The Lords of Mercury are now teaching mankind how to travel in the Astral body. Thus, inevitably, the disciple must be concerned with learning how to travel in the Astral body.

The authentic schools of mystery are found in the Astral Plane. This is why it is necessary for the disciple to learn how to “separate” the Astral body from the physical body. It is necessary for the student to learn how to enter into those sanctuaries of inner instruction in order to receive direct instruction from the Masters of the great White Lodge.

The time has arrived for students to learn how to enter those sanctuaries in the Astral at will in order to receive direct teachings from the great instructors. The hour has arrived to abandon theories and go directly to what is practical.

The Lords of Mercury assist all those who ask for help.

In the future era, humans will no longer be trapped within their physical body as if in a dungeon. The human body will become a comfortable and luxurious temple. Humans will learn how to leave and enter their physical body anytime they wish.

Mercury is presently coming out of a cosmic night, but as time passes, the cosmic effects of the twinkling of Mercury will be felt more intensely.

It is also indispensable for the disciple to learn how to “enter” through the doors of those “sidereal” temples in the Astral body. The main objective of the exercises of Gemini is to learn how to use and maneuver the Astral body.

In this sign we also teach our disciples the secret art of the “Jinn” states that will allow them to “carry” their physical bodies to the most secluded and remote places on earth, within moments.

We now give various clues in numerical form:

1.    Lie down on your bed in a horizontal position. Relax the body so that no muscle applies pressure on the Astral body. Become slumberous while pronouncing the mantra “Rusti” like this: Ruuuuuuussssstiiiiiii (as in “true”).

This mantra is pronounced mentally. In those moments the student must become a “spy of his own sleep.”

In the moment when the student feels himself absorbed within that state of slumber or somnolence that precedes sleep, he must then get out of bed and leave the room. How? In what manner must the student leave the room?

Almost all students suppose that the former exercise is an exercise of magnetism or auto-suggestion, etc., but they are lamentably mistaken because here we are not dealing with auto-suggestion or hypnotism. Simply get out of bed, for Nature will do the rest. Nature will know how to separate the Astral body from the physical body. The disciple only needs to stand up and leave his room, for Nature will do the rest.

Already out of his room, the student will take a little hop with the intention of floating in space and if he floats, he will then be able to transport himself to the Gnostic Church in a few seconds. But if he does not float, the disciple must once again get into bed and repeat the experiment. Some succeed immediately; others take months and even years to learn. But the “tenacious” succeed in the end.

2.    In an almost imperceptible manner, a keynote always resounds within the brain of every living being. That keynote is that of the ray to which each person belongs, and seems to come from the cells of the cerebellum. Some hear the sound of small flutes of the Egyptian ray; others will hear the “gong” of the Oriental ray, others the roaring of the sea of the lunar ray, etc.

If the disciple silences all his thoughts in the calm of the night, he will hear his keynote; then he can willingly cause that note to vibrate loudly, and when the note is already so loud that it invades and semi-paralyzes the entire physical body, the disciple must get out of bed and take himself to the Gnostic Church, for the Masters of the White Brotherhood will receive him there with an incomparable happiness.

3.    If you find yourself dreaming that you are at a certain place and you then awaken, remain still, become sleepy once again and with your imagination place yourself back into the same dreaming place. When you feel yourself there again cling to that place of the dream with your willpower as if trying to continue the dream just as it was unfolding. Imagination and willpower united in vibrant harmony is the key to this clue.

4.    While falling asleep, concentrate your imagination and willpower intensely, united in vibrant harmony, on a certain place or location. Concentration must be perfect; then begin walking with faith in the “imagined” place. You must not imagine that you are imagining, because the experiment will then fail. One must really feel oneself at the imagined place and totally forget the bedroom.

This experiment must be done during the state of transition between vigil and sleep. Once at that place, kneel and ask your own internal God to take you to the Holy Gnostic Church, which is the great Cathedral of the Soul and the temple in which the Solar Logos, our Lord the Christ, officiates.

5.    Keep in mind that during ordinary sleep the soul usually wanders in all those familiar physical places or locations. This is why while in a state of slumber the soul is occupied with the same labors and toils of daily life. Therefore, you must become accustomed to asking yourself during your entire routine day the following, "Where am I? Am I within the physical body or out of it?"

Then you will take a little hop with the intention of floating. It is logical that if you float, it is because you are out of the physical body; however, if you do not float, it is because you are still within the body of flesh and bones, thus continue with your everyday life. But, if you manage to float, ask your Innermost to take you to the Holy Gnostic Church.

One must ask this question in the presence of something which attracts our attention, such as a crowd of people, a funeral procession, a strange object, etc. Many have awakened their Consciousness with this formidable clue, because upon asking this question, they floated in the air and realized that they were out of the physical body and that their body had been left asleep in their bed.

This is a formidable clue because the soul wanders when the body sleeps. But the soul can come out of its unconscious slumber with this clue. During your routine day, you must become accustomed to this exercise so that it be recorded within your subconsciousness, thus your subconsciousness will repeat this exercise during sleep.

6.     Before falling asleep in your bed, you will do the following exercise of auto-suggestion:

I am going to sleep. So, wherever I appear now will be in the Astral Plane because I am in the Astral body. I will recognize myself; I will recognize myself; I will recognize myself, and direct myself to the Gnostic Church.

You can do this auto-suggestion for half an hour and then peacefully fall asleep.

Once in the Astral Plane, you will mathematically recognize yourself, and at the time of awakening, do not move. Do a retrospective exercise in order to remember where you have been.

7.    Put yourself to sleep pronouncing the mantra: Omnis Baum Igneos; like this:

Ooooommmmmnissssss baaaaauuuuuuuummmmmm

iiiiiignnneeeeeoooooooooooosssssss

While syllabicating the mantra, prolong the sound of each vowel and pray to your Innermost to take you out of the body. Then softly get out of your bed and while floating in space, go to the Gnostic Church.

These are the seven clues to travel in the Astral body.

Samael Aun Weor (excerpt from “The Zodiacal Course”)