4 times per week.  Once I learned how to do it, I did it as much as possible.  I had a lot of fun being Erin the Astral Demon Slayer, though my friends and I did attract some unwanted attention.  That was one of the reasons I tried to shut down my paranormal abilities, because I was going down what felt like a pretty dark road; always looking out for baddies, not focusing on my schoolwork, and my friends were starting to get a little psychotic and depressed.  I put a kibosh on my astral activities sometime in college.

As the rigors of life and independence set in, I had to focus most of my energy on my daytime activities.  Contributing to keeping a roof over our heads and taking care of two children were full time jobs that left little time for astral travels.  I never gave up the lucid dreaming though.  That I can still do whenever I want.  Recently I wanted to see if I could still astral project.  I woke up at 4am one morning and pulled myself into my astral vehicle (tingles and buzzing and all).  It was tougher than when I was a teenager, but I could still do it.  I wasn’t sure where to go and what to do though, so I just flew around the house looking in on the kids in their rooms.  Nothing special really.  But I was glad I could still do it.  It was like exercising a rusty muscle.

The truth is, the astral plane doesn’t hold much interest for me.  I do still occasionally have to chase off a curious low vibrational being, especially when Steve accidentally opens a door.  My astral sword is still there, but it’s hanging over the mantel.  I’ll have to leave the astral demon slaying to a younger crowd.

I spend more of my energy communicating with the higher vibrational beings now, usually during the daytime, and still in my dreams of course.  It’s a shift I’m very happy with.  Astral projection was fun, and ganking a demon was a kick, but my focus these days is on shifting the planet to love, peace, and harmony.  So I’m playing on a different field now. 

People email me a lot asking how to astral project, and some of them believe they are really missing out on something if they can’t.  Honestly, you never need to experience an astral projection in order to have a great spiritual life.  However, astral projection is what helped me realize that our bodies are just shells and that our spirits do continue on without them.  I’m unafraid of dying partly because I know what it’s like to be disembodied and retain my full consciousness.  So if that’s important to you, keep at it.

I may never be in a full on battle with an astral demon again, but I’m keeping the sword around just in case.

© 2006-2011 by Erin Pavlina.

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7. Positive Astral Experiences

Question: What do you think about Indigo children?
Answer:  I’m not big on the whole label thing.  Crystal, indigo, purple, polka dots, plaid, it’s all the same to me.  Some children are pre-wired to be more aware and connected to their higher selves, and some aren’t.  Some kids are incarnating with specific missions and specific purposes that will have a global impact.  But you know what?  They’ve been doing that for eons.  Now we have a pretty label.  If you need to categorize your child, that’s your choice. 

Question:  Do you believe in astrology or horoscopes?
Answer:  I am not an expert at astrology and I haven’t investigated it enough to comment on whether I think it is real or not.  I suggest you talk to astrology experts and get their take on astrology.  I’m a Cancer with Libra rising and a Virgo moon, though.  If anyone knows what that means, contact me.

Question:  If I have to have an abortion to save my life, is that a sin?
Answer:  No.

Question:  Is levitation possible?  If so, do you know how I can do it or who I can learn from?  Have you ever done it?
Answer:  I have never levitated.  Like you I’ve heard tales of this ability.  I would start with the people who claim to be able to do it and go from there.  Report back when you find out something.

Question:  How can I use the law of attraction and the law of detachment at the same time without canceling each other out?
Answer:  With the law of attraction you want to get clear on your intention and become a vibrational match for it.  The law of detachment is about not being attached to a certain outcome.  Think of the story of the man in the flood who is sitting on his roof waiting to be rescued.  He wants to be rescued and thinks God is going to save him.  People come in a boat and helicopter to save him but he resists their attempts and says, “No no, it’s okay.  God will save me.”  When he gets to Heaven he complains and God says, “I sent you a boat and a helicopter.  What more did you want?”  The man was a vibrational match for being rescued but he was attached to that manifesting a certain way (e.g. the mighty hand of God).  Cast your intention out upon the water and let the universe decide how best to manifest the details.  You might be getting what you asked for and not even be noticing it.

Question:  Do you think climate change will be a huge problem people have to deal with in the future?
Answer:  Sure.  Climates change, people adapt.  If you want to know more about this, consult a professional in the field.

Question:  Are we ever going to be finished incarnating?  When does it stop?
Answer:  When you no longer choose to “play the game” it stops.  Every incarnation is your choice.  Every time you come here, you learn.

Question:  Can spirit guides or angels contact you in “human” form?
Answer:  I have never experienced this so I can’t say for sure, but I think that in a severe situation an angel can take human form, but not a spirit guide.  I think it’s more likely, however, that they urge and nudge an already incarnated human to help you out when you’re in trouble.  Read Spirit Guides at Starbucks.

Question:  If I know something bad is going to happen to someone but they won’t listen to me, and it happens, am I somehow responsible?
Answer:  You are not responsible for anyone’s life.  Divest yourself of the idea that you can cause anyone to do anything.  People make their own choices.  Some may choose to listen to you and some won’t.  Having foreknowledge of an event means you can help them, but if they don’t want to listen, there’s nothing you can do.  Try not to feel guilty.  You did the best you could.

