The Llewellyn Practical Guide to Astral Projection by Denning and Phillips is simply the best step-by-step set of lessons for learning this skill ever published. Over a quarter-million people are using this book to help them learn this valuable skill. If you want to learn how to project your consciousness onto the astral plane, you should use it, too.
First, as the book shows, this skill is natural. You do it all the time (in dreams, for example.) In a sense, it is more natural than walking. It is a skill you can develop with practice. Further, it allows you to have spiritual experiences on the astral plane. Plus, what you create on the astral plane creates changes on the physical plane. This is true magick! Heal someone on the astral and they will be healed on the physical. Create opportunities on the astral and you will have them on the physical. You can even experience sex on the astral plane for one of the most dynamic experiences you will ever have. And you can learn how to do all of this in The Llewellyn Practical Guide to Astral Projection.
But it is not only the information in this book that makes it easy to understand and use. The very design of each chapter � as well as the illustrations, photos, charts, etc. � make it easy for you to learn the techniques to consciously control your astral projection experiences. The book begins by showing you what astral projection is and what it is not, what can happen and what is fantasy. As a result, you will discover that astral projection can be safe, comforting, exhilarating, and fun. Then you will learn methods of being able to let your consciousness leave your body and safely explore the astral plane.
With this book in hand you can explore realms you've only dreamed of. Make your dreams a reality.
Despite the generic cover, this was much more in-depth than I expected It to be. It works on the assumption that the reader is new to astral projection and I appreciate the dissection and in-depth conceptualization but the pace bordered on repetition, there’s constant reference to later chapters while most of the extrapolation is anecdotal and once you get to the techniques they’re haphazardly presented with less elaboration than expected. I found it difficult to get through for that reason, the sequencing felt disjointed and did little to hold my attention. There’s also the issue of credibility; with subjective and metaphysical subjects like this there’s not going to be set source material, but in some parts the author applies this liberty to things that could easily be cited and states random opinions as fact, which is their prerogative considering it’s their manual but it put them on shaky ground in my eyes.
This is not a book to be read superficially - it could make your head spin! It requires careful reading, re-reading and diligent practice to achieve results. Not for the casual inquirer into Astral Projection!
This book uses unnecessarily complicated language that makes it hard to understand what is being said. There are a few helpful bits- but not anything that can't be found elsewhere. It is very stiff in its concepts: any book that says "this is the only way" tends to be misguided and incorrect. The methods and techniques are rigid and don't account for many, many disabilities. There are also a lot of things talked about in length that are not at all related to the subject matter, such as diet; it reeks of fatphobia, ableism, and classism. There are some somewhat helpful nuggets of information in it, but ultimately, I don't feel like I learned much of what I was looking for in this book.