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Living Between Worlds
Traveling to other dimensions via non-ordinary states of consciousness.
The exploration of consciousness has been a cornerstone of spiritual practices across the globe for millennia, as evidenced by Siberian shamanism and Australian Aboriginal dreamtime for example. By the 20th century, thinkers like William James, Carl Jung, Terence McKenna, Aldous Huxley, and Robert Monroe revived the Western world’s interest in consciousness exploration through their writings. Today, popular culture is embracing consciousness exploration once again thanks to the psychedelic renaissance. Through non-ordinary states of consciousness, mystics and psychonauts have learnt to journey between physical and non-physical dimensions, experiencing realities hidden from everyday perception.
Non-ordinary states of consciousness can bring us deep within ourselves, allowing us to review our lives or gain insights on issues that are troubling us. However, they can also be portals to profound transpersonal experiences where one gets the opportunity to peek through the veil to get a view of realms beyond one’s own life and circumstances.
I’ve only visited a few realms thus far, and I’m aware that there are so many more to discover. My travels have taken me to the realm of nature, of the elementals, the heavens, the saints and martyrs, departed souls, the ancestors and healers, the…
