Astral Expeditions
Ancient Mars
Travel in the mind's eye to a Mars long ago, when it is said water ran and something once thrived there, and wander its living landscape.
This track visits a Mars from long ago, a time when water is said to have run and life is thought to have thrived on the red surface.
You wander a living landscape that feels far from home and notice the ancient ground beneath your feet. The focus is on walking and looking rather than effort.
You stand on a red landscape where water once ran and the ground is wide and open. There is no one here to ask anything of you and nothing to keep you from walking wherever you please.
The air is still and the horizon is a long way off, leaving only the ancient ground and the sky above it.
What’s in it
An ancient Martian landscape with water and life, to explore with your mind's eye.
Why do it
Imagining a place far from home can distract from the present and open the mind to new, peaceful experiences.
- Category
- Astral Expeditions
- Depths
- ShortMediumLongUltra
- Lengths
- about 5m12m22m40m
- Ends
- Calm and present
- Stages
- 4
- Written
- For Intropi, originally
Timeline: Start to Finish
The standard-length build, block by block — the real sequence the app assembles, described rather than spoken.
3 of the 4 stages are named techniques with a published origin, credited under each.
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InductionStage 16 min
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
A classic head-to-toe relaxation. Tense and release, or simply soften, each muscle group in sequence.
After Edmund Jacobson PMR (1929); Dave Elman Hypnotherapy · what progressive muscle relaxation is
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DeepenerStage 23 min
Staircase Descent
Visualized stairs descending into a deeper level of trance. Each step takes you down.
After Ledochowski, Deep Trance Training Manual
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JourneyStage 3about 12 min
Ancient Mars
Travel in the mind's eye to a Mars long ago, when it is said water ran and something once thrived there, and wander its living landscape.
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AwakeningStage 42 min
Calm Alert Awakening
Awake and present, but calm rather than energized. Good for evening or pre-meeting use.
After Yapko, Trancework
Where it sits
Bolder inner voyages: astral travel, time travel, distant worlds, and quiet contact.
These go further than the calmer journeys. You stay in control the whole time, and you can stop any time by opening your eyes and breathing. New to this? The journeys below are a softer place to start.
Why going here does anything
The mind follows a path when the path is interesting enough to look at and simple enough to follow.
Seeing a place that is far from home gives attention a single job to do, which is to look at the living landscape and the shapes it makes. There is nothing to solve here, only a view to take in.
Before you press play
- 18+. Age floor set in the catalogue, not by us on the day.
Hypnosis is not for everyone. If you have epilepsy, a psychotic illness, or you are under psychiatric care, talk to your clinician before using this — here or anywhere.
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