Astral Expeditions
The Nearest Ones
Send your awareness out past the stars to sense the nearest advanced civilization, and meet its atmosphere with calm, respectful wonder.
The Nearest Ones sends your awareness far beyond the stars to sense a distant civilisation and encounter its atmosphere with a quiet, respectful sense of wonder.
You are not asked to solve anything or achieve a goal, only to drift through this vast space. This session simply rehearses the feeling of contact.
You drift beyond the stars on a quiet expedition to find the nearest civilization. The vastness outside the window is matched by a calm and respectful atmosphere inside the craft.
You are here to observe the view and to notice what you sense when the distance becomes that large.
What’s in it
An expedition beyond the stars, sensing the nearest civilization, and meeting its atmosphere with calm, respectful wonder.
Why do it
Focusing on a distant, cosmic theme encourages the mind to let go and explore, even if only for a moment.
- 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
The Nearest Ones
Send your awareness out past the stars to sense the nearest advanced civilization, and meet its atmosphere with calm, respectful wonder.
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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
Looking out at that much space leaves very little room for anything else to take hold. A mind occupied with the nearest civilization is not busy with the small details of the day.
It is a long way to travel to do nothing but meet the dark with a sense of wonder.
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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