remembered that the motel was close to the tower, and
almost instantly I was back in my body. I sat up and looked
around. Everything seemed normal.
Important aftermath: The same evening, I visited some
friends, Mr. and Mrs. Agnew Bahnson, at their home. They
were partially aware of my "activities," and on a sudden
hunchr I knew the morning event had to do with them. I
asked about their son, and they called him into the room and
asked him what he was doing between eight-thirty and nine
that morning. He said he was going to school. When asked
more specifically what he was doing as he went, he said he
was tossing his baseball in the air and catching it. (Although I
knew him well, I had no knowledge that the boy was
interested in baseball, although this could be assumed.) Next,
I decided to speak about the loading of the car. Mr. Bahnson
was astounded. Exactly at that time, he told me, he was
loading a Van DeGraff generator into the back seat of his car.
The generator was a large, awkward device with wheels,
an electric motor, and a platform. He showed me the device.
(It was eerie to see physically something you had observed
only from the Second Body.) Next, I told about the table and
the large white cards. His wife -was excited at this one. It
seems that for the first time in two years, because they had
all arisen late, she had brought the morning mail to the
breakfast table and had passed out the letters to them as she
sorted the mail. Large white playing cards! They were very
excited over the event, and I am sure they were not
humoring me.
In this morning visit to Mr. Bahnson and his family, the
time of visit coincides with actual events. Autosuggestion
hallucination, negative; no conscious intent of visit, although
unconscious motivation possible. Identical reports with
conditions of actual…
Robert A. Monroe
Journeys Out of the Body (1971)
…The vibrations came quickly and easily, and were not
at all uncomfortable. When they were strong, I tried to lift out
of the physical with no result. Whatever thought or
combination I tried, I remained confined right where I was. I