Adventures and Missions During Astral Projection blends memoir and metaphysical sci-fi as you recount decades of out-of-body journeys through alien realms, moral battles, and the strange space between worlds. Was there a single moment that made you start documenting everything?

I wish I had written down or somehow documented my experiences, but I didn’t. Many—though not all—are burned into my memory, and I’ll never forget them. However, I know I’ve lost dozens of important “adventures” and “missions” because I didn’t have a system in place to record them as soon as I returned from my journey. Writing an OBE/astral projection book was never a goal of mine until I discovered how straightforward and user-friendly the Amazon KDP program was about three years ago. Now, when I have a new astral projection that I believe is important, I simply add a new chapter, re-publish the book as a new edition, and unpublish the old version. I can’t believe how great this Amazon KDP program is. “Chapter 17: Cyborg Encounter, Part 1” is based on an event I experienced about nine months ago, and it just blew me away. It had to be in my book.

What emotions dominated those early episodes: fear, curiosity, excitement?

Around age 27, my out-of-body experiences began, evolving into full-throttle astral projections over the next decade. They initially started with a tingling in my toes that quickly turned into body rushes of extreme energy coursing through my entire being—an absolutely wonderful feeling. These episodes would randomly occur every three to five weeks between 2:00 and 3:00 AM. For me, OBEs cannot be forced; they just happen when they happen.

My earlier episodes of zipping around the room were full of extreme exhilaration and a constant curiosity to find out what would happen if I could escape the confinement of my bedroom. That was all I could think of: getting out and enjoying the experience. It took years to advance to leaving my bed, and years more to finally escape through the ceiling. Fear didn’t arrive until much later in the form of Terrifying Hypnagogic Hallucinations (THH). I believe my astral travels drew the attention of other beings—those who feed on emotions, mainly fear. Their presence frequently induced a THH episode at the start of my sleep cycle, though these rarely lasted more than five to ten minutes.

The book includes many illustrations, were they drawn from memory or interpretation? Do visuals help communicate what words cannot?

I’ve used an Adobe Stock subscription for several years, which gives me access to a library of over 200 million images. I then use inPixio Studio 12 to enhance and edit the photos to fit the specific scene I’m depicting. Kindle makes it very easy to insert pictures and actually encourages their use. I have a personal library of about 2,000 pictures, and it can sometimes take an hour to select the one perfect image. Especially with this subject matter, the right visual makes a world of difference. I think I’m one of the few authors doing this at such a scale in a novel. Readers and reviewers tend to either love it or find it a distraction from the prose, but for me, it is essential for communicating the “unreal” nature of the astral plane.

What do you hope readers take away after finishing the book?

I hope my book opens up a new world for readers to enjoy. This is definitely not a “how-to” manual; it is a chronicle of twenty-five years of experiences that I truly lived. While I have occasionally fictionalized or embellished certain elements to enhance the dramatic impact and storytelling, the core of the journey is my truth. Ultimately, I think this narrative would make a great TV series, with each new astral projection serving as a unique episode. Now that’s something to think about!

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