Question:  Can you affect physical reality while in a lucid dream?  Like turning on a television in a dream causes it to turn on in real life?
Answer:  No.  When you are lucid dreaming you are in the dream plane, the dream construct, which is inside your mind.  However, if you were astral instead of just in a lucid dream, then yes you could affect physical reality here on our plane.  Difficult but definitely possible.  Astral project responsibly, young man!

Question:  How can I get an astral sword like the one you made when you were younger and kicking demon butt?
Answer:  Visit my astral store.  Due to high demand we’ve just started stocking astral swords.  Just teasing.   Truthfully, you create your astral sword as an extension of your energy and intent.  You’ll need to use willpower and some of your astral essence to form it. 

Question:  Is it possible to recognize someone in this life as someone you knew in a past life?
Answer:  Absolutely.  Souls can recognize each other.  It’s a beautiful thing really.  How will you know?  You’ll just know.  You may not know who they were to you but that’s not as important as recognizing them.  Er, unless you’ve got some karma to work out with them and then you should watch your back.

Question:  What is my higher self doing while I’m in this incarnation?
Answer:  Watching, guiding, helping, and maybe chortling a little bit.

Question:  How can you claim to be psychic when everyone knows all psychics are frauds?
Answer:  You again?  I thought I got rid of you in my last Quick Answers to Quick Questions.

Question:  I need to contact my deceased father.  Can you help?
Answer:  Yes, book a reading.
Question:  Is my mom okay?  She died recently.
Answer:  I’m sure she’s fine, but if you want to communicate with her through me you can book a reading.
Question:  Can you tell my dad on the other side I love him?
Answer:  You can tell him yourself.  He will hear you more strongly than me because of your connection with him.
Question:  My dog recently crossed over.  Did he make it?
Answer:  I’m sure he’s fine but if you want you can book a reading with me and we’ll find out together.
Question:  If I book a reading with you, will you be able to connect me with my deceased (mother, father, sister, aunt, uncle, cousin, pet?)
Answer:  I’ll try.  No guarantee they will come through.  But we’ll give it a shot.

Question:  Do you need my birth date and the location where I was born to do my reading?
Answer:  Not remotely.  I don’t even need to know your name.  I just need your voice and a photo (or to be in person with you).  I connect through the energy of your voice or body.  During a reading you can ask about other family members and I do not need their photo or their voice as I will already be connected to YOUR guides.  But photos help me tune in and you’ll get a lot more information if you send me a photo of everyone you want to ask about.

Question:  Can you tell during a reading if my spouse is cheating on me?
Answer:  I’ve noticed the guides have a tendency to not want to reveal concealed information.  It’s there for a reason.  You may need to take action to discover it on your own.  But often they will tell my sitters if they have good reason to suspect something like that is going on.

Question:  I don’t want to have kids.  Is that alright?
Answer:  Yes.  Knowing what you want in life is really important.  If you don’t want children you shouldn’t have any.  You’re not broken.

Question:  I really want to talk to my deceased mother.  How would I go about doing that and knowing it’s real?
Answer:  When we know the person it can be hard to get validation.  That’s why mediumship is so great.  If you go to a medium and they are able to tell you something they couldn’t possibly have known, you get your validation.  When we’re trying to tune in to our own deceased relatives, that’s much harder.  You are the only one who can determine if the energy you’re feeling is really them or not.  For me, I rely on “the dreams.”  These are the ones where you just know their consciousness is really there communicating with you.

Question:  I don’t believe in lucid dreaming.  It just doesn’t seem possible to be awake in a dream.  Can you prove it’s real?
Answer:  I find this question so odd I don’t even know how to answer it.  It’s like asking me if peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are real.  Go have one for yourself and you’ll have your answer.  Until then, I wouldn’t go around telling people you don’t believe in lucid dreaming.  It just makes you look dumb.

Question:  Can you tell me who the spirit is who is throwing stuff at me in my trailer?
Answer:  Book a reading.

Question:  Is there a reason psychics tend to work independently of each other?  Is it jealousy?
Answer:  Another odd question.  That’s like asking why three surgeons aren’t performing your appendectomy at the same time.  You only need one psychic if they’re good.  Remember that different psychics have different specialties, though, so find one that specializes in the way you need.  Just like you wouldn’t ask your podiatrist to perform heart surgery, so too you shouldn’t go to a medium if you want career advice, and you shouldn’t go to an astrologer if you want to communicate with your deceased mother.

Question:  Why do you charge so much for readings?  You can still make a good living if you charged only 30% as much as you currently do.
Answer:  My prices are based on value and demand.  If I cut the reading price to 30% of what it is now, my waiting list would seriously be a year long.  Can you imagine needing a reading today and having to wait a year to get it?  The most popular psychic mediums have waiting lists that span 3-5 years!  There are plenty of psychics in the sea.  Find one in your price range.  If you feel a specific psychic is what you want, pay them their asking price.  If they’re able to charge so much and still get tons of business, chances are they’re worth their price.  You get what you pay for and quality counts.

