Plastic Paths: The Astral Travel Chronicles

Dry Spell

Stupid dry spells. They happen to the best of us, but that is little comfort when one is sitting with a pout on their face, and deep longing in their heart, waiting for their next trip.

I can go for weeks, dare I say months, of astral traveling every single day. Inevitably, I start feeling good about myself and darn near brag about how easy it is for me. “I’ve got a system,” I’ll say. “A system that works for me, without fail,” I’ll say. There is a gleam in my eye, a stroke of confidence in my tone, and a skip in my astral step.

And then it all stops. Dries up. Goes away. Leaving me sad, so sad.

What is it about astral traveling that is so very addicting? That makes me miss it so much during the dry spells? The feeling of traveling is brilliant, even when the circumstances get scary, I still feel great and the exhilaration of being out of body overrides any fear. There is always something new, as though we get a brand new world every single trip.  How can I not be addicted?

When the dry spells arrive there are withdrawals, sadness, and maybe a little anger. There is also a sense of urgency to make these times-of-not go away fast. “I’ve got things to do,” I’ll say. “Places to be! Adventures to have!”

My theory is that these dry spells are brought on by stress (isn’t stress a trigger for everything?), changes in habit, and the dreaded “just because”. None of these have an easy fix. My other theory is that the harder one tries to leave their body the less likely it is to work. So the seemingly simple solution to these times when astral traveling seems to have taken a one-way trip out of the country is to relax and ride out the spell. Experience has shown that the ability will return, that the door will open again, but telling an astral travel addict to relax and wait for the source of their addiction to return is just cruel.

I can’t tell when this dry spell will end and I’ll be set free in the astral universe again, I can only hope it happens soon. I’ve got things to do and places to be.