Perhaps the most significant difference between a cult and a religion is the fact that in the latter the veneration is directed towards God, whereas in a cult the love and devotion is directed towards itself. The leader is either God-manifest or God himself. There is no room for question or doubt. Allied with this [...]
ASSESSMENT OF PRACTITIONERS’ EXPERIENCES (CHAPTER 12) These assessments of the practitioners’ experiences refer only to the specific descriptions that they submitted and are not meant as an assessment of their practice as a whole. Some of practitioners would easily be able to experience successful phases earning four to five points at other times. This especially [...]
Final Test The questions on the test may have one or more correct answers, or none of the answers may be correct. Thus, the questions must be read completely through, and attention must be paid to their implications and finer points. A student’s theoretical knowledge is considered to be satisfactory if the correct answers to [...]
Putting a Face on the Phenomenon STEPHEN LABERGE Stephen LaBerge was born in 1947 in the United States. At the age of 19, he received a Bachelor’s Degree in mathematics from Arizona State University, after which he enrolled as a graduate student in the Chemistry program at Stanford University. In 1969, he took an academic [...]
Chapter 12 – Practitioners’ Experiences THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OTHER PEOPLE’S EXPERIENCES The ability to analyze the experiences of others can be a great supplement to personal training. This allows a practitioner to review and think through situations that have not yet been personally encountered. The more a practitioner analyses the experiences of other practitioners, fewer [...]
Useful Tips A PRAGMATIC APPROACH The only sure way to get practice without unnecessarily wasting time is to have a pragmatic and rational approach to the nature and possibilities of the phase phenomenon. The majority of available information regarding dissociative phenomena is inaccurate. This becomes obvious during initial entries into the phase. This is why [...]
Application You have in front of you a concise description of the phase’s practical applications, albeit in condensed form as full treatment of the topic requires much more than a single chapter. A much more detailed description of ways to practically apply the phase, along with techniques for doing so, are contained in the book [...]
Translocation and Finding Objects THE ESSENCE OF TRANSLOCATION AND FINDING OBJECTS Like everyday reality, the phase space cannot be used for certain purposes if it is not known how to move around and find necessary things. In a wakeful state, it is more or less known where something is located and how to reach it. [...]
Primary Skills THE ESSENCE OF PRIMARY SKILLS When dealing with a fully-realized phase, requisite knowledge is not limited to entry techniques, deepening and maintenance of the state, translocation, or finding and interacting with objects. In order to feel comfortable, a practitioner has to master or at least acclimate himself with a whole series of techniques [...]
Maintaining THE GENERAL CONCEPT OF MAINTAINING Phase maintenance or “maintaining” refers to techniques that allow a practitioner to remain in the phase for the maximum amount of time possible. Without knowledge of “maintaining” techniques, the duration of the phase will be several times shorter than it could otherwise be. The shortest phases last just a [...]
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