Question:  Is Bigfoot real?
Answer:   I have no knowledge in this area.  But if you see him, let me know.

Question:  Will my boyfriend marry me and will my family be well off financially?
Answer:  Book a reading.  The short answer, though, is that if you want something you’re responsible for making it happen.

Question:  Can you help me find my missing Ipod, camera, wedding ring, cat, etc…?
Answer:  First you need to know why it got lost in the first place.  What lesson are you being taught?  Or you need to learn how to keep track of your things better.  Seriously, I don’t find missing objects.  But there are psychics who specialize in this area.  If it were me, I’d start with logic, then move on to intuition, and then prayer.  One of them will probably work.

Question:  Do you believe in aliens, abductions, UFO’s and all that sort of thing?
Answer:  I want to answer this question very badly but the time is not right and there’s a chip in my head preventing me.  Someone help me.

Question:  How do I know if my loved one crossed over?
Answer:  Book a reading.  Most of the deceased people I’ve been in contact with are fully crossed over, but I do sometimes encounter someone who is resisting that.  Usually in the case of suicide.  If I can get them “on the line” so to speak then we’ll know for sure.

Question:  My soul mate died recently and I have not felt her energy since she crossed over.  I am so sad over her loss and was expecting to feel her around me a lot since I’m very open to that sort of thing.  Where is she?  Is she lost?
Answer:  When we cross over we aren’t automatically able to project our energy back to this physical frequency so easily.  It takes skill, time, and patience.  I’ve seen guides bring through recently deceased people because they can’t come through on their own just yet.  And I’ve also encountered extremely strong spirits who can easily communicate with me shortly after they’ve died.  Give it some time.  Send her love energy.  She’s not likely lost.

Well that’s it for now folks.  Feels good to clear out some of those questions!  If you have a question that hasn’t already been answered, feel free to submit it.  Remember that Ask Erin questions are answered publicly, not privately, and there’s no guarantee your question will be chosen.  The best way to get an answer is to send a short question whose answer will benefit many.  If you really need to hear from me directly, use my Contact Form or book a reading.  Current wait times are 3-5 weeks.

Be at peace.  Be kind.  Express love.

© 2006-2011 by Erin Pavlina.

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Answer:  I will tell you how I did it, but my method is not the only method out there.

First of all the need to protect yourself, your body, and your space while you’re astral projecting is not necessarily critical.  It all depends on your current default vibrational state and whether you are already attracting negative beings to you.  When I first got into astral projection I was vibrating at a pretty low frequency: fear and anxiety.  So when I went astral I became a magnet for beings at the lower vibrations.  I was easy prey as it were.  Then, when I decided to go on the offensive, my need to protect my body kicked into high gear.  When you’re out there attacking the bad guys they have a tendency to send their guys after you to neutralize you.  So it became critical for me to avoid retaliation.  This is not something I suggest anyone does.  Very dangerous, silly, and unnecessary.  But I was a teenager and wanted to be an action star so that’s what I did.

If you’re already vibrating at a default frequency of love, compassion, kindness, gratitude, etc., then you probably don’t need to go through the rigamorale of setting up protection.   There’s a default protection in place when you’re at that frequency.  If, however, you’re fearful, anxious, ashamed, guilty, angry, or sad then for one, you shouldn’t be trying to leave your body, but if you are, then you need protection.

Here’s what you should do.

Before you go to sleep ask your spirit guides to keep you safe.  Ask the angels to protect your soul.  Imagine a white and/or golden light coming down from the heavens and enveloping you in protective warmth.  Try to raise your vibration to one of happiness, joy, peace.  If you are religious, call upon your Source for protection as well. 

Then you also want to imagine a beautiful white light enveloping your bed, or wherever you’ll be projecting from.  You can extend this to your whole house but it probably isn’t necessary.  If you have kids sleeping in another room, I would extend the protection to them as well.

When you go astral chances are good you won’t encounter anything negative.  But if you do, it will bounce off the protection light you’ve set up for yourself.  You can also mentally/energetically create a guard dog to keep you safe, or put a real dog at the end of your bed since he or she can probably detect energies and scare off anything with ill intent.

I mentioned other methods of protection.  These include using crystals, burning incense, putting a pyramid above your head, casting a spell of protection, using shamanic tools, prayer, and more.  I don’t use these methods so I can’t really comment on them.  But continue in your search for protection elements.

In summary, if you’re going to go astral projecting be at a high vibration before you start.  If you feel fear, don’t do it, or get past the fear.  Set up protective white light around you and your bed.  Call upon higher energy beings to keep you safe.  And don’t piss off the ookie spookies or they might put an astral hit out on you.

© 2006-2011 by Erin Pavlina.

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3. Astral Projection and Dreaming
4. Invoking Jesus and God During Astral Experiences
5. Astral Projection: The Basics Explained
6. Does Lucid Dreaming Lead to Astral Projection?
7. Positive Astral Experiences