yesterday i asked satan a simple question about the transformation and he told me plainly, the toc is falling sleep wide awake. it sounded wierd to me the way he said it so cleanly, but i did a little bit of research today and once again satan was right on the money.
i’d like to hear ea interview experts in clinical hypnotism, sleep physiology, and psychonaut work, to compare notes on the parallels between his transformation of consciousness, hypnotic somnambulism, waking deep (slow wave) sleep, and the drug stages of psychonaut work.
in the mastering evocation course that ea created, he states that the three states of the transformation of consciousness are theta/gamma sync, the rapture, and the crossroads. ea describes clearly how to move through these three states and the methods he used to discover them from magickal practice.
in hypnotism theta/gamma sync is known as the hypnoid state. in sleep physiology the theta/gamma syncS are known as sleep spindles and the k-complex.
: again, in hypnotism there is a middle stage known as catalepsy. in sleep physiology this middle stage is not properly defined, but instead is seen as a flip/flop between NREM and one of the stage 3 levels of sleep: REM, and SWS. at this point in sleep physiology, you either naturally slip into REM dream states, or through willpower you offset REM sleep by moving into (and extending) a precursor to REM known as SWS (slow wave sleep), which is what ea calls the crossroads. THAT state of ‘sleeping while awake,’ as satan put it, is where the magick happens.
: finally, in hypnotism the rapture is known as somnambulism, and there are two levels of this stage: amnesiac somnambulism, and the deep somnambulism where evocation takes place. in sleep physiology this rapture state is known as SWS as i mentioned above.
: i don’t know what the names are for psychonaut work but a long time ago i noticed that certain entheogens bring you through different states that fit perfectly with magickal work. i did an evocation carefully timed to the states that accompany nutmeg and i used the heptameron grimoire. the evocation worked perfectly! since then i have learned through research that some drugs are ideal for magickal work along the lines of soul travel and evocation.
from my understanding in the past, some astral projectors teach astral projection as a means of getting into REM sleep patterns, and then using different techniques for flipping over from REM to SWS state using different means. others guide projectors through NREM to SWS. both methods work but neither is guaranteed. i would like for ea to question sleep and hypnotic experts on the most effective ways of getting this transformation down from their points of view in hopes of getting more insight into consistent consciousness transformation and the attainment of deep somnambulism and other sleepwalking states.
finally, i saw links that suggest that sleep deprivation leads to a reduction in the ability to go into SWS state for around 2 days, which then causes an SWS spike after the 3rd day. i do believe that in grimoires such as the sword of moses, the greater key of solomon, and others that the whole fasting period is all about building up this SWS spike. i also read that the ability to go into SWS state is quickly triggered by doing extremely hard exercise and then taking a very hot bath, or alternately SWS can be triggered by taking GHB. technically, exercising and going into saunas or taking GHB internally can temporarily maximize the ability to enter the crossroads. i’d like for ea to ask both hypnotherapists and sleep physiologists if there are alternative and safer ways of getting the same results of drug use, hard exercise, or sleep deprivation that are as effective as those methods for getting into a magickal state.