A Luxryne course
Meditation & Astral Foundations
Breath, stillness, inner vision and the astral threshold
A complete, free foundation in the inner arts: breath, grounding, deep relaxation and visualisation, the hypnagogic threshold, the history of the astral body, and the traditional methods of astral projection, with safe return and grounding after every practice.
By the end of this course you will
- Keep a steady daily meditation practice
- Ground and centre before and after inner work
- Build clear, stable visualisations
- Understand the astral body across traditions
- Try traditional projection methods safely, and return well
Curriculum
Module I
Stillness
Breath, grounding and the relaxed body.
- Breath: The First DisciplineWhy every contemplative tradition begins with the breath, and four breathing practices to build a daily sit.Foundation · 3 min read · Free
- Grounding and CentringRooting attention in the body and the earth before and after any inner work.Foundation · 3 min read · Free
- Deep Relaxation and the Body ScanProgressive relaxation, the body scan and the still, heavy body that inner journeys begin from.Foundation · 3 min read · Free
Module II
The Inner Eye
Visualisation and the threshold of sleep.
- Visualisation: Training the Inner EyeFrom a single candle flame to a whole inner temple: building clear, steady imagery.Foundation · 3 min read · Free
- The Hypnagogic ThresholdThe borderland between waking and sleep, its imagery, and how traditions learned to linger there.Foundation · 3 min read · Free
Module III
The Astral Threshold
History, methods and safe return.
- The Astral Body in HistoryKa and ba, Plato's Er, the Neoplatonic vehicle of the soul, Theosophy, the Golden Dawn and modern research.Foundation · 4 min read · Free
- Traditional Methods of Astral ProjectionThe Body of Light, Muldoon's techniques, Monroe's vibrational state, the rope, and dream yoga, described as traditions teach them.Foundation · 4 min read · Free
- Returning: Safety, Grounding and IntegrationClosing every practice well, when not to practise, and how to keep a practice journal.Foundation · 3 min read · Free
Course reading list
- Patañjali, Yoga Sūtras II.49–53 (tr. Swami Vivekananda, Raja Yoga, 1896)
- Ānāpānasati Sutta (Majjhima Nikāya 118)
- Jon Kabat-Zinn, Full Catastrophe Living (1990)
- Peter A. Levine, Waking the Tiger (1997)
- Edmund Jacobson, Progressive Relaxation (1929)
- Frances A. Yates, The Art of Memory (1966)
- Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises (1548)
- Israel Regardie (ed.), The Golden Dawn (1937–40), including 'Book T'
- Andreas Mavromatis, Hypnagogia (1987)
- Célia Lacaux et al., 'Sleep onset is a creative sweet spot', Science Advances (2021)