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practitioner has a weak heart, shaking or touching his body whilst the etheric is projected could be
fatal: for this reason it is suggested that nobody with a heart condition should attempt the following
projection technique.
As the etheric material is extruded there remains a connecting link between it and the physical body
which has sometimes been seen as a silver connection between the etheric body and the physical body.
This connection seems to prevent the etheric body moving too great a distance from the physical body
and tends to limit the distance travelled till use gradually attenuates it.
As the etheric matter is connected with the breath cycle, and relies upon normal breathing to keep it
integrated with the physical body, the ties between the two can be loosened directly by certain breath
techniques which form part of Hatha Yoga. However the following technique is indirect and relies on
first projecting astrally and then transferring etheric matter to the astral body. This rather complex
sounding process is best understood by actually using the technique.
Technique C:
1
. Use one of the two previously described techniques for projecting astrally, making sure that the
Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram and Middle Pillar exercise is included.
2
. Look at your physical body. Don't in fact try to open your eyes, for this will activate the physical
eyes and draw you back into the body, but will yourself to see the physical body. Observe carefully
the breathing of the physical body without trying to actually experience it.
3
. Visualize a link between the solar plexus of your physical and the solar plexus of your astral body.
Along this link should be seen flowing the etheric matter, from the physical body to the astral. At the
same time the physical breathing should become irregular. Don't worry about this but just continue the
visualization whilst observing the breath. As soon as the breathing becomes irregular try to breathe in
the astral body, not by lung movement but simply by willing it. If you are successful the astral
breathing will take up of its own accord, there will be a feeling of a slight pressure on you and the
breathing in the physical body will cease. This is nothing to be worried about at this point, for after a
short time (this interval increasing with use) you will be drawn back into the physical body, and
should anything untoward happen to your body in the meantime you will be drawn back immediately.
4
. Try not to be drawn back into the body involuntarily. When you begin to tire, reverse step 3 by
returning the etheric matter to your physical body, and at the same time willing your lungs to take up
the job of breathing again. As soon as the body shows the first sign of taking up the breath cycle again,
will the astral plane breathing to cease.
5
. When the physical body is breathing regularly and the etheric matter returned to it, visualize the
solar plexus connection rolling up back into the physical body.
6
. Move the astral body back into the physical and close as you would normally.
Recovery after an etheric projection will take longer than for an astral projection, and you should be
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