The most relevant “CIA astral projection document” is the declassified “Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process” report (CIA-RDP96-00788r001700210016-5.pdf) by Lt. Col. Wayne M. McDonnell, which details the “Gateway Experience” as a system for altered consciousness and out-of-body travel, incorporating meditation, sound, and breathwork to achieve enhanced brainwave states. This 1983 report explores the concept of consciousness transcending the physical body, influenced by parapsychology and the idea that reality is a hologram.
The Gateway Report
- Title: “Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process”.
- Author: U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Wayne M. McDonnell.
- Date of Publication: 1983.
- Declassification: Declassified by the CIA in 2003.
Purpose and Content
- The Gateway Experience:The report describes the Gateway process as a training system to expand consciousness and alter brainwave patterns between hemispheres, moving consciousness beyond the physical body.
- Objective:To achieve a state where the participant can escape the restrictions of space and time and gain access to “intuitive knowledge”.
- Methodology:It details various mind-altering techniques, including guided meditation, hypnosis, transcendental meditation, and biofeedback.
- Theoretical Framework:The report references the “Consciousness Matrix,” suggesting that the universe is a hologram and the human mind is a hologram that can attune itself to this universal hologram through energy exchange to create consciousness.
Significance and Context
- Parapsychology:The report was influenced by the U.S. government’s interest in parapsychology and its potential applications for national defense, particularly in the context of the Soviet Union’s perceived advancements in psychic technology.
- Missing Page:For a period, page 25 of the report was thought to be missing after its declassification, leading to speculation about its contents, though it was later found by a VICE article in 2021.
- Availability:The full, declassified document is available on the CIA’s official reading room website.
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